Movies from Richard Dawkins

The League of Gentlemen

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Old enough to remember Jack Hawkins in The League of Gentlemen? I’ve a VERY strong memory of his saying “Call me Colonel or Scott or even Scotty”. Yet I saw it again last night & his name was Hyde not Scott. (Vivid) false memory? Or is there a film where he’s called Scott?
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White Mischief

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Watched White Mischief film. Portrayal of decadent Happy Valley perhaps fair. Innuendo that Delves Broughton faked drunkenness is JUST excusable, for the murder is unsolved & he was a suspect. But KNOWN LIES are unforgivable: he didn’t shoot himself but died of an overdose.
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Howards End

A saga of class relations and changing times in an Edwardian England on the brink of modernity, the film centers on liberal Margaret Schlegel, who, along with her sister Helen, becomes involved with two couples: wealthy, conservative industrialist Henry Wilcox and his wife Ruth, and the downwardly mobile working-class Leonard Bast and his mistress Jackie.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Watching film of Howard’s End. Wonderful cast including Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham Carter, Samuel West, Prunella Scales.
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

When his family moves from their home in Berlin to a strange new house in Poland, young Bruno befriends Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the fence where everyone seems to be wearing striped pajamas. Unaware of Shmuel's fate as a Jewish prisoner or the role his own Nazi father plays in his imprisonment, Bruno embarks on a dangerous journey inside the camp's walls.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Watched the film of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (US “Pajamas”). Very moving. About a Nazi concentration camp seen through the innocent eyes of the 8-year-old son of the commandant.
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Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War memoir by Vera Brittain, which has become the classic testimony of that war from a woman’s point of view. A searing journey from youthful hopes and dreams to the edge of despair and back again, it’s a film about young love, the futility of war and how to make sense of the darkest times.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Sobbed my way through the film of Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth. Beautifully done. Was the First World War the greatest act of collective folly in all history? Not only itself. It also directly spawned Hitler.
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My Octopus Teacher

After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix) is a sweet film. A talented South African film-maker found solace in the sea, & developed a close relationship with a wild octopus. There’s a dramatic chase & most ingenious escape from a shark, & a final deeply moving embrace with her human friend.
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Life of Brian

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the pompous Pontius Pilate and acronym-obsessed members of a separatist movement. Rife with Monty Python's signature absurdity, the tale finds Brian's life paralleling Biblical lore, albeit with many more laughs.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Life of Brian (1979) full movie online I’m guessing this film has converted many people? Am I right?
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The Dictator

The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
The Dictator, by Sacha Baron Cohen, is a marvellously funny film. Anarchic, satirical, outrageous, witty. Don’t know how I missed it before.
Movies from Richard Dawkins

Mon Oncle

Genial, bumbling Monsieur Hulot loves his top-floor apartment in a grimy corner of the city, and cannot fathom why his sister's family has moved to the suburbs. Their house is an ultra-modern nightmare, which Hulot only visits for the sake of stealing away his rambunctious young nephew. Hulot's sister, however, wants to win him over to her new way of life, and conspires to set him up with a wife and job.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
As further language practice I watched Mon Oncle (yet again). What a gloriously, charmingly, deliciously funny film. Jacques Tati is a comic genius, a latter day Charlie Chaplin.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
William Kamkwamba. “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind.” Such a moving film, on Netflix. Set in Malawi, land of my childhood. Tale of human ingenuity and heroism. Please watch it. Will make you weep, then make you proud to be human.
Books from Richard Dawkins

The Children Act

A national bestseller and international bestseller, The Children Act is a brilliant, emotionally wrenching new novel from the author of Atonement and Amsterdam. Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts. But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case—as well as her crumbling marriage—tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Read Ian McEwan and it all comes back to me. Started “The Children Act” last night. Couldn’t stop till I really had to go to bed. Finished it this morning. Can’t get his heroine out of my head. What a craftsman!
Books from Richard Dawkins

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

Over a year on the New York Times bestseller list and more than a million copies sold. The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day. While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Finished @NeilTyson’s mellifluous reading of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. Lovely book. Last chapter worthy of Carl Sagan himself.
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The Righteous Mind

New York Times Bestseller In this “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review) social psychologist Jonathan Haidt challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike. Drawing on his twenty five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If you’re ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Finished Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind. V important book. Well-written, wise, even-handed, informed by wide reading in evolution, sociology, psychology, economics, moral & political theory. Every page stimulates constructive thought (& sometimes constructive disagreement).
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Collusion

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An explosive exposé that lays out the story behind the Steele Dossier, including Russia’s decades-in-the-making political game to upend American democracy and the Trump administration’s ties to Moscow.“Harding…presents a powerful case for Russian interference, and Trump campaign collusion, by collecting years of reporting on Trump’s connections to Russia and putting it all together in a coherent narrative.” —The Nation December 2016. Luke Harding, the Guardian reporter and former Moscow bureau chief, quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump’s Russia connections. A month later, Steele’s now-famous dossier sparks what may be the biggest scandal of the modern era. The names of the Americans involved are well-known—Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, George Papadopoulos, Carter Page—but here Harding also shines a light on powerful Russian figures like Aras Agalarov, Natalia Veselnitskaya, and Sergey Kislyak, whose motivations and instructions may have been coming from the highest echelons of the Kremlin. Drawing on new material and his expert understanding of Moscow and its players, Harding takes the reader through every bizarre and disquieting detail of the “Trump-Russia” story—an event so huge it involves international espionage, off-shore banks, sketchy real estate deals, the Miss Universe pageant, mobsters, money laundering, poisoned dissidents, computer hacking, and the most shocking election in American history.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Finished Collusion by Luke Harding, Russian-speaking investigative journalist, stylish writer. Meticulous research & fact-checking. Detailed exposé of dark world of spies, bribes, mega money-laundering, Russian mafia & Trump cronies. Like a non-fiction John Le Carré. Mesmerising.
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Fire and Fury

#1 New York Times BestsellerWith extraordinary access to the West Wing, Michael Wolff reveals what happened behind-the-scenes in the first nine months of the most controversial presidency of our time in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.Since Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States, the country—and the world—has witnessed a stormy, outrageous, and absolutely mesmerizing presidential term that reflects the volatility and fierceness of the man elected Commander-in-Chief. This riveting and explosive account of Trump’s administration provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office, including:-- What President Trump’s staff really thinks of him -- What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama -- Why FBI director James Comey was really fired -- Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn’t be in the same room -- Who is really directing the Trump administration’s strategy in the wake of Bannon’s firing -- What the secret to communicating with Trump is -- What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The ProducersNever before in history has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion.“Essential reading.”—Michael D’Antonio, author of Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success, CNN.com“Not since Harry Potter has a new book caught fire in this way...[Fire and Fury] is indeed a significant achievement, which deserves much of the attention it has received.”—The Economist
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Finished Michael Wolff’s stunning Fire and Fury. The Trump debacle lurches between Carry On farce and Shakespearian or Greek tragedy. Sidesplittingly funny and deeply scary at the same time. Should be –– probably will be –– a Broadway Musical to out-boxoffice Book of Mormon.
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The End of Gender

International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and columnist Debra Soh debunks popular gender myths in this scientific examination of the many facets of gender identity that “is not only eminently reasonable and beautifully-written, it is brave and vital” (Ben Shapiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Is our gender something we’re born with, or are we conditioned by society? In The End of Gender, neuroscientist and sexologist Dr. Debra Soh uses a research-based approach to address this hot-button topic, unmasking popular misconceptions about the nature vs. nurture debate and exploring what it means to be a woman or a man in today’s society. Both scientific and objective, and drawing on original research and carefully conducted interviews, Soh tackles a wide range of issues, such as gender-neutral parenting, gender dysphoric children, and the neuroscience of being transgender. She debates today’s accepted notion that gender is a social construct and a spectrum, and challenges the idea that there is no difference between how male and female brains operate. The End of Gender is conversation-starting “required reading” (Eric R. Weinstein, PhD, host of The Portal) that will arm you with the facts you need to come to your own conclusions about gender identity and its place in the world today.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just finished ‘The End of Gender: Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity’ by @DrDebraSoh. Strongly recommended.
Books from Richard Dawkins

How Hitchens Can Save the Left

Christopher Hitchens was for many years considered one of the fiercest and most eloquent left-wing polemicists in the world. But on much of today's left, he's remembered as a defector, a warmonger, and a sellout—a supporter of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who traded his left-wing principles for neoconservatism after the September 11 attacks. In How Hitchens Can Save the Left, Matt Johnson argues that this easy narrative gets Hitchens exactly wrong. Hitchens was a lifelong champion of free inquiry, humanism, and universal liberal values. He was an internationalist who believed all people should have the liberty to speak and write openly, to be free of authoritarian domination, and to escape the arbitrary constraints of tribe, faith, and nation. He was a figure of the Enlightenment and a man of the left until the very end, and his example has never been more important. Over the past several years, the liberal foundations of democratic societies have been showing signs of structural decay. On the right, nationalism and authoritarianism have been revived on both sides of the Atlantic. On the left, many activists and intellectuals have become obsessed with a reductive and censorious brand of identity politics, as well as the conviction that their own liberal democratic societies are institutionally racist, exploitative, and imperialistic. Across the democratic world, free speech, individual rights, and other basic liberal values are losing their power to inspire. Hitchens's case for universal Enlightenment principles won't just help genuine liberals mount a resistance to the emerging illiberal orthodoxies on the left and the right. It will also remind us how to think and speak fearlessly in defense of those principles.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
What sounded to many ears like “Islamophobia” was actually Hitchens’s refusal to treat Muslims as somehow less than rational. Paraphrased from Matt Johnson’s book, How Hitchens can Save the Left: Rediscovering fearless liberalism in an age of counter-enlightenment.
Books from Richard Dawkins

The Known Unknowns

Internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest unanswered questions.Three of the most important words in science are 'I don't know'. Not knowing implies a universe of opportunities - the possibility of discovery and surprise. Our understanding of cosmology has advanced immeasurably over the last five hundred years of modern science, yet many fundamental mysteries of existence persist. How did our Universe begin, if it even had a beginning? How big is it? What's at the bottom of a black hole? How did life on Earth arise? Are we alone? Is time travel possible?These mysteries define the scientific forefront, the threshold of the unknown. To explore that threshold is to gain a deeper understanding of just how far science has progressed. In The Known Unknowns, internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling popular science writer Lawrence Krauss explores cosmology's greatest known unknowns. Covering time, space, physical law, life and consciousness, Krauss introduces readers to the topics that will shape the state of science of the next few decades, and invites us to ponder and appreciate the universe in which we live.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I recommend @LKrauss1’s The Known Unknowns, pub date 5 May. Amazing blurbs from Ian McEwan, Noam Chomsky, Stephen Fry, AC Grayling, Martin Rees, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Penn Jillette et al. Lawrence knows what we know, he knows what we DON’T know, and he knows how to explain it.
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On the Future

A provocative and inspiring look at the future of humanity and science from world-renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin ReesHumanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Various outcomes—good and bad—are possible. Yet our approach to the future is characterized by short-term thinking, polarizing debates, alarmist rhetoric, and pessimism. In this short, exhilarating book, renowned scientist and bestselling author Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow.The future of humanity is bound to the future of science and hinges on how successfully we harness technological advances to address our challenges. If we are to use science to solve our problems while avoiding its dystopian risks, we must think rationally, globally, collectively, and optimistically about the long term. Advances in biotechnology, cybertechnology, robotics, and artificial intelligence—if pursued and applied wisely—could empower us to boost the developing and developed world and overcome the threats humanity faces on Earth, from climate change to nuclear war. At the same time, further advances in space science will allow humans to explore the solar system and beyond with robots and AI. But there is no “Plan B” for Earth—no viable alternative within reach if we do not care for our home planet.Rich with fascinating insights into cutting-edge science and technology, this accessible book will captivate anyone who wants to understand the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
“The global village will have its village idiots, and they’ll have global range.” (Martin Rees, in his book, On the Future).
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The Flame of Reason

A passionate, highly accessible clarion call to a world dangerously threatened by irrational superstitions of all kinds.'Truly a book for our time' Steven Pinker 'In Sweden's public square, Christer Sturmark has done as much as anyone to uphold reason and humane critical thinking' Richard Dawkins 'As lucid and illuminating as it is warm and inspiring' Rebecca GoldsteinIn country after country, conspiracy theories and religious dogmas that once seemed to have been overtaken by enlightened thought are helping to lift authoritarian leaders into power. The effects are being felt by women, ethnic minorities, teachers, scientists and students – and by the environment, the ultimate victim of climate change denial. We need clear thinking now more than ever.Christer Sturmark is a crusading secular humanist as well as a Swedish publisher and entrepreneur, and The Flame of Reason is his manifesto for a better world. It provides a set of simple tools for clear thinking in the face of populist dogmas, anti-science attitudes and pseudo-philosophy, and suggestions for how we can move towards a new enlightenment.From truth to Quantum Physics, moral philosophy to the Myers-Briggs test, Sturmark offers a passionate defence of rational thought, science, tolerance and pluralism; a warm and engaging guide for anyone who wants to better navigate the modern world.Translated by and co-written with Douglas Hofstadter, celebrated cognitive scientist, physicist and author of Godel, Escher, Bach.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Christer Sturmark has long been Sweden’s pre-eminent publisher standing up for science & secular humanism. He now bursts into the anglosphere with this superb book of his own, translated by none other than Douglas Hofstadter. Strongly recommended.
TV Shows from Richard Dawkins

The Looming Tower

While Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda become a global threat, the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently sets the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the Iraq War.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Watching film The Looming Tower. Yemen episode of suicide attack by two Arabs in small boat ramming USS Cole & exploding. Unforgivably, film inserts young boy in ramming boat. Unforgivable lie. WHY? Worse, we get a long preamble where we get to know & like the boy.
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Shock and Awe: The Story of Electricity

Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the electrifying story of our quest to master nature's most mysterious force - electricity. Until fairly recently, electricity was seen as a magical power, but it is now the lifeblood of the modern world and underpins every aspect of our technological advancements. Without electricity, we would be lost. This series tells of dazzling leaps of imagination and extraordinary experiments - a story of maverick geniuses who used electricity to light our cities, to communicate across the seas and through the air, to create modern industry and to give us the digital revolution.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Just watched beautiful BBC 4 documentary on the history of electricity, presented by Jim Al-Khalili. "Shock & Awe". See it on iPlayer?
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The Author Archive Podcast

The Author Archive Podcast
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
David Freeman, one of the best of many book interviewers I’ve ever encountered, has released an archive of his past interviews, to which he will add new ones.
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Making Sense Podcast with Sam Harris

Join neuroscientist, philosopher, and best-selling author Sam Harris as he explores important and controversial questions about the human mind, society, and current events.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Sam Harris and Paul Bloom taking the pandemic very seriously indeed and making many intelligent points. “We can’t be America first” in the face of a global problem. Chinese “wet markets” need to be closed down.
Articles from Richard Dawkins

The Righteous and the Woke – Why Evangelicals and Social Justice Warriors Trigger Me in the Same Way

I was Born Again until nearly the end of graduate school, a sincere Evangelical who went to church on Sunday and Wednesday with my family and to Thursday Bible study on my own. I dialed for convert…
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Brilliant comparison. Please read it.
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Opinion | When It Comes to Covid-19, Most of Us Have Risk Exactly Backward

We aren’t very good at discussing trade-offs, but we need to make some during this pandemic.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Risk-taking decisions not all-or-none. Add up. Safety measures add up. Every time you take calculated risk to socialise, balance it: refrain from another mixing opportunity. Child goes to school? Balance it by reducing encounters out of school.
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How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

The lungs are ground zero for COVID-19, but blood clots may play a surprisingly big role in severe illness
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Doctor friend calls this “the best article I have seen on ... how this virus is different & more dangerous than the regular flu ... If people in the administration understood this or gave a damn about it, there would be better briefing of the public”
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Rishi Sunak has given us wartime finance fit for wartime economic conditions | Will Hutton

Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus rescue package is crucial for a collapsing economy. Social partnership is back • See all our coronavirus coverage• Coronavirus latest updates
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Interestingly radical and important article by Will Hutton.
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Anglicans and atheists, unite against intolerance

We now know from Peter Clarke’s report, published today but leaked last week, that there was indeed “co-ordinated, deliberate and sustained action to introduce an intolerant and aggressive Islamist
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I missed this very good article by Matt Ridley in 2014, or I would have tweeted it then.
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CFI Thinks Outside the Pox

In the highly politicized vaccination wars raging in the United States right now, Ethan Lindenberger is a hero. In March, as a high school senior, the Ohio teen testified before Congress about how he defied his mother’s rabid anti-vaxxer views and started getting himself vaccinated. Lindenberger ...
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Anti-vax movement: “A bizarre coming together of the religious Right and the Big Pharma conspiracy-theory Left” Excellent article by its CEO, Robyn Blumner, shows the kind of thing @Center4Inquiry stands for. One of many good reasons to support CFI
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Free Speech and Identity Politics

"The paradox of identity liberalism is that it paralyzes the capacity to think and act in a way that would actually accomplish the things it professes to want."
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
I only just spotted this article today when going back through Robyn Blumner’s excellent Editorials in CFI’s Free Inquiry magazine. What a superb writer she is. Her passionate commitment to freedom of speech persists from her days at ACLU.
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Image of the Day: White Stripes

Black-and-white painted skin can help protect from insect bites.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
The Darwinian survival value of zebra stripes has long been a puzzle. Hungarian research (referenced in the linked article) supports the theory that stripes are unattractive to dangerous biting insects. Now new research applies the theory to humans.
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Self-Censorship on Campus Is Bad for Science

Amid heightened tensions on college campuses, well-established scientific ideas are suddenly meeting with stiff political resistance.
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
This is a sensible article. It’s depressing that she even needed to write it. Politically motivated opposition to scientific truth about individual differences is pernicious. And actually harmful to the very people it is supposed to protect.
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Where now for Mark Zuckerberg after his – and our – loss of innocence? | Martin Moore

A year on from the Observer exposé, what has really changed for Facebook and its users?
Richard Dawkins
Writer, Scientist
Facebook: A “digital gangster” whose business model was based on gathering personal data for profit. Personal data was, for Facebook, equivalent to a currency. Excellent article on the subversive influence of Facebook by Martin Moore in today’s Observer.