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Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
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Re: Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
I admire some qualities of Dawkins, but Tyson is much more my style of skeptic. Maybe the importance of being nice was just drummed into me as I was growing up.
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Re: Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
I'll pass on the discussion.Chris OConnor wrote:I sure hope everyone participating right now will be reading and discussing "A Devil's Chaplain" at some point.
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Sum n = -1/12
n=1
where n are natural numbers.
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Re: Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
I agree with you DWill. Social skills are more important when trying to persuade than when finding answers in the field. Truth may be had without having to deal with people but it's inevitable when trying to get people to acknowledge it.
Dawkins should pay a blond supermodel with a high school cheerleader's indignant under-bite to talk for him. He'd at least have 100% of Fox news viewers watching - his target audience.
Dawkins should pay a blond supermodel with a high school cheerleader's indignant under-bite to talk for him. He'd at least have 100% of Fox news viewers watching - his target audience.
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Re: Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
We definitely shouldn't make fun of people who are leading a prayer vigil for lower gas prices
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/0 ... _stea.html
Why hast thou forsaken us?
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Why hast thou forsaken us?
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Re: Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
Thank God for moms and dads! I appreciate yoursDWill wrote:I admire some qualities of Dawkins, but Tyson is much more my style of skeptic. Maybe the importance of being nice was just drummed into me as I was growing up.
"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."--Jesus
"For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."--Jesus
"For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."--Jesus
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Re: Funny anecdote by Richard Dawkins
Dawkins could take some tips from Aristotle's On Rhetoric where he lays out his notion of how people form their beliefs. There are three factors: logos--corresponding to logic and common sense, pathos--that which 'resonates with our deepest self' making the truth attractive and personally satisfying, and ethos—that which is influenced by our social circles, upbringing and circle of friends: "It is part of our human nature to accept more readily the views of people we know, admire, trust and love" --John DicksonDWill wrote:I admire some qualities of Dawkins, but Tyson is much more my style of skeptic. Maybe the importance of being nice was just drummed into me as I was growing up.
Then again, maybe he does his case more harm than good this way and maybe that's not a bad thing...
"And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free."--Jesus
"For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."--Jesus
"For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."--Jesus
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