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Originally Posted by Nodrog
Dawkins isnt pro-evolution as such, hes pro-science. He isnt advocating Darwinism as much as hes advocating a scientific approach to the world - namely trying to base your beliefs on evidence to the greatest extent possible, rather than believing whatever feels nice. With this is mind, his attack on using beliefs as a crutch seems quite reasonable - it is intellectually dishonest to believe something purely because you want it to be true, and I dont think there is anything wrong with pointing out the irrationality of others.
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I think this is misguided. Dawkins may be pro-science, but he is certainly a manifestly pro-evolution commentator,
apropos memetics. Frankly, I think Dawkins has gone further with his polemic than scientific investigation calls for. He writes with a objectionable degree of finality and and assuredness that borders on meglomania and bears no resemblence to scientific, experimental study.
I find him an absurd figure.