At one point, Dawkins throws the Islamic scientific community a bone by stating that they used to be awesome, just not anymore! Bet they felt much better after reading that.
Something you can convert to is not a race. A statement of simple fact is not bigotry. And science by Muslims was great in the distant past.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 8, 2013
And it gets better. Now firmly in the zone, Dawkins decided to get all 2001: A Space Odyssey on our asses and starts talking about communicating with aliens. Cosmic!
If visited by aliens, how will their knowledge overlap with ours? Einstein & quantum surely. Pythagoras' Theorem, surely. Darwin? I think so
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 8, 2013
Aliens knowledge. Same fundamental physical constants, but they may, unlike us, have worked out why they have the values they do.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 8, 2013
Aliens knowledge. Probably not DNA, but a high fidelity, probably digital, genetics of some kind. If DNA, almost certainly not same code.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 8, 2013
Aliens knowledge. Very probably proteins because of enzymatically versatile 3D structure. But very probably NOT the same 20 amino acids
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 8, 2013
If we ever make contact with aliens, almost certain first contact not bodily but radio (or similar). Centuries delays in replies.
— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) August 8, 2013
And so on.
For a man who despises religious intolerance and advocates progressive thinking, Richard Dawkins has a definite knack for showing intolerance for anyone who doesn’t agree with him. He also needs to up his empathy game a little bit more. If you’re at a centralised Western educational establishment run by rich white people, raking in the Nobels isn’t exactly the most difficult thing in the world. And considering how super-intelligent Dawkins is, his surprise and indignation at the reaction to his comments shows someone who really isn’t that smart.
I’ll leave with you this neat little animation, set to an audio clip of an actual Q & A with the man himself. Notice how he doesn’t actually answer the question but instead uses it as an opportunity to show off how terribly knowledgeable he is about stuff;
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