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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
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I dont really wanna read a work by someone that doesnt think i can exist.
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I love this book. So packed with interresting information. Gave me a very different look at genes in general, than what we've had covered at school.
What surprised me though, was the negative feedback from some people. Yes, Dawkins is a strict atheist, but you can either support the evolution theory fully, or you can leave some room for imagination to think about the very start of everything and ignore his atheist remarks or you can not agree with evolution theory at all, but dont give it one star just because it suggests there is no God. His arguments were solid and logical.it's not like he said there's no God and gave no explanation why he thinks so.
What surprised me though, was the negative feedback from some people. Yes, Dawkins is a strict atheist, but you can either support the evolution theory fully, or you can leave some room for imagination to think about the very start of everything and ignore his atheist remarks or you can not agree with evolution theory at all, but dont give it one star just because it suggests there is no God. His arguments were solid and logical.it's not like he said there's no God and gave no explanation why he thinks so.
To be brief: no matter whether I agree with his views on certain things or not, Dawkins is undeniably a brilliantly clever person - though sometimes he gave me the impression of arrogance. At some points I enjoyed his footnotes more than some sections of his actual book.
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it was mentioned in re so i thought it might as well read it
some parts i read but really didnt take in
some of it was slightly boring but most was fine
some parts i read but really didnt take in
some of it was slightly boring but most was fine
informative
reflective
medium-paced
My first foray into Dawkins writings came at the expense of crisis in the belief of my own self worth. Not because the content of the book brought about such a revelatory sensation within me but because Dawkins couldn't decide whether I was the second smartest person in the world after him or if I was a true bottom-of-the-barrel idiot. The approach seemed to shift from paragraph to paragraph and having heard so much praise for his prose I found it quite jarring. Admittedly this is his first book and perhaps this has improved in later works. The content itself (it's validity and whether it holds up I'm yet to investigate) was fascinating and I'd highly recommend the read, maybe not as a start in genetics but definitely as an early stepping stone.