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Poll: Which should I read first?
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Frontiers of Complexity, by Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield
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The Blind Watchmaker, by Richard Dawkins
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2 40.00%
The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins
60.00%
3 60.00%
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New Books!
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New Books!
So, which one guys? I'm thinking of starting off with the former, but they all look so good that I just can't decide, lol!
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RE: New Books!
Well TGD changed my life (and still has made the biggest change of anything I think overall Shock) - despite the fact I was already an atheist!!! - It's a complete injection of rationality for me...and it gets you in the mindset of throwing away everything that has no evidence-- everything that is based on 'faith'--it's a way to notice any superstition you're believing without realzing, and rejecting it.

Somehow it completely changed the way I think and was 'a complete breath of fresh rational air'...
Hmm...I think it's pretty much just the way he writes (as well of the content of course)...there is so much clarity, expression and emphasis (and rationality and truth).

Could be because it was the first Dawkins book I read though! And still is...I'm also reading The Blind Watchmaker and am just over 100 pages in - so far it's utterly superb. I also have the Selfish Gene to read after and I intend to get both his new book and Unweaving the Rainbow next.

Depends what you're after really. I couldn't comment on the other book though cos I haven't heard of it nor do I think I know the writer.

EvF
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RE: New Books!
For me it would be The Blind Watchmaker. I enjoyed that book much more than The God Delusion. I haven't read Frontiers of Complexity, so I can't comment about it.
Best regards,
Leo van Miert
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