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Richard Dawkins - 03 March 2012 153 Comments
I'm always interested in tracing the early history and subsequent rise of new memes, and I think the "So" meme might be worth following, as a quantifiable research project. The "basically" (meaning...
Freedom of speech for street preachers
Richard Dawkins - 10 February 2012 218 Comments
A Christian street preacher is on trial for verbally abusing a gay couple in Taunton high street. He is accused of telling them they would burn in hell, citing in his support 1 Corinthians: ...
Richard Dawkins - 31 January 2012 161 Comments
I have just received the following eMail (I have withheld the author's name for obvious reasons) Dear Mr. Richard Dawkins, I am an Indonesian medical doctor and I am interesting to learn...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is a Welsh bard
Richard Dawkins - 01 January 2012 128 Comments
I love the comedy of our discussion thread on "Important Research into Sophisticated Theology" . Nevertheless, I have a serious suggestion which I should like to discuss, not least because I am...
Richard Dawkins - 29 December 2011 36 Comments
I like the saying, "A man needs God like a fish needs a bicycle", which Desmond Morris just reminded me of. He and I would both like to trace its origin, which he believes to be a nineteenth century...
Richard Dawkins - 27 December 2011 8 Comments
Horace Barlow is the youngest grandchild of Sir Horace Darwin, Charles Darwin’s youngest surviving child. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a distinguished member of the lineage of Cambridge...
Richard Dawkins - 07 November 2011 135 Comments
After the German translation of The Selfish Gene was published, I received an enthusiastic letter from a lady in Germany, which said that the translation was so brilliant, it was as though the...
Richard Dawkins - 12 September 2011 139 Comments
"The sole survivor of a plane crash in Bolivia stayed alive for nearly three days by eating insects, drinking his own urine and painting an arrow on the ground with his blood to show rescuers his...
Richard Dawkins - 16 June 2011 481 Comments
UPDATE: A Call to Action This thread on postmodern metabollocks has now gathered nearly 300 comments. There have been a few gallant attempts at apologia, and if you are convinced by them you will...
Support what Ann McPherson stood for
Richard Dawkins - 31 May 2011 30 Comments
Dr Ann McPherson is dead. One of Oxford's most loved and England's most respected general practitioners, her tireless concern for the welfare of patients led to her campaign to change the law on...
Richard Dawkins - 24 May 2011 98 Comments
The Guardian has a headline today (24th May), 'Asians are 42 times more likely to be held under terror laws'. The article goes on to say, Despite official claims that profiling on the basis of...
Richard Dawkins - 17 May 2011 195 Comments
Harper's Magazine (June 2011, last page), or so I have just been informed, reports that "Existential anxiety was found to make people dislike Richard Dawkins." Should I feel flattered, hurt, or...
Support Christian missions in Africa? No, but . . .
Richard Dawkins - 07 May 2011 198 Comments
Given that Islam is such an unmitigated evil, and looking at the map supplied by this Christian site , should we be supporting Christian missions in Africa? My answer is still no, but I thought it...
Simon Singh on TV: Libel Reform Campaign
Richard Dawkins - 05 May 2011 33 Comments
I have just received the following message from the Libel Reform Campaign, and am writing in a hurry because Simon Singh's BBC program is tonight, 3rd May, BBC 1. Richard Dear Friends Look...
Richard Dawkins - 04 May 2011 40 Comments
The current issue (2nd May) of New Statesman published the following Letter to the Editor, in response to an article by Martin Rees, attempting to justify his acceptance of the Templeton Prize:-...
Muslim 'scholars': Sea burial breaks sharia law
Richard Dawkins - 03 May 2011 110 Comments
Oh NO! The Guardian reports Muslim 'scholars' as saying that Osama bin Laden's burial at sea breaches sharia law. How TERRIBLE. In terms of the basic requirements for Muslim burials, standard...
Richard Dawkins - 01 May 2011 131 Comments
Today I travelled all the way to Bury, near Manchester, to take part in a BBC program called 'The Big Questions' (recorded for broadcasting next Sunday, May 8th, at 10 am). The format is a panel of...
Richard Dawkins - 29 April 2011 11 Comments
I have just received this heart-rending appeal from PZ Myers. How could I possibly refuse? In this post, http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/04/hey_this_contest_isnt_fair.php , you'll see...
Please sign this anti-creationist petition
Richard Dawkins - 29 April 2011 49 Comments
Please support a new campaign initiated by Laura Horner. The petition for the campaign is worded as follows: "Creationism is known, and officially acknowledged, to be contrary to scientific fact....
Richard Dawkins - 22 April 2011 122 Comments
During the time when this site was out of action for technical reasons that seem to have originated with Amazon and spread widely through the Internet, there was a heated discussion on Jerry Coyne's...
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