51. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #174359 by Jiten on May 2, 2008 at 9:37 am

al-rawandi:

The worst of the worst of these "just missed the 60's" crowd come here and post their communist drivel, constantly referring to some metaphysical, eutopian reality, where sunshine and raimbows shine down on the overall clad proletariat.

52. Anti-Evolution Film Misappropriates the Holocaust

Comment #174339 by Jiten on May 2, 2008 at 7:46 am

al-rawandi:

I don't understand it. These Chomskian ideologues are incapable of doing anything but flogging their own collective backs. They can't bring themselves to even admit that Islam is a violent ideology, they can only blame the WTO and World Bank for 9/11 (despite the fact Bin Laden doesn't really talk about these two).

53. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #174097 by Jiten on May 1, 2008 at 3:52 pm

A lot of posts while I've been away! Just got back from a cello and piano recital.

Well,al-rawandi,you attack the cartoon version of socialism.You seem to be obsessed with state-ownership.Why? Why do you think the opposite to capitalism is state-ownership? Firstly think no states at all.The state is an artificial creation and we'll just do away with it.Freedom for people to move around,no borders.After all today Capital freely moves around the world but borders exist only for people.

Secondly,think of a society based on co-operation not competition.

As for motivation or lack of,what about 10,000 years ago for example? Humans are curious animals and they will be and are motivated by curiosity."Let's see what happens if I do this.."

What we're talking about is a complete revolution in how society is arranged not a modification or tinkering with the current world system.Chavez,Castro are just tinkerers.They do not represent a just society.

54. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #173637 by Jiten on May 1, 2008 at 2:38 am

al-rawandi in post 184:

I have read Chomsky

55. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #173228 by Jiten on April 30, 2008 at 2:23 pm

I think al-rawandi needs to read Chomsky.He simply doesn't get the excellent posts by Bonzai and D'arcy.

56. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #172432 by Jiten on April 29, 2008 at 2:51 pm

I have something in common with Einstein: I need help with maths too.

57. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #172423 by Jiten on April 29, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Einstein had major insights into physics, but had to get help with the math

58. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #172399 by Jiten on April 29, 2008 at 2:19 pm

People often confuse what went on in the old Soviet bloc with what Marx wrote.So they reject Marx because they reject "communism".There are many myths associated with socialism.For example "command economy".Well what do you call the economy when nations go to war?The war economy?Is that not a command economy?

Dawkins would do well if he paid more attention to Chomsky.Then he wouldn't appear so nice in person and could be the same as he is in print;there wouldn't be two Dawkinses then.

59. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #172338 by Jiten on April 29, 2008 at 1:43 pm

Enlightenme Where there no inventors or risk takers before capitalism?

60. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #172317 by Jiten on April 29, 2008 at 1:17 pm

No one ever mentions the elephant in the room.Imagine no religion?Yes,OK,good.But:
Imagine no injustice
Imagine no wage slavery
Imagine no exploitation
Imagine no hunger in a world of plenty
Imagine,there's so much inequality in access to clean water,medicine.
Imagine no CAPITALISM.

61. Gods and earthlings

Comment #163413 by Jiten on April 18, 2008 at 10:16 am

When will the IDiots get it through their thick heads?RD can write articles like this till the cows come home and they still will carry on as before.I guess they're not interested in the truth,only in keeping the truth from the ignorant masses.

Their power will only wane when we educate and make science-literate the masses.

62. Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss

Comment #161713 by Jiten on April 15, 2008 at 2:20 pm

Bonzai You hero worship Feynman yet you constantly,tiresomly rebuke us for being Dawkins fans.You are obviously a very intelligent guy yet don't you see the hipocracy in this?Looks like what's good for the goose is good for the gander too.

63. Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art

Comment #160355 by Jiten on April 14, 2008 at 1:40 am

I agree strongly with what Skid said.This article is a third rate piece of crap.Just like many before it from the Guardian.What's with the Guardian?Are they deliberately out to stir things up?How can such a piss poor article get past the Editor?

64. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #158459 by Jiten on April 10, 2008 at 2:49 pm

Diacanu,

Who does the selecting?

65. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #158457 by Jiten on April 10, 2008 at 2:44 pm

Diacanu Eugenics after all is just Artificial Selection applied to humans.We have been artificially selecting farm animals,pets and crops since we stopped being hunter-gatherers.So where is the "law of unintended consequences"here?The only thing different is the we can speed up artificial selection through gene manipulation.

66. The simple falsehood at the heart of Expelled

Comment #158427 by Jiten on April 10, 2008 at 1:41 pm

harrylippy writes:

we don't engage in eugenics because it is morally wrong to do so.

67. Richard Dawkins: 'Growth in creationist beliefs a problem for schools'

Comment #157127 by Jiten on April 8, 2008 at 3:10 pm

Yes Bonzai science and technology are not the same thing but modern technology wouldn't be possible without a deep understanding of how the world works brought by science.

68. Discussion between Richard Dawkins and Paula Kirby

Comment #157114 by Jiten on April 8, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Just watched the Intro so far and a lavish intro for Richard but none for Paula.I still don't know WHO she is.(I of course know her from her contributions here.)Maybe it has been mentioned already in some other thread of which I'm unaware.

69. Richard Dawkins on The Big Questions

Comment #156964 by Jiten on April 8, 2008 at 12:46 pm

Richard hardly got a word in.Why invite a distinguished guest and then waste him by not using him more?Even that empty-head Miriam spoke more!

"Of course the devil exists, how can you explain Hitler and the Holocaust"... that's the kind of "reasoning" I would expect from and accept in a 3-year-old child!

70. Dawkins warns of human extinction

Comment #155451 by Jiten on April 4, 2008 at 2:00 pm

I am sure you mean the Sun.

71. Happy Birthday, Richard Dawkins!

Comment #149875 by Jiten on March 26, 2008 at 10:10 am

Happy Birthday Richard!!(A bit uneasy about calling you that.)I hope you're having a brilliant day!

72. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #148853 by Jiten on March 24, 2008 at 4:31 am

Comment #148845 by Steve Zara on March 24, 2008 at 3:26 am

I really like your reply to bibanu.

73. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #148844 by Jiten on March 24, 2008 at 3:26 am

What a brilliantly excoriating piece from RD.The biggest irony is the fact that these people behave in such an UNCHRISTIAN manner! Where are their morals? Ha ha ha!!

74. John Templeton: God's sugar daddy

Comment #148664 by Jiten on March 23, 2008 at 2:53 pm

Templeton's money sullies science.I'd be uneasy accepting grant money from them.

75. Discussion on PZ Myers being expelled from Expelled

Comment #148243 by Jiten on March 22, 2008 at 12:52 pm

Why o why do these cretins feel the need to attack Darwinian Natural Selection?After all scientists like Francis Collins manage to blithely carry on believing in Jesus whilst accepting the overwhelming evidence for Natural Selection.Francis Collins and other Christian scientists must be seriously embarrassed by having these half-brained cretinous IDiots on the same side as themselves.

76. Biology prof expelled from screening of 'Expelled'

Comment #148234 by Jiten on March 22, 2008 at 12:13 pm

They should change the subtitle to No Inteligence At All. !!

77. Discussion on PZ Myers being expelled from Expelled

Comment #148228 by Jiten on March 22, 2008 at 11:55 am

RC Metcalf Have you got a link for that?

78. Discussion on PZ Myers being expelled from Expelled

Comment #148097 by Jiten on March 22, 2008 at 3:49 am

Thanks for the Harvard video link sent2null!

79. EXPELLED!

Comment #147642 by Jiten on March 21, 2008 at 3:43 am

Ha ha ha!! What dorks those IDiots are! It's like airport security stopping a pen-knife getting through but allowing an AK47 to go right past!!

In no way do I want this to mean disrespect for PZ Myers,a true champion for science.

80. The Secular Conscience

Comment #146936 by Jiten on March 19, 2008 at 3:06 pm

This book is meaningless after Nietzsche.

81. New Atheists Are Not Great

Comment #145480 by Jiten on March 17, 2008 at 4:24 pm

D'Souza is a deeply disgusting dispicable dunderhead.He is a dunce,a douchebag,a dickhead.But insults will just not get him.We have to ridicule him,to laugh at him.

82. The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing

Comment #144281 by Jiten on March 15, 2008 at 2:41 pm

Already have it and have started it!

83. I don't believe in atheists

Comment #144267 by Jiten on March 15, 2008 at 2:08 pm

ungodlystheist You're back with your usual excellent posts after a long haitus.But please,please take care with your spelling.Reading is a pleasure spoilt by careless spelling.I guess even your moniker is a mis-spelling.

84. Fleabytes

Comment #142916 by Jiten on March 13, 2008 at 7:42 am

Well, on my way home from work yesterday

85. The ethics of mixing science and religion

Comment #142505 by Jiten on March 12, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Everyone has a price ; mine is $1.6 million ! :))

86. Fleabytes

Comment #142024 by Jiten on March 11, 2008 at 3:53 pm

what do you guys do with your spare time?

87. Fleabytes

Comment #142022 by Jiten on March 11, 2008 at 3:40 pm

keith good to see you're back.I'm looking forward to more of your erudite posts.

88. Seven new deadly sins: are you guilty?

Comment #142021 by Jiten on March 11, 2008 at 3:36 pm

Teratornisyour posts above are excellent.I always appreciate all your posts.Keep up the good work!

Great post Russell Blackford.I enjoy all your posts too.

89. Fleabytes

Comment #137656 by Jiten on March 3, 2008 at 9:59 am

Billysands

Don't you mean "Not to be a total pedant"?

90. Earth's Final Sunset Predicted

Comment #135166 by Jiten on February 28, 2008 at 4:05 pm

Better get in my trip to Cuba that I've always promised myself between now and then!

91. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #134639 by Jiten on February 28, 2008 at 4:07 am

I see that some posters prefer MP3s to RealAudio.Could someone please explain to me what exactly is bad about RealAudio? I just don't know enough about these things.

92. Physicist Neil Turok: Big Bang Wasn't the Beginning

Comment #132228 by Jiten on February 24, 2008 at 1:47 pm

We're not smoking something and making it up.

93. Richard Dawkins on five of his favorite books

Comment #132195 by Jiten on February 24, 2008 at 12:42 pm

My 5 best:
A Fine Balance- Rohinton Mistry
Creation:Life and how to make it- Steve Grand
Demon Haunted World- Carl Sagan
Language Instinct- Steven Pinker
Fabric of Reality- David Deutsch

94. Richard Dawkins on five of his favorite books

Comment #132178 by Jiten on February 24, 2008 at 12:22 pm

Of those 5 I've only read The Lion Children.I tried to read Red Strangers but just couldn't get into it.It wasn't easy to get hold of a copy either!

95. The Lava Lizard's Tale

Comment #132131 by Jiten on February 24, 2008 at 9:17 am

Richard M I'm impressed!

96. The Lava Lizard's Tale

Comment #130924 by Jiten on February 21, 2008 at 1:51 pm

Wonderful.I'm reading the Ancestor's Tale at the moment.These tales are brilliant.

97. Fleabytes

Comment #130914 by Jiten on February 21, 2008 at 1:38 pm

At least Christians believe in free speech

98. Fleabytes

Comment #130756 by Jiten on February 21, 2008 at 8:37 am

Fedler,there is no ban.He's posting as clearthinker.He can post his rebuttal to Paula whenever he's ready.

99. Fleabytes

Comment #130751 by Jiten on February 21, 2008 at 8:28 am

265. Comment #130721 by Richard Morgan -

Here are instructions for being a Wee Flea:
1) Waffle
2)Mindless waffle
3)Mindless waffle with a thick syrup of lies.
4)Repeat.

100. DLD08 - Life: a gene-centric view

Comment #130410 by Jiten on February 20, 2008 at 1:10 pm

Craig Venter seems says at one point that because our genome (and presumably that of other species too) has so much viral and bacterial DNA that it makes no sense to talk of "species" and that comparison of genomes to determine relatedness is also meaningless.Is this true or have I got it wrong?