Richard Dawkins Inspires Less Smart Man

“If you look up at the Milky Way through the eyes of Carl Sagan, you get a feeling in your chest of something greater than yourself. And it is. But it’s not supernatural.”
 — It’s worth reading the profile of evolutionary biologist and atheist warrior hero Richard Dawkins in the Science section of today’s Times.

A companion piece collects quotes from some of his books, such as this one from 1998’s Unweaving the Rainbow, “The feeling of awed wonder that science can give us is one of the highest experiences of which the human psyche is capable. It is a deep aesthetic passion to rank with the finest that music and poetry can deliver.” I should maybe read one of those books. That guy really pumps my nads.