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Originally Posted by HelloHockeyFans
I picked up "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins last week and am more than halfway through it. I like it and would recommend it to others.
What are you reading?
I've always enjoyed biographies myself, and have read Michael J. Fox's as well as Bill Clinton's (enjoyed both). Any recommendations on a good biography for my next read?
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Dawkins is easily one of my favourite popular science authors. The Selfish Gene and The Extended Phenotype are mind-blowing. This guy has taught me a lot I know about evolutionary biology, game theory, but this guy has an incredibly bad habit of straying out of his chosen field.
His gibberish on memetics is mostly an apologetic footnote, trying to excuse his political socialist beliefs. His stuff on religion is being trashed by almost every single (serious) theologian. I've heard good things about The God Delusion and I intend to pick it up, but I'm definitely going to be reading it with an open mind.
Right now, I'm reading a lot about Global Warming and Canadian Arctic Sovereignty, ahhhh paper writing season.
I've been plugging through Guns, Germs and Steel as well.