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Mow commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
When I was a kid I asked my father what was up with the Bible thing. I had visited churches in session with friends but it was never a family thing. As it was never a practice sought out by any of our extended family. Anyway his response to my query was "just another Aesop's Fables". I said thank...
jsgeare commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
I have watched several of the Dawkins Utube videos and note with some curiosity that Dawkins told Ben Stein he (Dawkins) assigned a low probability to God's existence, as opposed to a zero probability. But most of the material is, otherwise, basically a conflict of semantics and logic and at the...
Bob commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
Whenever I've watched Dawkins speak I'm amazed at his arrogance. The first time I was excited to hear what I thought would be an intellectually stimulating discussion. I was greatly disappointed. I wouldn't waste my time listening to him now.
Defaithed commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
@BB: Don't sit there imagining Dawkins as a speaker; get on YouTube (among many other sources) and actually listen. The man is enthralled with the wonders of the natural world, and does a great job of getting his audience excited as well. It's educational and fascinating stuff.
Go listen and...
saywha? commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
@boooo! Science insists upon calling its results theories while religion rather ludicrously claims to be speaking TRUTH. Dawkins himself addresses the issue here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLeztJkhi4U
The article you commented on says that last time Dawkins was here he even argued "that,...
Ohnhai commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
@boooo!
As Mer points out 'Theory' has a very different usage within the science community than the far woolier definition in everyday use. Please grasp the basic concept that the two uses are not interchangeable. Theories in science are not loose conjecture but robust models that have stood the...
Mow commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
Whats to say about religion or the lack there of. Regardless of ones belief system we are here for a very short time. Make the best of it, take one person at a time, treat them as you'd like to be treated and sleep well. I wonder what guides a politicians life? It can't be good whatever it is.
mer commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
Science defines the word "theory" differently and with more
complexity than the way it's used in everyday conversation.
Don't forget there are "laws" too which might get more
respect esp for example the law of gravity.
boooo! commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
woohoo! Up to 16 posts! 1,500, here we come!
In all seriousness though, something the scientific community doesn't like to admit is that quite a few of the doctrines they teach in schools and universities are actually only still just theories. Theories, as in, *lacks definitive proof.*...
jsgeare commented on He's baaack: Selfish Gene author pens one for the kids
Whether or not God exists is unlikely to be revealed by science, and, lacking direct, "scientific" evidence one way or the other, scientists are hardly in a position to speak with authority on the subject. Perhaps the scientist's greatest handicaps are their arrogance and their hubris, which has...
