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Scientist Richard Dawkins' letter to his 10 year old daughter about the irrational world

The following is a letter that Dr Richard Dawkins wrote to his daughter when she turned 10. Richard is one of the world's most renowned scientists who is known for speaking out against the dangers of religion. This is a good read - Editors

To my dearest daughter,
Now that you are ten, I want to write to you about something that is important to me. Have you ever wondered how we know the things that we know? How do we know, for instance, that the stars, which look like tiny pinpricks in the sky, are really huge balls of fire like the Sun and very far away? And how do we know that the Earth is a smaller ball whirling round one of those stars, the Sun?

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