Has this guy ever written anything worth reading?

Has this guy ever written anything worth reading?

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No. He's literally a subhuman and considered a joke in academia. He sold out to attack a religious strawman.

Selfish gene

hes pretty good in evolutionary biology

I agree with you for the most part, and his Twitter feed is just cringe-worthy now, but come on... He wrote The Selfish Gene. He was once a good scientist.

lolita is pretty good

He still is. It's just that he's shit everywhere else.

his signature in Epstein's visitor's book

I used to look up to this man. I'm just glad I never bought The God Delusion or any of his other books other then Selfish Gene.

Is he though? I mean, what science is he doing right now? As far as I'm aware he's just a political activist on Twitter now. He hasn't actively participated in biology for a long time. The famous E.O Wilson argues the same thing.

he's 78. he's long since retired from any active research.

Yeah, but I'm responding to
Who said he's STILL a good scientist.

No, he's not.

t. someone working in genetics

Yes he is
t. someone also working in genetics

Yes, the selfish gene is great if you are interested in evolutionary biology.

I have not read his books pertaining to his atheism, I assume they are seen as ignorant to most theists. I assume that I as an Atheist would agree with many of his arguments against religion but just because religion is probably false does not mean religion, both as a belief and as an institution does not play a significant role as a stabilizer for society, something /r/atheism ignores.

There's plenty of debate on selfish genes and replicators. For example, Yaneer Bar-Yam, Eva Jablonka en Peter Godfrey-Smith argue against it.

The Selfish Gene is still full of bad philosophy. Look up Mary Midgley's critiques.

You have a reddit account, dont you?

This guy you literal illiterate retard

Any other good books on memes you guys recommend?

I got 1/4 into Selfish Gene before putting it down. Perhaps I am not interested in evolutionary biology enough but I found him completely boring. The concept of genes having their own "interests" is intriguing, but that was enough of a takeaway for me. Pop-science books are a waste of time in my opinion.

Going to sell my copy.

I got 1/4 into Selfish Gene before putting it down. Perhaps I am not interested in evolutionary biology but I found him completely boring. The concept of genes having their own "interests" is intriguing, but that was enough of a takeaway for me. If I truly decide to learn about evolutionary biology then I will purchase university textbooks; pop-science books are a waste of time.

Going to sell my copy.

his entire gimmick revolves around trampling metaphysics while proposing his own metaphysics. "replicators", "machines" etc

Not trying to defend Dawkins, but if you can't even read through a popsci book on the subject without being overcome by boredom maybe you should give up the idea of ever reading a university textbook on that same subject.

>tfw western biology is a totalitarian biopolitical discourse always already implicated in the management of human populations

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His own name strongly resembles Charles Darwin's, so young Dawkins unconsciously identified with Darwin before ever knowing what he wrote about.

As an adult he made a career out of telling people Darwin's theories over and over, but with a condescending tone to give him a false air of authority.

desu westerners should be genocided

Western biology is also the one thing that prevents fags from dying from AIDS, so be grateful, you french cunt

>giving us more reasons why you should be gassed