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Richard Dawkins to Appear on Doctor Who

Posted by Zonk on from the do-the-evolution-baby dept.

Ravalox writes "In an interview with The Independent, current curator of the Doctor Who legacy Russell T. Davis announced that distinguished evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins would be making an appearance in the new season of Doctor Who. To quote Davies: 'People were falling at his feet ... We've had Kylie Minogue on that set, but it was Dawkins people were worshipping.' Dawkins is the author of many best-selling non-fiction books, from The Selfish Gene and The Blind Watchmaker to The God Delusion, and a renowned advocate of both Darwin's evolutionary theory and the merits of atheism."

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  1. Re:Nonsense. by UncleTogie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Like the other poster said: Please just read The God Delusion, it explains all of this.

    Read it. IMHO, Dawkins being belligerent and quoting other people doesn't make a very convincing set of arguments.

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  2. Re:Nonsense. by Mikkeles · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    'And in any event plenty of religious people will tell you they "feel" their god within themselves.'

    It's probably gas from the sauerkraut and sausages that they had earlier.

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  3. Re:Dawkins and Bad Philosophy by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As a Philosophy undergrad, I find Dawkins pretty irritating.
    That will all change once you get your degree; the hours, the nylon uniform and having to ask "do you want fries with that?" will teach you the true nature of suffering.
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  4. Re:Dawkins may may a renowned evolutionary biologi by ChromeAeonium · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even Dawkins admits that, strictly speaking, he's an agnostic. Agnosticism is the belief that we don't have the means to find evidence for or against anything commonly labeled theistic. This is correct, we currently do not have the means. Dawkins preaches that there is nothing in the universe that is commonly described as theistic. Since he's trying to take it from a scientific standpoint, this is scientifically short-sighted, as he's making the claim that science won't progress to that point; luckily the philosophy and media-whoring (used mostly to peddle his latest book) came before science got involved. It doesn't sound like agnosticism to me.
  5. Richard Dalek-ins by Bushido+Hacks · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Creationist! Exterminate! Exterminate!"

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