lol

Ray is so irrational and hilarious.

do you guys wanna hop into the open mic?

I'll be able to join at ~1:15

time zone?

oh right, how egocentric of me

of course everyone's in MY time zone

EDT

hahaha it's okay, it's easy to forget

but with it being "Richard dawkins" day I'd enjoy talking about this

everyone hates richard dawkins

wrong

jk

did u see that independent article tho

it is pretty funny honestly

> "Though Dawkins wasn’t a part of the interview process, and researchers didn’t ask about him, 48 of the 137 British scientists they spoke to mentioned Dawkins. Of those 48 that referenced him, 80 per cent said they thought that Dawkins misrepresents science and scientists in his books and public speeches, according to the study by Rice University, Texas."

this is incredibly funny imo

eh

'We interviewed 137 scientists on their favorite foods and 40 spoke unfavorably of Richard dawkins'

It doesn't surprise me that much. He's one of most well-known science popularizers in the world, even disregarding the God Delusion

He was famous before that

oh I'm talking to the president of Flat Earth Society today too, so that'll be fun

let me know if you think there's something I should ask him

Ask him if Australia is on the other side

ask him why objects fall towards the ground instead of in any other direction when dropped

altho im sure he has some rehearsed rebuttal to that

that one really stumps them

'LOOK, UP IS UP, DOWN IS DOWN'

he thinks the earth is zooming upward at the rate of gravity due to an "Aetheric whirlpool"

that honestly is their explanation

ohhh he's one of those

i mean c'mon Sunflower, how can I argue with that?? AETHERIC WHIRLPOOL

cant argue that

too compelling

@everyone THE MIC IS HOT! https://youtu.be/nHVR5-RnLj8

paywall unfortunately but you can get the gist

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ending-religion-is-a-bad-idea-says-richard-dawkins-sqqdbmcpq

😮

Dude hop into the vc

I wish I wasn’t at work so I could be in that conversation about Dawkins. But I think his best quality and what I respect the most about him is that when he’s debating in the end he’s trying to teach his opponent about something not just argue with them.

Hi
I'm looking forward to eavesdropping whenever I get the chance, Dawkins is treasure.