We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems

We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems

Richard Dawkins
22/09/2025
22/09/2025

We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.

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We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins

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I suppose if you look back to your early childhood you accept everything people tell you, and that includes a heavy dose of irrationality - you're told about tooth fairies and Father Christmas and things.

Richard Dawkins

I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right.

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We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in. Some of us just go one god further.

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I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world.

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Religion is capable of driving people to such dangerous folly that faith seems to me to qualify as a kind of mental illness.

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Many of us saw religion as harmless nonsense. Beliefs might lack all supporting evidence but, we thought, if people needed a crutch for consolation, where's the harm? September 11th changed all that.

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The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture.

Richard Dawkins

Although many of us fear death, I think there is something illogical about it.

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