Is science seriously serious?

[MarcusA]

Well, Richard Dawkins is a joke.

[MarcusA]

The claims of scientists for AI and the extension of human life   are just nuts.

[MarcusA]

Space might be the last frontier but no-one is going past the moon for a long, long time.

[MarcusA]

I thought that my schizophrenia was caused by the interference of a future supercomputer, now that's fucked up.

[Asmodean]

Well, Richard Dawkins is a joke.

Richard Dawkins is good at "popularising" science. He's an adequate academic in his own right, but I think his greater talent lies in being able to talk about scientific matters to people not well-versed in such. The gift of an educator, I suppose you may call it. He's kind-of in the same club as Neil Degrasse Tyson.

[Tank]

Well, Richard Dawkins is a joke.

Which of his books have you read?

[Asmodean]

The Asmo, He has read The Selfish Gene. A classic at this point, but it didn't age badly.

[The Magic Pudding.]

I read Climbing Mount Improbable, well almost.
I got to about 20 pages from the summit and stopped 'cause it was getting repetitive.
There's probably nuances I'm to thick to appreciate, although I peeked at the peak (last page).
It was good though, evolution is largely intuitive but there are little twists involved.
I think the God Delusion is fine.
What are the complaints anyway?
He's not expert enough to do it?
Fck that, religion it's obviously crap.
It just doesn't deserve deeper delving.

[Asmodean]

...Oh yeah, that's right! Read The God Delusion as well.

[No one]

The science does the myocardial infarction seriousness.

[MarcusA]

The Asmo, He has read The Selfish Gene. A classic at this point, but it didn't age badly.

Well, the science in that book is pretty much understood already.