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Richard Dawkins should revisit the letter to his 10 year old daughter
- chunky1994 13y agoI might be mistaken, however I think that Dr. Dawkins was trying to stipulate was the content of the talk by Dr. Tyson at the Beyond Belief conference (2006). Here is the link to that talk [video]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7rR8stuQfk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7rR8stuQfk (It is quite long, but in my opinion worth the watch) TLDW: He presents evidence of the rise of religion being a major if not the major contributing factor to the downfall of critical thinking, most significantly saying that people invoke a religious philosophy of ignorance at the end of their knowledge, and this is quite dangerous to scientific thinking.
- rustynails 13y agoRTFA. He says the Jews (religious) do well, but Muslims (religious) don't- so what is his point? The author speculates that it might be linked to socio-economic status more than religion. For the record I am an atheist, but I disrespect poor arguments from anyone, theist, agnostic or atheist.
- chunky1994 13y agoHis (Degrasse's) point was that when there was a spirit of critical thinking that was permitted, there were great advances in science, whereas when that was stifled (I do believe that the jews did not have such a rigid religiosity enforced upon them) they lost their ability to do good science. That I think was also the point that Dawkins was trying to make. It is very likely and probable that socio-economic status is a causal factor, however the point being made is not that that is untrue, it is that there is another one of (likely) equal importance.
- jongraehl 13y agoPresumptuous. We may as well tell the author of this slam that his mother, daughter, wife, sister, best friend, butcher, and dentist are all embarrassed for him.
- jack9 13y agoNews: Some guy reads too much into a tweet and it spawns an internet rant?