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> However, Richard Dawkins has become a very detestable person, cringeworthy culture warrior, rage beneficiary. Yeah.. My personal introduction to Dawkins was
by jabl 3y ago
> However, Richard Dawkins has become a very detestable person, cringeworthy culture warrior, rage beneficiary.
Yeah.. My personal introduction to Dawkins was actually some TV documentary he made that covered about the same topics as the God Delusion, then I read the book itself. Only after that I read the Selfish Gene, which IMHO philosophically was a much more interesting book.
I did sort-of follow the "new atheism" movement for a time, the "four horsemen" and all that [1]. But it seemed to pretty quickly spiral into the cringy culture war thing you mention, so I stopped.
[1] I don't agree with many of the things Christopher Hitchens said, but damn he was a good orator and public debater.
- jijijijij 3y agoIt's sad really. I mean it. I adored him, his thorough, a bit arrogant style of argumentation. If he had stayed with biology and science education, he could have had a legacy of greatness. Now, he will die as just another edgelord, who thought they've become experts on everything; a content creator for the suck. Dawkins is an old, old man, his days are counted. I hope with time The Selfish Gene will get a life of its own, with the person Dawkins becoming nothing more than a short side note, on a great educator falling victim to his ego. This book will endure, his Tweets won't.