tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post3336549075016460168..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Richard Dawkins on Bill Maher's ShowLarry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-8702377541182640902009-10-06T13:52:57.030-04:002009-10-06T13:52:57.030-04:00Could it not be a combination of all those things?...Could it not be a combination of all those things?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-86237059498702231882009-10-05T16:31:46.775-04:002009-10-05T16:31:46.775-04:00When we laugh at creationism, we set the problem a...When we laugh at creationism, we set the problem aside and turn the "debate" into a mud-slinging love-hate relationship between conservatism and cheap neo-liberalism.<br /><br />If we want to <i>actually</i> eradicate creationism (which, I think, may not be Maher's or Dawkin's real goal since they make so much money from their playful fun-poking) we must attack it seriously through education.Ford Prefectnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-5307667933230407872009-10-05T11:11:14.856-04:002009-10-05T11:11:14.856-04:00I'd rephrase the sentence about variation in b...I'd rephrase the sentence about variation in brain power. I'd go from Thomas Friedman to Bill Maher. And I'd put Dawkins closer to Maher than to Friedman.<br /><br />It's us against them. We the brights, they, the stupid. Of course, let's bash religion, even though the evidence suggests poverty, foreign policy injustice and repressive governments.Marcnoreply@blogger.com