Dawkins loses humanist title

[Belacqua]

Dawkin's can't give a logical or scientific backing for said opinion.

  Uhm....... are they even the right 'Things' to be trying to use as a measuring stick (In search of a good analogy/term) about the matter?

His assertion was that the overall amount of happiness in the world would be increased if Downs Syndrome children were aborted. 

So, yes, the proper question is: what measuring stick do we use to determine this? Does the happiness of the Downs Syndrome children count? 

The interviewer suggested that there was no objective, scientific way to quantify this, and Dawkins agreed. It's his opinion. It's also debatable whether the overall level of happiness in the world (even if that were quantifiable) is the only standard of judgment we should go by. Dawkins seemed unaware of any of this.

Yah, well there are literary works whose worth I too find dubious even after  the study thereof. 

There are good books and bad books. Some deserve study and some don't. 

It's OK to say you have no clue why a book is good or bad, if you admit you just don't know or care. If you don't know or care about a subject, it's best not to make a judgment. 

 Perhaps Dawkin's is simply seeking a wider audience than (Tongue partially in cheek) cloistered academics?

 Perhaps he seeks more a reflection from the 'Common person'?

  He has asked the internet as a whole with his tweet and/as such.  *Shrug*

If he ever gave any indication that he was listening to the answers people give to his questions, and learning from them, that would be great. 

I see no reason why he should seek a wider audience for his personal views on topics he doesn't know anything about. Humility is good.