“It could be that at some earlier time somewhere in the universe a civilization evolved by probably some kind of darwinian means to a very very high level of technology, and designed a form of life that they seeded onto perhaps this planet. Now, that is a possibility and an intriguing possibility, and I suppose it’s possible that you might find evidence for that if you look at the details of biochemistry and molecular biology; you might find a signature of some sort of designer.”
– Richard Dawkins
“If we do ever meet an intelligent alien, even a tasty one, I hope we have sufficient ethical awareness… What moral status would extra-terrestrials have? Would we have obligations to them? Would they have rights?”
– Peter Singer
“If intelligently designed, our universe could be running as a simulation on an alien supercomputer.”
– Sam Harris
This presentation is part of a series explaining why we should be skeptical of Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, & Daniel Dennett.
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