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4.02 AVERAGE
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Great explanations of how evolution and natural selection work. Approachable for people with little background in science. Plus? Funny.
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I've read a couple of Richard Dawkins' books now and I wish I'd never bothered. I just find this man so arrogant. He seems to ridicule every theory but his own. I have seen videos on Youtube of him physically laughing and mocking letters and emails he has received from Creationists. I, too, am an Atheist but I wouldn't dream of mocking someone for their beliefs, no matter how ridiculous they were or seemed to be. I think the whole point of humanity whether we are here purposely or not is to explore and enjoy and do whatever makes us happy (within the law, of course!). Whether you believe in something different to me or not is neither my business nor should I mock you for it. Dawkins, however, seems to relish this. I know this book was published in the 80s and Dr Dawkins seems to have calmed down a bit and, dare I say it, seems more accepting and agreeable to other views but it is a nasty trait to have nonetheless.
Apart from that, the book itself was very boring. In fact, so much so that I changed over to Audio just to get it over and done with. That was slightly more interesting but every other paragraph was read by himself and Lalla Ward (a British actress who starred in Dr. Who in the late 70s, early 80s). I can only assume the point of that was because the content was so utterly droll that he tried to make it more appealing. It worked. Slightly.
Either format read more for people in the evolutionary field than for laypeople. I understood it all but who really wants to read about clays and rivers? I mean, have a word with yourself. And when I say evolutionary field, by the way, I mean HIS evolutionary field. Everyone else's theories and opinions again were belittled and ridiculed.
In saying that, there were some very interesting parts but the book really could have been halved and therefore been more enjoyable if he had just sifted the wheat from the chaff.
For me, it was a waste of my chaffing time.
Apart from that, the book itself was very boring. In fact, so much so that I changed over to Audio just to get it over and done with. That was slightly more interesting but every other paragraph was read by himself and Lalla Ward (a British actress who starred in Dr. Who in the late 70s, early 80s). I can only assume the point of that was because the content was so utterly droll that he tried to make it more appealing. It worked. Slightly.
Either format read more for people in the evolutionary field than for laypeople. I understood it all but who really wants to read about clays and rivers? I mean, have a word with yourself. And when I say evolutionary field, by the way, I mean HIS evolutionary field. Everyone else's theories and opinions again were belittled and ridiculed.
In saying that, there were some very interesting parts but the book really could have been halved and therefore been more enjoyable if he had just sifted the wheat from the chaff.
For me, it was a waste of my chaffing time.
Great information for the inquisitve mind, but such a chore to read.
[Review on raidinthemoosemaiden.wordpress.com; soon.]
I don't like how he writes. His analogies are not interesting. The chapters are boring.
challenging
informative
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