1. Richard Dawkins receives the Deschner Prize

Comment #80466 by marcdesm on October 21, 2007 at 11:12 pm

Excellent "man made" global warming debunking can be found here, by 20/20's John Stossel:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO9laiUXS1o

2. Richard Dawkins receives the Deschner Prize

Comment #78789 by marcdesm on October 14, 2007 at 11:54 pm

Dr Dawkins stated that Templeton encourged those who subvert science. This is true. But then he goes on to mention Al Gore's Nobel prize, as if Gore's efforts to push a baseless theory about man made global warming was worth encouraging.

"isn't it wonderful news that Al Gore has won the peace prize" ask Dr Dawkins.

No.

Dr William Gray, one of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous" and the product of "people who don't understand how the atmosphere works".

I can only "thank god" that Gore's prize wasn't for science.

3. Religion

Comment #70041 by marcdesm on September 13, 2007 at 8:45 pm

"This video has been removed due to terms of use violation."

4. Enemies of Reason

Comment #67195 by marcdesm on September 2, 2007 at 3:53 pm

The audio gets progressively ahead of the video. At the end of the first part, it seems like the video is behind by 10 seconds.

5. Interview with Richard Dawkins about 'The Enemies of Reason'

Comment #63003 by marcdesm on August 12, 2007 at 8:35 pm

James Randi has done a lot of work debunking paranormal claims in the past. He even has a 1 million dollar prize for anyone who can demonstrate such abilities.

http://www.randi.org/

6. Richard Dawkins on Hardtalk

Comment #58430 by marcdesm on July 24, 2007 at 7:21 pm

Sackur's motivation was not to understand what Dawkins had to say. Often he seemed more interested in "scoring" points. Not very serious.

7. An Atheist Responds

Comment #56210 by marcdesm on July 14, 2007 at 1:38 pm

Of course I agree with Mr. Hitchens. But I find his style difficult to follow. Mr. Dawkins and Mr. Harris have a more concise communication style.

But then, I'm an aerospace engineer. Maybe Mr. Hitchens' style is better suited for reaching a different segment of the population.

8. Charles Darwin - Legacy

Comment #55916 by marcdesm on July 12, 2007 at 8:54 pm

"And if there are a "male strategy" and a "female straegy", why is the whole society, especially economics, built on the male strategy of competition???"
--Logical

That's in TV Land. I see no evidence that "the whole society" is built on the male strategy. The media mostly focus on the extremes, that's how this impression is taken by those who let Hollywood educate them.

9. Interview with Dan Dennett on Danish TV

Comment #54392 by marcdesm on July 6, 2007 at 7:33 pm

Mr Dennett brings up an important point. Religion serves a need for many people. Perhaps if Mr. Dawkins' next book offered a natural alternative to serve this need, he'd have an easier time of spreading the message of evolution.

Non scientist/engineers tend not to listen to you if you just find what's wrong with the current state of affairs. You've got to come up with a convincing alternative to get their attention it seems.

10. Intelligent Design and Creationism/Evolution Controversy

Comment #53715 by marcdesm on July 2, 2007 at 8:07 pm

I also agree with chbg. She gets weird when she tries to accommodate deists. If evolution created our brains w/o super natural guidance, and if our minds is our brains in action, it would be a hell of a coincidence that there's a god that just happens to be there ready to speak to us in English...

11. The Stupidity of Fox News is Truly Beyond Belief

Comment #53333 by marcdesm on June 30, 2007 at 9:11 pm

there's a difference between "not believing in a god" and "believing there is no god".

I don't understand what "believing there is not god" means, really...

12. Inferior Design: Richard Dawkins reviews Behe's lastest book

Comment #53328 by marcdesm on June 30, 2007 at 8:35 pm

thank you Mr Dawkins for your fine work

13. Dogma

Comment #40769 by marcdesm on May 14, 2007 at 11:41 pm

Excellent.

14. The Video: Bill O'Reilly Interviews Richard Dawkins

Comment #34348 by marcdesm on April 23, 2007 at 8:49 pm

If talking about his own personal "truth" and saying that Dawkins has "faith" isn't spinning, I don't know what O'Reilly means by "spinning". We need to learn more about this personal language O'Reilly is inventing.

15. Postmodernism Disrobed

Comment #30582 by marcdesm on April 8, 2007 at 11:46 pm

It's like a metaphor within a metaphor, if you know what I mean.