A review by jansyn_liberty
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins

2.0

I have never been a spiritual person myself, but I don't discount all spirituality and I think it is incredibly patronizing to do so. While Richard Dawkins does explain the magic of science, he does so in a way that shuts down any other perspective. Thus, to me, he is an unreliable narrator, because anyone who believes that they are 100% right about something and isn't willing to allow diversity into the conversation is just not someone I want to trust. E.g. After describing a number of creation stories, he says, let's "take a look at the true, scientific answer." That phrasing is very white, male, and assumes western exceptionalism. Instead of prefacing each scientific explanation with a "debunking" of other cultures, he should just speak about science.