Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life

[futerko]

Surely there is no doubting Dawkins expertise in zoology, ethology, and evolutionary biology - his writings on philosophy and theology are no doubt superior to Wallace's understanding of animal behaviour.

In 'The God Delusion' he dismisses philosophy (as well as theology) as not being a genuine pursuit _ _ _

I was just trying to avoid making a judgment about whether Buddhist philosophy was more or less worthwhile than observing decision making in chickens.

[catmoon]

Yup, it's a perfecty reasonable question. Really why would anyone look to a biologist for spiritual or philsophical guidance? No matter how brilliant he is, its still kind of like getting a plumber to roof your house.

[undefineable]

Yup, it's a perfecty reasonable question. Really why would anyone look to a biologist for spiritual or philsophical guidance? No matter how brilliant he is, its still kind of like getting a plumber to roof your house.

Well this plumber's gonna convince you that all roofing everywhere is always useless since roofs are illusory, while plumbing (somewhat conveniently) isn't. If Futerko's a roofer, atleast [s]he hasn't prejudged the relative usefulness of plumbing