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/tippytoppy93 Aug 11 '24

kinda sad bc i’m sure 90% of the Gen-Z people in this sub probably watched his stuff years ago, only now realizing that he’s sort of insufferable 

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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/dutch_connection_uk Friedrich Hayek Aug 12 '24

I'm much more reticent to get on this hate train because I think part of what makes people hate Dawkins isn't just his weird reactionary politics but that he actually managed to bring out some genuine new insights into what religion is and how it spreads given his background in biology and it touched on some raw nerves. Making people look at their religion externally as a kind of life form with its own goals and evolutionary adaptations is uncomfortable.

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u/No_Buddy_3845 Aug 12 '24

Because that's not what religion is.