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From this week’s interview on Real Time with Bill Maher:

Maher: In the book [The God Delusion] you establish a scale of one to seven of atheism- one being someone who is utterly certain there is a God, and seven being someone who is utterly certain there is not. But you yourself say you’re only a six. Can you tell us why?

Dawkins: I think any scientist would be unwise to commit himself to saying there definitely is not anything. I mean, I can’t definitely commit myself to saying there are no fairies. I’m pretty sure there are no fairies, but I think it would be unscientific to do what the extreme religious people do and say “I know there is a God.” I can’t say I know there is no God. I can’t say I know there are no pink unicorns. So I think maybe a 6.9 is reasonable.

I thought Richard Dawkins was a proud atheist? Sounds a touch agnostic to me, but it does make sense.

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Trigger: Real Time with Bill Maher interview clip