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Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 3:09 am
Deepak Chopra (lover of pseudoscience) takes shots at Richard Dawkins via Twitter. I guess, because he doesn't know how to debate honestly and intelligently.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/deepak-c...hallenged/
Coming from the guy who is dismissed and mocked by doctors and scientists all over, writes about metaphysics, uses quantum mechanics dishonestly to try to persuade people with his arguments, believes in spiritual/distance healing, and is just a goof to watch in debates.
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 3:45 am
My answer to Deepak's question is, "Not by you!"
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 4:39 am
F*** Chopra. Who gives a sh** about what he says?
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 12:59 pm
Yeah, he's a dumb little shit. He can turn into a little whiner, when he attempts to warp scientific words to promote his pseudoscientifc ideas, and then gets called out on it.
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Deepak has a nice little hustle going. And like any good con artist, he will go on the offensive and attempt to discredit his critics. Skepticism is bad for business if you're a woo salesman.
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Sounds like someone has an advanced case of butthurt.
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 3:25 pm
I took a look at the article, which included some tweets. So we now know that not only is Deepak Chopra a believer in pseudoscientific bullshit, he makes childish tweets as well.
I somehow don't think this is going to help Deepak Chopra, and think it would probably have been better for him to have just ignored the comment from Richard Dawkins, as this way, he is drawing attention to Dawkins. But, perhaps, Deepak Chopra knows his audience better than I do, and so maybe it will be better for him after all.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
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RE: Deepak Chopra Questions Richard Dawkins Intelligence
June 6, 2015 at 3:46 pm
When a towering, world-class intellect like Chopra goes all bitey on a poorly educated pseudo-scientist like Dawkins, there's only one thing to do - laugh til your gums bleed.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
