Darwin and Militant Atheism
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Best Headgear For Jiu Jitsu
Since the creation of this blog have said virtually nothing about the apparent conflicts between science and religion, or more specifically between evolutionary biologists and creationists. The idea is not to turn the blog into a forum for this (the sites of the "new atheists" like Pharyngula and Why Evolution is True are a good starting point for those interested), but following in my last entry did not mention anything more about the work of Richard Dawkins and yes I put a couple of videos and lectures from other researchers, perhaps worth mentioning the following. Dawkins not only has been one of the most visible voices trying to explain what evolution is for the general public and counter any creationist garbage (eg 1, 2 ) in recent years, but has gone a step further there to become an activist for anti-scientific and intellectual religion. His arguments are too numerous to present here, but are exposed in his bestseller The God Delusion (cost me after reading it becomes repetitive and dense, but in essence it is quite convincing).
Well, to mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species, about which he wrote Felipe here a couple of days, CNN ran an interview with Dawkins. It is short but worth reading. In addition, the page contains video of a lecture delivered a few years ago Dawkins TED . I'm not sure you want to be part of its membership, but several points clearly is quite right (see also the end of the conference in my Coyne previous entry, which in fact was given in a conference atheists!).
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