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Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evi...
#1 Bestseller in Britain! #1 Bestseller in Australia! #1 Bestseller in Ireland! #1 Bestseller in Canada!
Richard Dawkins gives an introduction to his new book "The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution." He explains why this book was necessary, and what readers can expect from this highly-anticipated work. The book is available now in the UK, and will be released in the US on September 22nd!
Charles Darwin's masterpiece, "On the Origin of Species", shook society to its core on publication in 1859. Darwin was only too aware of the storm his theory of evolution would provoke but he would surely have raised an incredulous eyebrow at the controversy still raging a century and a half later. Evolution is accepted as scientific fact by all reputable scientists and indeed theologians, yet millions of people continue to question its veracity. In "The Greatest Show on Earth", Richard Dawkins takes on creationists, including followers of 'Intelligent Design' and all those who question the fact of evolution through natural selection. Like a detective arriving on the scene of a crime, he sifts through fascinating layers of scientific facts and disciplines to build a cast-iron case: from the living examples of natural selection in birds and insects; the 'time clocks' of trees and radioactive dating that calibrate a timescale for evolution; the fossil record and the traces of our earliest ancestors; to confirmation from molecular biology and genetics. All of this, and much more, bears witness to the truth of evolution. "The Greatest Show on Earth" comes at a critical time: systematic opposition to the fact of evolution is now flourishing as never before, especially in America. In Britain and elsewhere in the world, teachers witness insidious attempts to undermine the status of science in their classrooms. Richard Dawkins provides unequivocal evidence that boldly and comprehensively rebuts such nonsense. At the same time he shares with us his palpable love of the natural world and the essential role that science plays in its interpretation. Written with elegance, wit and passion, it is hard-hitting, absorbing and totally convincing.
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no problem. a huge mining operation which had almost destroyed an island off new Papau with toxic waste was reclaimed by locals who claimed nature spirits had asked them to intervene. it is now a paradise. there is a documentary about it called "the coconut revolution". it is freely available on the internet. but thats besides the point, apostate....
the ONLY way to know? you sound like a religious fanatic. why couldnt the irrational be known? im not avoiding anything dude. but if rational is the only thing of value to you, i genuinely pity you. i love the irrational. it spices things up a bit. and, of course, allows the rational to exist by proxy... besides, youre making up your own definitions here, and putting words in my mouth. i want to see a genuine response from a human being, not a piece of rhetoric drenched in conflict...
danta, Religion isn't the abuse of an ideology. Religion is the belief that one can acquire knowledge through irrational thought. This is called "faith." Science derives from the Latin, meaning "to know." Science is the seeking of knowledge by looking at evidence and using reason to examine the evidence. This is the ONLY way to know anything. Either you support the use of reason and rationality, or you support superstitious nonsense. That's the conflict, the issue, and you avoid it.
just as they may abuse any ideology. and if you define religion as the abuse of ideology, i agree. however, our favourite online dictionary defines it thus: "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs." theres a "usually" and an "often" in there,
but cmon, experience IS subjective, thats precisely my point. science would be completely redundent if it could never translate eventually into a subjective experience. but surely you can see the mix up in continueums here...? i am not trying to marry the two, quite the opposite. being completely different in nature, im saying they could never be married, however they CAN be experienced side by side without any contradictions. all it requires is respect for qualatative difference. no?
nietzsche wasnt even close to a poet, but i get you. then youll understand the idea of a "supersoul" ? by the way, he drove himself nuts, convinced that the supersensible was responsible for phenomina, but unable to prove it.
That "bigger" is only "bigger" than science to you basically. Not to those who see science as the "bigger"! In other words, it has very little to do with objectivity nor with infinity of the mind but every thing with your subjective world view! You are kidding yourself if you think you are thinking outside of the box. You are merely thinking within another box than those who feel the same way over a science based world view!
LOL Yes I am afraid you are already coming across very garbled and unscientific. Which is the point really. Like Gogo, you are trying to marry science and emotional subjective views! And like him you prove that leads to garbled unscientific ramblings! I am not saying there is anything wrong with that but since they are highly subjective, one cannot reasonable expect anybody else but you yourself to base anything on them! Not practically and not even philosophically really.
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but thats besides the point, apostate....
besides, youre making up your own definitions here, and putting words in my mouth. i want to see a genuine response from a human being, not a piece of rhetoric drenched in conflict...
theres a "usually" and an "often" in there,
In other words, it has very little to do with objectivity nor with infinity of the mind but every thing with your subjective world view! You are kidding yourself if you think you are thinking outside of the box. You are merely thinking within another box than those who feel the same way over a science based world view!
And like him you prove that leads to garbled unscientific ramblings!
I am not saying there is anything wrong with that but since they are highly subjective, one cannot reasonable expect anybody else but you yourself to base anything on them! Not practically and not even philosophically really.