(August 12, 2013 at 10:01 am)paulpablo Wrote: I can't see how economic factors would be a problem for islamic countries there's a few Islamic countries far far richer than the UK where Cambridge is.
It isn't a matter of the wealth of a country. What matters is resources the average Muslim has to receive an education and then be able to achieve a position that allows them to engage in research that could potentially lead to a Nobel Prize. In the "rich" Islamic countries, the wealth is in a concentrated few. If you're going to address Muslims as a whole, then the opportunities for the average Muslim is what's relevant.
(August 12, 2013 at 10:01 am)paulpablo Wrote: Also I imagine dawkins is making a point of saying this because of the amount of muslims who claim that Islam is an open minded scientific religion.
Then why not address those arguments specifically? Why speak so generally?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
