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Comments by hello_goodbye


1. British schools are falling for the pseudoscience of Brain Gym. Why fill kids' heads with nonsense?

Comment #162575 by hello_goodbye on April 17, 2008 at 4:57 am

My God. i used top do brain gym a few years back at my middle school...now I look back I realise how completely nuts it was :S

2. A New Flea

Comment #161565 by hello_goodbye on April 15, 2008 at 12:10 pm

I saw Keith Ward at a philosophy discussion held in London in early 07, he had a fascinating debate with Peter Atkins... fascinating as Prof. Atkins would use his quote to rebuttal anything Ward said religious "well that's your patch talking" and "your crazy patch in the back of your brain is saying that again" to mostly laughs and cheers from the audience.

3. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #148673 by hello_goodbye on March 23, 2008 at 3:22 pm

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

As always Richard (Dawkins) a very well written and witty document. It upsets me that people do not want to understand their 'opponents' view points but rather ridicule and actively lie at and about them without knowing anything at all in what they don't believe...I often wonder if they wonder what they do believe in as well.

If they honestly think anything surly look at it, then look at their opponents and then decide. Do not pick X, stick with X and laugh at others who pick not-X without knowing what not-X is.

again oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.

4. In Defence of Selfish Genes

Comment #148623 by hello_goodbye on March 23, 2008 at 12:28 pm

Peacebeuponme

Yes, it bemuses me how someone who appears to be as intelligent as she comers across in her written book (referring to only beast and man) takes a disliking not just too Dawkins's theories (which is fair enough), but too Dawkins himself with such potent dislike, as if he has offended her personally

5. In Defence of Selfish Genes

Comment #148514 by hello_goodbye on March 23, 2008 at 8:36 am

I actually quite liked Midgley's book Beast and Man when I first picked it up a few years back, finding it quite fascinating and intelligent pure modern philosophy- a point I am sure Richard (Dawkins) and others would disagree with me on. I must re-read some time and see if my views have changed since reading Dawkins and others...Im sure it has.