UKNM: RE: Memes and Dawkins

[John Braithwaite]

Just my twopennethworth:


IMHO Dawkins is only a propagator and evolver of his own ego. Most of his

books are very loose scientifically with a lot of good prose.... but should

they be in the fiction or non-fiction section?It's a pity that all you need

is a doctorate or professional qualification and people don't consider

whether you're just a little half-baked. Just remember how few of the

scientific theories that were 'created' in or before the 19th Century are

still true today. What comes around, goes around.


Hands up who thought that 'Walking with Dinosaurs' was accurate?

And those that thought that perhaps the odd skeleton really can't give us

much of a clue about what did happen in those times?


Cheers



John


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Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 16:00:38 +0100

From: Duncan Clubb <

duncanoffworld [dot] net

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Subject: Re: UKNM: Memes and marketing


Richard Dawkins likens religion to viral infection - if you don't catch

it from your parents, there is a good chance you might catch it at

school.  By far the best book ever written (IMHO) on evolutionary theory

and propagation of memes/genes/etc. is Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel

C Dennett - worth a read even if you think we're all stretching a point

just a little too far here.

Aye

duncan



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