You got me dead to rights. I mis-quoted. It was an honest mistake.
However, this was on the list because of the "only way" and "slow,
gradual evolution" part of the quote, so it stays on the list.
> Besides, it hurts (111 or 7 in Cohesive Math) to hear that your idol is
> being called an idiot. I have found this "Church of Level-3 Engineering"
> when searching the Net for Dawkins' work. Please be more honest when you
> quote (if you are not already infected and "honesty" is not "just" another
> "distinction-meme" for you).
Hurts me too. If you go back through the Virus archives for about a year
ago, you'll find a posting where I called Dawkins a "genius" and compared
him to Albert Einstein.
I didn't call Dawkins an "idiot" just to be a smart-ass. As I read his
book I keep looking in other books for something to support what he was
saying. It got to the point where everything I read contradicted
something Dawkins wrote. I was stunned beyond belief, and didn't sleep
for even one minute that night.
On the other hand, I guess there comes a day when we out-grow our heros.
-- David Leeper dleeper@gte.net Homo Deus http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/index.htm 1 + 1 != 2 http://home1.gte.net/dleeper/CMath.html