Daniel Dennett

Evolution by natural selection is the acid test for truth.

Happiness comes from understanding the world.

There is no soul; the mind is what the brain does.

Science is the only way to understand reality.

The future of humanity depends on rational thinking.

Memes spread like viruses in the mind.

Consciousness is a user illusion.

We are storytelling animals.

Darwin's dangerous idea is that design is an illusion.

Reason is the tool for human flourishing.

Faith is belief without evidence.

The brain designs the mind.

Evolution explains everything from atoms to ethics.

Laughter is the best medicine for confusion.

There are no shortcuts to understanding consciousness.

Human rights emerge from evolutionary processes.

The universe is comprehensible.

We must confront the myths we live by.

Thought experiments are intuition pumps.

Biology is the study of design without a designer.