(April 10, 2012 at 7:28 pm)Napoleon Wrote: They still seemed to cheer louder for him than for Dawkins. Jus' sayin'.
Not my perception. PLUS Pell DID actaully score a few points,and showed he has a sense of humour. From Dawkins we got a querulous "why is that funny?",more than once.
I am not especially an admirer of St Richard and never have been. I see him as a smart scientist with a good mind. Also a skilled debater and polemicist,but weak philosopher. He has nothing original to say,but says it very well. He seems to have had a huge impact on people unaccustomed to actually thinking.