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Alan G · 04-02-2003, 08:39 AM

Just found out Richard Dawkins will be talking as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival.

Its on Tuesday 15th April at 8pm-9pm at the Traverse Theatre. Tickets are 5pounds and 7pounds.

He is presenting extracts from his new book "A Devils Chaplain" and signing the book afterwards.

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mark24 · 04-02-2003, 02:20 PM

Alan,

I was at the reading of the same book in London when it was published. Go along, he is a treat. Especially if he is answering questions.

Mark

Toto · 04-02-2003, 02:38 PM

He's going to be speaking at the Atheist Alliance convention in Tampa April 19 (Holy Saturday, I think it's known as.)

Doubting Didymus · 04-02-2003, 02:44 PM

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Originally posted by mark24
I was at the reading of the same book in London when it was published. Go along, he is a treat. Especially if he is answering questions.

Mark

Here are some questions he will probably appreciate:

"Where does altruism come from if everything is just selfish genes?"

"Isn't reductionism silly?"

"What about mass extinctions? How does your gradualist theory deal with those?"

"How can evolution increase information content? Answer in one sentence please"

"Which is right, Punctuated Equilibirum, or hypersuper-darwinian ultramega-reductionist extraslow-gradualism?"

"Why do you hate Stehpen J Gould?"

"You call religion a 'virus'.... Thats a bit childish, isn't it? Did you have some terrible experience with religion as a child that made you so angry at god?"

Disclaimer: Do NOT ask these questions of Richard Dawkins.

Principia · 04-02-2003, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Disclaimer: Do NOT ask these questions of Richard Dawkins.

Here's another one:

"I've just founded a new society on complexification, design, and Super High IQ. Would you mind being an honorary member?"

Alan G · 04-03-2003, 06:03 AM

I was thinking of asking if he is happy the UK doesnt have any complete nutjobs of Hovind proportions

. Just hope I can get along.

1. No idea where the place is
2. No transport through
3. Dunno how close to train station it is etc.

Bah I will try get anyway, if I can't get at least I will have tried and also informed some more people about this (some from Edinburgh here aint there?)

Jack the Bodiless · 04-03-2003, 06:35 AM

You might ask him about the Emmanuel College creationism scare. That seems to have dropped out of the news, I don't know what the outcome was.

Albion · 04-03-2003, 10:57 PM

Well, so far the outcome was that Tony Blair has been asked about the teaching of creationism twice now in public and has sidestepped the issue both times. The surreal essay on Christian teaching of science, written for the Christian Institute by the Head of Science at Emmanuel College, has been taken down from the Christian Institute website "temporarily" but is still not back (although there are essays on Bible-based teaching of a bunch of other subjects). I haven't heard if the Ofsted inspectors went back to the school, but it's probably a fair bet that the classes are standard biology when there's an inspector sitting in.

lpetrich · 04-03-2003, 11:25 PM

I wonder if that guy is trying to get the fundie vote.

Albion · 04-03-2003, 11:40 PM

Well, so far the outcome was that Tony Blair has been asked about the teaching of creationism twice now in public and has sidestepped the issue both times. The surreal essay on Christian teaching of science, written for the Christian Institute by the Head of Science at Emmanuel College, has been taken down from the Christian Institute website "temporarily" but is still not back (although there are essays on Bible-based teaching of a bunch of other subjects). I haven't heard if the Ofsted inspectors went back to the school, but it's probably a fair bet that the classes are standard biology when there's an inspector sitting in.

04-02-2003, 08:39 AM	#1
Alan G Regular Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 155	Richard Dawking talking in Edinburgh Just found out Richard Dawkins will be talking as part of the Edinburgh Science Festival. Its on Tuesday 15th April at 8pm-9pm at the Traverse Theatre. Tickets are 5pounds and 7pounds. He is presenting extracts from his new book "A Devils Chaplain" and signing the book afterwards. More Info

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04-02-2003, 02:20 PM	#2
mark24 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: UK Posts: 26	Alan, I was at the reading of the same book in London when it was published. Go along, he is a treat. Especially if he is answering questions. Mark

04-02-2003, 02:38 PM	#3
Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	He's going to be speaking at the Atheist Alliance convention in Tampa April 19 (Holy Saturday, I think it's known as.)

04-03-2003, 06:03 AM	#6
Alan G Regular Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Scotland Posts: 155	I was thinking of asking if he is happy the UK doesnt have any complete nutjobs of Hovind proportions . Just hope I can get along. 1. No idea where the place is 2. No transport through 3. Dunno how close to train station it is etc. Bah I will try get anyway, if I can't get at least I will have tried and also informed some more people about this (some from Edinburgh here aint there?)

04-03-2003, 06:35 AM	#7
Jack the Bodiless Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: UK Posts: 5,815	You might ask him about the Emmanuel College creationism scare. That seems to have dropped out of the news, I don't know what the outcome was.

04-03-2003, 10:57 PM	#8
Albion Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: US east coast. And www.theroyalforums.com Posts: 2,829	Well, so far the outcome was that Tony Blair has been asked about the teaching of creationism twice now in public and has sidestepped the issue both times. The surreal essay on Christian teaching of science, written for the Christian Institute by the Head of Science at Emmanuel College, has been taken down from the Christian Institute website "temporarily" but is still not back (although there are essays on Bible-based teaching of a bunch of other subjects). I haven't heard if the Ofsted inspectors went back to the school, but it's probably a fair bet that the classes are standard biology when there's an inspector sitting in.

04-03-2003, 11:25 PM	#9
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	I wonder if that guy is trying to get the fundie vote.

04-03-2003, 11:40 PM	#10
Albion Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: US east coast. And www.theroyalforums.com Posts: 2,829	Well, so far the outcome was that Tony Blair has been asked about the teaching of creationism twice now in public and has sidestepped the issue both times. The surreal essay on Christian teaching of science, written for the Christian Institute by the Head of Science at Emmanuel College, has been taken down from the Christian Institute website "temporarily" but is still not back (although there are essays on Bible-based teaching of a bunch of other subjects). I haven't heard if the Ofsted inspectors went back to the school, but it's probably a fair bet that the classes are standard biology when there's an inspector sitting in.

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