tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post6641486609087278877..comments2024-03-28T15:09:27.574+00:00Comments on The Spoons That Are My Ears!: Richard Dawkins: a Quick RantRhys Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-28957602172833683282014-06-08T11:13:48.352+01:002014-06-08T11:13:48.352+01:00But telling people that ghosts are real is FUN! Es...But telling people that ghosts are real is FUN! Especially when the following week you disable the fuse box before they come home so the lights don't work and hide in their wardrobe ready to jump out at them when they stumble into their bedrooms... as I did to my sister when I was 10.Rhys Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-52400543773529482302014-06-07T12:22:18.533+01:002014-06-07T12:22:18.533+01:00I asked a similar question to the one Dawkins asks...I asked a similar question to the one Dawkins asks at a convention a few years back, about whether sf has any responsibility with regard to teaching proper science. The idea that we only use 10% of our brains - and could potentially use 100% - has been used in so many films now (most recently Lucy) that I wouldn't be surprised if most people think it's true.<br /><br />I've no problem with telling children fairy tales - the issue is whether we tell children that we believe them. It's one thing to tell them a ghost story, another to tell them a ghost story and say that ghosts are real.Stephen Theakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11394493689032839157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-45542278616431288882014-06-05T16:25:13.480+01:002014-06-05T16:25:13.480+01:00As an atheist myself, I find no conflict between t...As an atheist myself, I find no conflict between the teaching of science and the fostering of the childish myths Dawkins seems to go against. I fact, this speech of his (against fairytales) is not new: he writes about it all the time. I find it a bit desultory from his part, anyway, that someone like him should behave in this matter against something enriching and quite constructive as fairytales. Sometimes, people just doesn't know when to stop before becoming caricatures of themselves: this really seems to be the case. David Soareshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17933061362956011218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-64282593298327109952014-06-05T14:38:19.227+01:002014-06-05T14:38:19.227+01:00my truth, your truth is always a excuse for evil.my truth, your truth is always a excuse for evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com