r/neoliberal • u/ghhewh Anne Applebaum • Aug 11 '24

Richard Dawkins lied about the Algerian boxer, then lied about Facebook censoring him Opinion article (non-US)

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-lied-about-the-algerian

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u/Patjay Aug 11 '24

He’s funny sometimes but he’s always been insufferable. Major case of someone who is very smart at one thing and assuming they’re a genius at everything else as well.

Politics aside, his understanding of religion was pretty pathetic even compared to other major brash Atheists of the time

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u/andrei_androfski Milton Friedman Aug 11 '24

He’s funny sometimes but he’s always been insufferable. Major case of someone who is very smart at one thing and assuming they’re a genius at everything else as well.

See Noam Chomsky, generally.

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u/taoistextremist Aug 11 '24

I'm sorry Chomsky was good at something? Haven't they failed to substantiate most of his linguistics theories?

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u/greatteachermichael NATO Aug 11 '24

I did a double MA: International Studies and Teaching English to Speake of Other Languages. In both degrees we ingored him as irrelevant.

However, I do know he contributd a lot to computer science. But that isn't my field so I can't talk about it.