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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Sept 1, 2007 9:23:54 GMT
I still dont understand why you would have a Tattoo of Brian Dowling for Bob
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Post by bobdezon on Sept 1, 2007 10:33:51 GMT
I wasnt drunk honest guv, Its over my heart for the added love
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Sept 1, 2007 15:29:44 GMT
Like thats your body lol
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Post by bobdezon on Sept 1, 2007 17:46:10 GMT
yeah your right, I bear no resemblance to fat bastard
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Post by antmania on Sept 8, 2007 9:55:44 GMT
Dawkings is clearly intelligent but sadly for a scientist he is incredibly closed minded.
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Post by plopsack on Sept 8, 2007 10:10:41 GMT
If by "closed minded" you mean the he does not have confirmation bias, then yes he is
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Post by stormy on Sept 8, 2007 23:18:39 GMT
Enemies of Reason was fantastic. It put my thoughts into words far better than i could ever have done. There is no doubt in my mind that all mediums are fraudulent, deluded or insane. The same goes for those who dowse or practice holistic or alternative medicine
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Post by doodlebug on Sept 9, 2007 16:35:22 GMT
Enemies of Reason was fantastic. It put my thoughts into words far better than i could ever have done. There is no doubt in my mind that all mediums are fraudulent, deluded or insane. The same goes for those who dowse or practice holistic or alternative medicine that statement bothers me somewhat..... if it hadn't been for Holistic practices... many of the drugs that we have today would not have been found. homeopathy... is effectively organic drugs... using the plants in their natural form rather than taking an element and synthetically re-producing it. If it hadn't been for the herbalists, medicine men etc of yesterday... we would not be where we are today with pharmaceuticals. With that in mind what is wrong with people having the choice to revert back to the "organic" medicine rather than man made???! Bobdezon said earlier that what science cannot prove today it will tomorrow.... well maybe the tomorrow for holistic therapies hasn't arrived yet.. maybe it will take science a bit longer to be able to explain how certain therapies can work.
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Post by plopsack on Sept 9, 2007 17:29:52 GMT
homeopathy... is effectively organic drugs... using the plants in their natural form rather than taking an element and synthetically re-producing it. Isn't homeopathy just prescribing what is basically pure water?
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Post by exile on Sept 9, 2007 17:40:26 GMT
With a smattering of placebo.
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Post by exile on Sept 9, 2007 17:43:42 GMT
Dawkings is clearly intelligent but sadly for a scientist he is incredibly closed minded. I bought the God Delusion and I'm looking forward to reading it as it's like finding someone who thinks like me - only a hell of a lot cleverer!
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Post by plopsack on Sept 9, 2007 19:13:05 GMT
Dawkings is clearly intelligent but sadly for a scientist he is incredibly closed minded. I bought the God Delusion and I'm looking forward to reading it as it's like finding someone who thinks like me - only a hell of a lot cleverer! There are some far better books on the subject that I could recommend (including some of Dawkins' earlier books), if you find that you want to read further on the subject after finishing that one. If you haven't read much in the area before, then The God Delusion is an ok starting point, but you should be warned that a lot of the time he does rely on an appeal to the emotions.
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Post by exile on Sept 9, 2007 22:17:15 GMT
That sounds interesting. Do you think that it makes the book more consumer friendly than if it was just the bare facts? I have so many books that I have yet to read I can't buy any more, I haven't got room.
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Post by plopsack on Sept 9, 2007 22:50:56 GMT
I think his main aim with this book was to "convert" people to atheism, and the audience he had in mind was obviously the general public. Because of this a lot of the time he relies on appeals to emotion (to do with "evil", terrorism, "child abuse", etc) and rhetoric, which he perhaps thinks is a successful style of argument to achieve his intention. This method obviously worked because the book has convinced a lot of religious people that their beliefs were wrong. However, it's a bit of shame that he had to resort to some of the arguments that he uses because he is obviously above that. But I don't think the general public (especially American Christians) would have been likely to pick up any of his other books anytime soon, so it's not too bad.
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Post by Mr. Jon Donnis on Nov 15, 2007 14:01:29 GMT
I believe he should be on telly more, given his own 10 part series
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