Quote (Devil_kin @ Jan 24 2015 04:29am)
dawkins published work aside, he's a smug asshat that wants people to stop believing what he doesn't believe. regarding his work, i've never read the selfish gene but most well-reasoned criticism of it i've read says that he uses faulty methodology to come to conclusions that align with what he already believes. eg "proving" something to be correct when it may not really be correct. also like genetic reductionism can prove anything anyway
and just all of tysons nonsense political sentiments. guy should stick to being sagan 2.0 and try not to influence how people vote (see: ethics)
You seem to be doing the same as those you attack, blindly aligning yourself even though you're too ignorant to form your own opinion.
The Selfish Gene is widely considered one of the greatest masterpieces of evolutionary biology ever written
Quote (Devil_kin @ Jan 24 2015 05:02am)
there will never be a universal moral standard and that's a good thing.
attacking religion using moral arguments is shooting yourself in the foot
Speak for yourself, whether or not there is some "objective morality" (I think there is but that isn't relevant at the moment) most people still agree on a lot of it, and if a doctrine advocates morally reprehensible behavior that's enough for most people to dismiss it.
This post was edited by Voyaging on Jan 24 2015 08:58am