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Comments by Jiten


101. Fleabytes

Comment #130071 by Jiten on February 20, 2008 at 3:03 am

Wow! It's really impressive that you bothered to do this at all,considering all the time and effort! You write so fluently,as I already knew from reading your posts.

But do they deserve all this time and effort?

102. Why do we believe in God? 2m study prays for answer

Comment #129478 by Jiten on February 19, 2008 at 7:27 am

Nope annabanana,you still don't get it.That sentence means that other people have quoted Justin Barrett to backup arguments made by both RD and McGrath.

103. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #127224 by Jiten on February 15, 2008 at 4:14 am

Henri Bergson:

A question for Richard: you always say, "I'm concerned about the truth." Can you prove that truth has a value?

Richard cares about the truth and that's why he's concerned about it.In this pitiless,indifferent universe nothing ultimately has any meaning or point to it.But we can create our own meaning and purpose for our lives.His is pursuit of truth because that's what brings him joy.

Why your obsession with value?What do you mean anyway?

104. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #126982 by Jiten on February 14, 2008 at 3:32 pm

The capacity of the human mind to explore idea and imagine different worlds is to be valued

Absolutely.I just prefer the ideas of today's thinkers,who are generally scientists.See edge.org.

105. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #126968 by Jiten on February 14, 2008 at 3:19 pm

I've never read the Bible and I'm not gonna and I don't understand Milton,Donne,Shakespere because I've not read them.But nevermind,at least I've got wonderful science books to read.At the moment I'm enjoying the Magnificient "The Ancestor's Tale".You can shove your Milton.

106. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #126944 by Jiten on February 14, 2008 at 2:38 pm

The poor don't need the religious to give them charity.They need social justice.The poor are robbed to make the rich rich.

107. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #126941 by Jiten on February 14, 2008 at 2:31 pm

OK.I accept the rebuke.Madeline may not be stupid just deluded.It's just that listening to such drivel from her makes me froth in the mouth.

108. Debate between Richard Dawkins and Madeline Bunting

Comment #126930 by Jiten on February 14, 2008 at 2:09 pm

God,Madeline is so stupid (at least when it comes to religion-although she may well be just plain stupid).

109. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #126550 by Jiten on February 13, 2008 at 2:15 pm

al-rawandi You mention groups who are,in your opinion doing well under capitalism,but these are the few I am talking of.The vast majority in the world are worse off and are paying for the prosperity of the few.And anyway the middle classes are being worked to death,with huge mortgages that require two salaries.And there is no financial security.Do you call that doing well under capitalism? I don't.And what of enviromental destruction?

110. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #126538 by Jiten on February 13, 2008 at 1:36 pm

al-rawandi,no doubt it has beneficial,but for a few and at what cost to the rest?

111. Charles Simonyi Professorship in the Public Understanding of Science

Comment #126416 by Jiten on February 13, 2008 at 7:47 am

I would like to see Carolyn Porco or Steven Pinker fill this post.I saw Porco on the Beyond Belief 2006 videos and she was very enthusiastic and inspirational,not surprising as she worked with the great Carl Sagan.Pinker is brilliantly able to write about difficult subjects in a clear,enjoyable to read style.All his books have been brilliant,even The Blank Slate in which the science is a bit shaky (being dependent on twin studies and the assumption that our mental organs were shaped in the stone age and haven't changed since).

One chair that no billionaire will ever endow though is for Professor for the Public Understanding of Politics! A lof of atheists here need to lose one delusion further : Capitalism.

112. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123807 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:31 pm

Steve Zara

If anyone is oppressed by laws passed or installed in the country where I live, if affects me.

Me too.But we're not talking about laws that will oppress anyone.Remember,the two sides have to agree to bind to the judgement.

It may come as a shock to some but Sharia "courts" are already operating in the UK!

113. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123803 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Nails Religion is on it's way out.In a 100 years time there will be no religion! No need to worry.No need to be alarmist.

114. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123799 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:23 pm

All I was asking is for someone to tell me:

If you're not muslim then how will it affect you?

115. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123797 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:21 pm

No but it's OK to say I'm against tomatoes but other people eating tomatoes will not affect me.

116. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123794 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:15 pm

Diacanu Ambiguous? Me? Read my earlier posts (and which you highlighted) where I said plainly I'm against Sharia law.

Jewish law has been around for a long time and it hasn't affected me.So how will Sharia law (in CIVIL cases only) affect YOU and ME?

117. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123785 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:04 pm

You're a bit over the top aren't you Diacanu?

118. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123783 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 4:00 pm

Goldy Laws regarding pub opening hours etc.are part of British law,part of EU law.Do you think these institutions will simply stand aside?

119. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123775 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 3:52 pm

Diacanu it is not an asinine question as we're not talking about criminal law but civil law.Polygamy and pederasty are criminal offences and apply to everyone.

120. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123764 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 3:36 pm

In no way am I an apologist for Islam and Islamic law.I was just reacting to all those commenters saying things like they're going to leave this country or that it'll be over their dead body.

How will it affect you if you're not muslim?

121. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123755 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 3:23 pm

The Sharia will only apply in civil cases and only where both sides agree to bind by it's judgement.It will not apply to non-muslims.

This is not to say that all muslims will be for it.Far from it.Even Turkey,a muslim country does not have Sharia law.

BTW I'm against it too.

122. Sharia law in UK is 'unavoidable'

Comment #123745 by Jiten on February 7, 2008 at 3:13 pm

If you're not muslim then how will it affect you? Not at all.

123. Math Religion Trouble

Comment #119935 by Jiten on February 1, 2008 at 3:23 am

Cartomancer:

Alas, from my perspective, it is all too often the former whose discipline reaches the public eye, rather than the latter.
Well then why don't you write a book about it? I'm sure it'd be very interesting and I for one would read it!

124. Happy Birthday Josh Timonen!

Comment #118820 by Jiten on January 31, 2008 at 3:02 am

Happy Birthday Josh! I love this website.You're doing a great job here.

125. Canadian fossil makes waves in Huckabee's presidential run

Comment #111967 by Jiten on January 16, 2008 at 5:16 am

in which he traces the primordial origins of the human race to such lowly creatures.

I don't like loose language like "lowly" when referring to animals other than humans.Do they not realise how complex is even a single celled eukaryote? Or for that matter a bacterial cell.
We'll have to find other ways to refer to other animals like earthworms,slime mould,rabbits,sheep,fish etc..Words like "simple","less complex","less evolved" just won't do.Any suggestions?

126. The Group Delusion

Comment #111583 by Jiten on January 15, 2008 at 4:12 am

What I want to know,having just read the article (and not all the posts so forgive me if this has already been asked) is this:

Why is D S Wilson trying to revive Group Selectionism at all,which he has been since getting his Phd? Is there something,some bit of life not explained by Gene's-eye-view of Natural Selection? Why does he see the need for Group Selection?

127. Banishing the Green-Eyed Monster

Comment #91897 by Jiten on November 29, 2007 at 2:16 pm

What a brilliant piece by Dawkins who never fails to surprise me with his new way of looking at things.I loved his idea that you can love more than one child,wine,film,album,friend etc..,and so why not more than one lover?

Some of the other posters here have said it's about trust.But it's only about trust if it's done behind your back and lying is involved,not when it's all out in the open.

128. A new website addition: Debate Points

Comment #83805 by Jiten on October 31, 2007 at 10:51 am

Good grief! This site has really expanded! I've been coming here from the beginning and I can see how much it has developed.It's amazing.There's so much you can do here now.I hardly have time to watch tv now!

129. Make Richard Dawkins a Knight

Comment #80748 by Jiten on October 23, 2007 at 12:41 am

I agree with decius and Jack Rawlinson.This is a very bad idea.Why o why o why has the bandwagon started rolling on this?RD is hugely respected by his peers and by his readers and has been honoured with numerous presigious prizes already.He doesn't need this tainted 'honour'.

Now,I'd get on a bandwagon that calls for his nomination to recieve the Nobel Prize for Literature!Why is this rectricted to fiction only?I don't understand it.I mean the best writing today is done by the scientists.

130. John Templeton's Universe

Comment #79041 by Jiten on October 16, 2007 at 1:06 am

Templeton is perverting science.We need a billionaire on our side!

131. Muslims tell Christians: 'Make peace with us or survival of world is at stake'

Comment #78960 by Jiten on October 15, 2007 at 2:22 pm

Fanusi here is regurgitating the same old stuff that he's posted in threads passim.He's being slaughtered(!) here like he was trounced by xenocratic,amongst others,there.

And what does he have to say in reply to Pervez Hoodbhoy?

132. Richard Dawkins receives the Deschner Prize

Comment #78821 by Jiten on October 15, 2007 at 2:34 am

Congartulations Prof.Dawkins! Excellent acceptance speech.

I wonder if we can have Prof.Dennett's acceptance speech of the Dawkins Prize here?

133. Muslims tell Christians: 'Make peace with us or survival of world is at stake'

Comment #78715 by Jiten on October 14, 2007 at 1:08 pm

No bargaining. No quarter. No mercy.

Sorry,is that on your part or on the part of the muslims?

134. Muslims tell Christians: 'Make peace with us or survival of world is at stake'

Comment #78550 by Jiten on October 13, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Thanks for fixing the link mmurray

That's a tall order...

Yes steveroot it's that or they'll get nuked!

135. Muslims tell Christians: 'Make peace with us or survival of world is at stake'

Comment #78471 by Jiten on October 13, 2007 at 3:31 am

As to what to do with the muslims,rather than Fanusi's rabid right-wing nuclear option I prefer what Pervez Hoodbhoy has to say:

http://www.himalmag.com/2007/october_november/
between_imperialism_and_Islamism.html

136. A Revelation

Comment #78216 by Jiten on October 12, 2007 at 7:22 am

"creationist lunacy,"

That's not provocative,that's the truth!

137. If Muslim doctors are intolerant, let them go

Comment #77465 by Jiten on October 9, 2007 at 11:31 am

These medical students are being radical for the sake of it.They really have nothing to campaign against and so invent supposed infringements to their religion so that they then do.

138. I am creating artificial life, declares US gene pioneer

Comment #76501 by Jiten on October 6, 2007 at 2:24 am

Long into the future Craig Venter will be looked on as the Intelligent Designer by the future life-forms,descendents of his artificially designed organisms.

139. Why Christians should take Richard Dawkins seriously

Comment #74533 by Jiten on September 29, 2007 at 11:08 am

This thread should be called :

WHY NO ONE SHOULD TAKE DIANELOS GEORGOUDIS SERIOUSLY

140. The Saudi connection that belittles Britain

Comment #73465 by Jiten on September 25, 2007 at 3:24 am

You'd think the police in a liberal democracy like the UK would have better things to do than try to suppress freedom of speech - but what do I know?

A liberal democracy Russell?It is a complete sham.Wake up and smell the money.Nothing comes in the way of making money.To hell with any consequences.

141. The Dawkins Prize for Animal Conservation and Welfare

Comment #72167 by Jiten on September 20, 2007 at 1:22 pm

I'm going!

142. Against the grain: There are questions that science cannot answer

Comment #71955 by Jiten on September 20, 2007 at 2:09 am

Mary Midgley must be such an embarrassment to philosophy.And she is so very ignorant.And on top of that are her lies and falsehoods.

She's going to be skewered here!

143. Oxford's Christian colleges 'are not suitable for school-leavers'

Comment #71561 by Jiten on September 19, 2007 at 3:27 am

Scott:

How else will future diplomats, politicians, business leaders etc be able to relate and communicate effectively with so-called "people of faith"?

Why would they want to do this?Is it in their interest?Ever since there has been a priest class it has been in cahoots with the ruling class.Why would you expect the ruling classes now to act any differently?

144. A Response to Jonathan Haidt

Comment #70230 by Jiten on September 14, 2007 at 12:27 pm

It's hotting up over at edge.David Sloan Wilson,Michael Shermer have responded and PZ Myers is now there too along with Sam.I'm waiting with delicious anticipation the thundering reply from Dennett and Dawkins.

145. Childhood Origins of Adult Resistance to Science

Comment #69995 by Jiten on September 13, 2007 at 2:33 pm

Science is counter-intuitive and natural selection has not equipped us to do science.It has equipped us to deal with things that our ancestors successfully dealt with.People are naturally resistant to a scientific view of the world.And worse still is that many just don't care.

146. Mind Over Manual

Comment #69992 by Jiten on September 13, 2007 at 2:21 pm

The human brain is staggeringly complex but I guess it is easier to figure out what went wrong when it's to do with the hardware than with the software.Neurology v psycology.

147. A Response to Jonathan Haidt

Comment #69842 by Jiten on September 13, 2007 at 1:44 am

P Z Myers has written a brilliant response too on his pharyngula blog.

148. A Response to Jonathan Haidt

Comment #69838 by Jiten on September 13, 2007 at 1:36 am

A brilliant response from Sam.I love the clarity of his writing.

149. Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

Comment #69346 by Jiten on September 11, 2007 at 12:39 am

Brilliant just brilliant.Every word beautifully put together.

150. The Fleas Are Multiplying!

Comment #68720 by Jiten on September 8, 2007 at 9:18 am

Incredible! They sure are multiplying.It's as if they're responding to a challenge to "come and have a go if you think you're hard enough".There are always foolhardy people who accept.

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