Richard Dawkins in Dublin

[MauriceColgan]

Next Thursday Richard Dawkins will be giving a talk on his new book at the RDS Concert Hall. The Irish Times is offering free seats to the lucky folk who possess a mobile phone and register for the event by text !

This kind of exclusion is becoming a nightmare for those of us not of the chosen people!

I have never owned a mobile phone!

Dear Madam...........................


Meanwhile we all know ignorance of the Law is no excuse.

Therefore the First law of the Really New Testament is: Thou Shalt face the facts of Evolution. Think, and rise from your knees.

[Factorem]

He's got a lot of work to do to beat the Pope in 1979.

[Oppenheimer 235]

He's got a lot of work to do to beat the Pope in 1979.

To be fair, he has almost 300 years of catch up on the brainwashing though.

[disgruntledcitizen]

I have never owned a mobile phone!

Dear Madam...........................

though it seems odd that someone who uses the internet, etc doesn't have a mobile phone, its not an unreasonable assumption on behalf of the IT to assume that 99.999% of people either have a mobile phone or access to one.

It is also far easier for them to manage the allocation of free tickets via same so i see no reason why they should be compelled to provide alternate methods for people to obtain same free tickets if they won't have a mobile phone....

of course you could always use a email - sms gateway if it was that big a deal

[Factorem]

Txt RDS with your name, address and contact number to 57000 (ROI) and 81108 (NI). I'd love to go, but sadly I'll be in England that day.

[Factorem]

To be fair, he has almost 300 years of catch up on the brainwashing though.

I doubt Dawkinism will be round in 300 years' time.

[disgruntledcitizen]

I doubt Dawkinism will be round in 300 years' time.

true but no doubt the same was said about Christianity and the Roman Catholic church at one stage

[Cato]

I doubt Dawkinism will be round in 300 years' time.

I'd imagine that science will still be going strong with the theory of evolution either improved or replaced with a better theory, based on evidence and observation. The Catholic Church will undoubtably still be around too, as well as all the other superstitions, but with smaller numbers.

I'm sure you are really sorry to be away while Dawkins is here. We all know how much you like to honestly debate your beliefs with reference to evidence and observation.

[Factorem]

I'd imagine that science will still be going strong with the theory of evolution either improved or replaced with a better theory, based on evidence and observation. The Catholic Church will undoubtably still be around too, as well as all the other superstitions, but with smaller numbers.

In your dreams Cato.

I look forward to Science being able to explain death, birth, good and evil.

You see Scientific endeavour as an end in itself. The more enlightened members of the human race see Science and the man-made Scientific method - that Dawkins holds as sacrosanct - in a totally different context.

[Cato]

In your dreams Cato.

I look forward to Science being able to explain death, birth, good and evil.

You see Scientific endeavour as an end in itself. The more enlightened members of the human race see Science and the man-made Scientific method - that Dawkins holds as sacrosanct - in a totally different context.

Factorem, I doubt you have the faintest idea of my views on science, but here's a clue; I think that the Principle of Intelligibility is unproven and unprovable. I very much view science as a means, not an end.

Do try harder.

PS Would you care to give us your view on good and evil?