As a long time resident of Thailand, I'm betting the "lucky" 500 kids are those of PM Taksin's very rich friends, who give their kids $100 a day pocket money. They'll fool with them for a day or so, toss them aside, then go back to their shiny IBMs, HPs, Macs, etc. The deserving poor majority will never get their grubby fingers on them.
That Dawkins does not suffer fools gladly is well-known. That he shows convincingly that evolution is not only possible but demonstrable to an intelligent (not necessarily "well-educated") layperson is a tribute to his grasp of science. Read "The Blind Watchmaker", "The Selfish Gene", and then try to argue "faith". He may be a "zealot" in the sense of "inspired, enthusiatic" but not as "fanatical or dogmatic" like many religious folk I meet. Read him first, then think.
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As a long time resident of Thailand, I'm betting the "lucky" 500 kids are those of PM Taksin's very rich friends, who give their kids $100 a day pocket money. They'll fool with them for a day or so, toss them aside, then go back to their shiny IBMs, HPs, Macs, etc. The deserving poor majority will never get their grubby fingers on them.
That Dawkins does not suffer fools gladly is well-known. That he shows convincingly that evolution is not only possible but demonstrable to an intelligent (not necessarily "well-educated") layperson is a tribute to his grasp of science. Read "The Blind Watchmaker", "The Selfish Gene", and then try to argue "faith". He may be a "zealot" in the sense of "inspired, enthusiatic" but not as "fanatical or dogmatic" like many religious folk I meet. Read him first, then think.