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Old 29-03-2005, 09:36 AM   #15
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Yes, Everyone should read Dawkins' books, although ' The selfish gene' is a bit outdated. Also read other neo-darwinists like Stephen J. Gould to put Dawkins a bit in perspective. These books provide an excellent popular scientific introduction to the (often misunderstood) theories of Darwin AND are entertaining to read. Maybe people should also read (parts of) the bible. The first books are really pretty readable.
I should point out that these books are popular science (except the bible off course) in the sense that they do not provide any real scientific data such as statistics, formulas and such, but try to shed some light on the work that is being done in 'real' science. This means that sometimes ther authors tend to philosophy a bit and even jump to conclusions. So when reading for instance 'The Selfish Gene' read the footnotes in which Dawkins frequently has to correct his earlier (too bold) statements, bases upon newer research!

Btw. Very well put Hkizzle. Although I do not agree with you on your statement that God created evolution But this does not mean we can't have a discussion about this in a civilised way k:
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