Are you sure?'We brights are not claiming to be bright (meaning clever, intelligent), any more than gays claim to be gay (meaning joyful, carefree)' Dawkins writing in Wired, 2003
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Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:48,
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Yep, pretty sure he dropped the title for his book tour,as Hitchens had persuaded him it sounded condescending.
Have you seen The Four Horsemen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyUz2XLp1E
(Have you seen The Four Horsemen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyUz2XLp1E
PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer.,
Mon 12 Oct 2009, 20:58,
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Yes, I have. Most enjoyable :)Hitchens? Calling other people condescending? that's a bit ironic, isn't it? Still, I'm sure no-one wants to get into a Peoples-Front-of-Judea argument over semantics. Dawkins and the Brights movement still have a lot in common.
Reminds me that I still have Darwin's Dangerous Idea on my bookshelf and I still haven't read it! Must switch off computer and read more...
(Reminds me that I still have Darwin's Dangerous Idea on my bookshelf and I still haven't read it! Must switch off computer and read more...
Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Mon 12 Oct 2009, 21:07,
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I myself am a Hitchenist/Saganistso I tend to give them a lot of slack where others wouldn't. No need to argue at all, we sound like we both know more than Fox News which is the most important thing. :)
Computers always get in the way of the bookshelf dammit! I must read Dawkins new one at some point.
(Computers always get in the way of the bookshelf dammit! I must read Dawkins new one at some point.
PointlessCamel Last one on drugs is a queer.,
Mon 12 Oct 2009, 21:11,
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I keep failing The Extended Phenotype.Currently enjoying Ben Goldacre's Bad Science though - there's a book I can understand!
Right, I'm off out. Laters.
(Right, I'm off out. Laters.
Crystal Magnet Like a diamond geezer, but better,
Mon 12 Oct 2009, 21:21,
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