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Taleb is pretty heavy duty with these attacks. I'm a big fan of his, but isn't it extreme to demote Dawkins [0] to just a journalist? He's got a Phd in animal
by mathattack 12y ago
Taleb is pretty heavy duty with these attacks. I'm a big fan of his, but isn't it extreme to demote Dawkins [0] to just a journalist? He's got a Phd in animal decision making (close to the field in question here) and has been on the faculty of Oxford for 45 years.
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins
- dragonwriter 12y ago> I'm a big fan of his, but isn't it extreme to demote Dawkins to just a journalist? He's just adopting Wilson's attack on Dawkins [0], when Wilson said: "There is no dispute between me and Richard Dawkins and there never has been, because he's a journalist, and journalists are people that report what the scientists have found and the arguments I've had have actually been with scientists doing research." [0] http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/nov/07/richard-dawkins-labelled-journalist-by-eo-wilson http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/nov/07/richard-dawki...
- mathattack 12y agoInteresting. It's clear that this goes way beyond merely the paper in question.