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**Spiny Norman** · 10-24-2007, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by Iconoclast

However, Dawkins is a communicator of (science) ideas. He is no a hardcore philosopher.

Then perhaps he ought to refrain from making philosophical pronouncements and making statements about the (non)existence of God. Tell me again what that has to do with science? "The God Delusion" indeed. No, however much you might wish that Dawkins was a communicator of science ideas, he is in fact a populist, lightweight, philosophical hack that could be refuted by any first-year university philosophy student with one hand tied behind their back.

10-24-2007, 08:28 AM	#27 (permalink)
Spiny Norman Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 224	Originally Posted by Iconoclast However, Dawkins is a communicator of (science) ideas. He is no a hardcore philosopher. Then perhaps he ought to refrain from making philosophical pronouncements and making statements about the (non)existence of God. Tell me again what that has to do with science? "The God Delusion" indeed. No, however much you might wish that Dawkins was a communicator of science ideas, he is in fact a populist, lightweight, philosophical hack that could be refuted by any first-year university philosophy student with one hand tied behind their back.