(December 18, 2012 at 1:23 am)clemdog14 Wrote: Hello everyone. I was just wondering you all think of Richard Dawkins. I am not here to question anyone's beliefs or anything, however, I was wondering what you all think of him.
Is he a poster child for "atheism" or perhaps something else?
Are his works worthy? In other words, do his arguments on several subjects hold up logically? The question is not what he is investigating, the real question is if his arguments hold up based on what he is investigating.
In my opinion, I think that some of Richard Dawkins' viewpoints are sometimes logically invalid. I respect him as a human and a brilliant scientist, however, when he dwells into philosophy, frankly, he is not a good philosopher.
Thoughts? Once again, I'm just curious. I am not here to question anyone's beliefs.
Thanks.
As a scientist and and advocate for science I think he is awesome. The God Delusion is a must read.
I did not however like "The Greatest Show On Earth" because he did, what I hate about textbooks. He wrote it, not for laypersons like me, but for peer level of his ilk.
Outside that he is really not personable to his fans as much as you'd think. He is like many famous people, doesn't mind making money off the fame but hates the public interaction he has to do to sell his wears. At least that is the way he came across to me when I met him in 07 at the Crystal Clear convention in DC.
And to the dismay of many of his message board members, he shut down the message board part of his website.
But over all I really don't care about what he thinks about how fans should interact with celebrities. He is a titan and a very vital part of the protection of science and extremely important.
I care more about what he puts out than what his personal predilections are. He still puts his evolution on one allele at a time.
