My conversation with Richard Dawkins:
"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
It's the science, stupid
150 years after Darwin's "The Origin of the Species," in which he lays out the predicate for all of our understating of biological science, the very science that keep us alive, the reason we are worried about health care, some are still questioning his work. In this new book The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, Richard Dawkins ameliorates those who would question evolution, and those who would argue the nonsense of intelligent design. Written with Dawkins usual wit and passion, his work is both hard hitting and totally convincing.