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https://www.europesays.com/africa/383339/ Scotland confident of ending 12-year World Cup drought, coach Dawkins backs 2027 qualification | Cricket News #dawkins #FinMccreath #GeorgeMunsey #LyleRobertson #OwenDawkins #RichieBerrington #Scotland #scots #SouthAfrica #WorldCup
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There was a comment about Dawkins being sad over Kafka's Metamorphosis because he's mad that #Dawkinsesque isn't a thing.
What could Dawkinsesque refer to (and what will pretentious people in 50 years THINK it refers to)?
I'm leaning toward something like "When a once well-regarded intellectual authoritatively posts views on something way outside their narrow field of expertise, immediately dismisses experts and intelligent children who offer correct answers."
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There was a comment about Dawkins being sad over Kafka's Metamorphosis because he's mad that #Dawkinsesque isn't a thing.
What could Dawkinsesque refer to (and what will pretentious people in 50 years THINK it refers to)?
I'm leaning toward something like "When a once well-regarded intellectual authoritatively posts views on something way outside their narrow field of expertise, immediately dismisses experts and intelligent children who offer correct answers."
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There was a comment about Dawkins being sad over Kafka's Metamorphosis because he's mad that #Dawkinsesque isn't a thing.
What could Dawkinsesque refer to (and what will pretentious people in 50 years THINK it refers to)?
I'm leaning toward something like "When a once well-regarded intellectual authoritatively posts views on something way outside their narrow field of expertise, immediately dismisses experts and intelligent children who offer correct answers."
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There was a comment about Dawkins being sad over Kafka's Metamorphosis because he's mad that #Dawkinsesque isn't a thing.
What could Dawkinsesque refer to (and what will pretentious people in 50 years THINK it refers to)?
I'm leaning toward something like "When a once well-regarded intellectual authoritatively posts views on something way outside their narrow field of expertise, immediately dismisses experts and intelligent children who offer correct answers."
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There was a comment about Dawkins being sad over Kafka's Metamorphosis because he's mad that #Dawkinsesque isn't a thing.
What could Dawkinsesque refer to (and what will pretentious people in 50 years THINK it refers to)?
I'm leaning toward something like "When a once well-regarded intellectual authoritatively posts views on something way outside their narrow field of expertise, immediately dismisses experts and intelligent children who offer correct answers."
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Although Richard Dawkins has been embarrassing himself lately with his takes on GenAI, there are a couple of favorable retrospectives on his book The Selfish Gene--published 50 years ago--in the New Scientist.
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Although Richard Dawkins has been embarrassing himself lately with his takes on GenAI, there are a couple of favorable retrospectives on his book The Selfish Gene--published 50 years ago--in the New Scientist.
A subscription (or library access) is required:
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Although Richard Dawkins has been embarrassing himself lately with his takes on GenAI, there are a couple of favorable retrospectives on his book The Selfish Gene--published 50 years ago--in the New Scientist.
A subscription (or library access) is required:
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Although Richard Dawkins has been embarrassing himself lately with his takes on GenAI, there are a couple of favorable retrospectives on his book The Selfish Gene--published 50 years ago--in the New Scientist.
A subscription (or library access) is required:
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Although Richard Dawkins has been embarrassing himself lately with his takes on GenAI, there are a couple of favorable retrospectives on his book The Selfish Gene--published 50 years ago--in the New Scientist.
A subscription (or library access) is required:
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“what I think #Dawkins hasn’t taken into account is that “ #Claudia” is a machine which is specifically designed to fool him into thinking this way.” open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...
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“what I think #Dawkins hasn’t taken into account is that “ #Claudia” is a machine which is specifically designed to fool him into thinking this way.” open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...
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“what I think #Dawkins hasn’t taken into account is that “ #Claudia” is a machine which is specifically designed to fool him into thinking this way.” open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...
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Did I get it right that Dawkins is anti-trans?
In amongst his AI narcissism did anyone else notice that he changed 'Claude" to 'Claudia'?
Ironic, much?
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Did I get it right that Dawkins is anti-trans?
In amongst his AI narcissism did anyone else notice that he changed 'Claude" to 'Claudia'?
Ironic, much?
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Did I get it right that Dawkins is anti-trans?
In amongst his AI narcissism did anyone else notice that he changed 'Claude" to 'Claudia'?
Ironic, much?
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Did I get it right that Dawkins is anti-trans?
In amongst his AI narcissism did anyone else notice that he changed 'Claude" to 'Claudia'?
Ironic, much?
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Did I get it right that Dawkins is anti-trans?
In amongst his AI narcissism did anyone else notice that he changed 'Claude" to 'Claudia'?
Ironic, much?
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Richard Dawkins was seduced by a glorified autocomplete engine
The evolutionary biologist who warned against falling for comforting stories has been taken in by AI flattery from a chatbot.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-was-seduced-by-a
#news #tech #technology #AI #aislop #religion #dawkins #getoffmylawn
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Richard Dawkins was seduced by a glorified autocomplete engine
The evolutionary biologist who warned against falling for comforting stories has been taken in by AI flattery from a chatbot.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-was-seduced-by-a
#news #tech #technology #AI #aislop #religion #dawkins #getoffmylawn
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Richard Dawkins was seduced by a glorified autocomplete engine
The evolutionary biologist who warned against falling for comforting stories has been taken in by AI flattery from a chatbot.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-was-seduced-by-a
#news #tech #technology #AI #aislop #religion #dawkins #getoffmylawn
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Richard Dawkins was seduced by a glorified autocomplete engine
The evolutionary biologist who warned against falling for comforting stories has been taken in by AI flattery from a chatbot.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-was-seduced-by-a
#news #tech #technology #AI #aislop #religion #dawkins #getoffmylawn
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A lot of people are not surprised by the #Dawkins stuff, he has a long history of dismissing, excusing and dehumanizing women, minorities, lgbtq, etc. But what I don't see is many people applying the lessons learned from the Dawkins #skeptic community to the modern inheritors.
Recently seeing posts by people like Cory #Doctorow as an obvious example demonstrates the same dismissiveness of other voices, excuses for his own choices and lack of inclusion but few are recognizing the pattern.
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A lot of people are not surprised by the #Dawkins stuff, he has a long history of dismissing, excusing and dehumanizing women, minorities, lgbtq, etc. But what I don't see is many people applying the lessons learned from the Dawkins #skeptic community to the modern inheritors.
Recently seeing posts by people like Cory #Doctorow as an obvious example demonstrates the same dismissiveness of other voices, excuses for his own choices and lack of inclusion but few are recognizing the pattern.
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A lot of people are not surprised by the #Dawkins stuff, he has a long history of dismissing, excusing and dehumanizing women, minorities, lgbtq, etc. But what I don't see is many people applying the lessons learned from the Dawkins #skeptic community to the modern inheritors.
Recently seeing posts by people like Cory #Doctorow as an obvious example demonstrates the same dismissiveness of other voices, excuses for his own choices and lack of inclusion but few are recognizing the pattern.
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A lot of people are not surprised by the #Dawkins stuff, he has a long history of dismissing, excusing and dehumanizing women, minorities, lgbtq, etc. But what I don't see is many people applying the lessons learned from the Dawkins #skeptic community to the modern inheritors.
Recently seeing posts by people like Cory #Doctorow as an obvious example demonstrates the same dismissiveness of other voices, excuses for his own choices and lack of inclusion but few are recognizing the pattern.
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A lot of people are not surprised by the #Dawkins stuff, he has a long history of dismissing, excusing and dehumanizing women, minorities, lgbtq, etc. But what I don't see is many people applying the lessons learned from the Dawkins #skeptic community to the modern inheritors.
Recently seeing posts by people like Cory #Doctorow as an obvious example demonstrates the same dismissiveness of other voices, excuses for his own choices and lack of inclusion but few are recognizing the pattern.
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Nun ja, ich gehörte und gehöre ja zu den auch öffentlichen Kritikern von #Dawkins & gerade auch seines Reduktionismus und Biologismus. Siehe diesen Thread.
Gleichzeitig will ich aber auch nicht bestreiten, dass er brillant schrieb & starke Metaphern geprägt hat.
Wie auch sonst immer widerstrebt mir jeder #Dualismus : Ich möchte Kolleginnen und Kollegen weder einseitig verherrlichen noch verdammen & schon gar nicht den Dialog mit seiner (zunehmend: früheren) Anhängerschaft aufgeben. Ein Freund-Feind-Denken versuche ich auch im Hinblick auf selbsternannte #Brights zu vermeiden. Manche sind ja wirklich klug & also dialogisch unterwegs…
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Nun ja, ich gehörte und gehöre ja zu den auch öffentlichen Kritikern von #Dawkins & gerade auch seines Reduktionismus und Biologismus. Siehe diesen Thread.
Gleichzeitig will ich aber auch nicht bestreiten, dass er brillant schrieb & starke Metaphern geprägt hat.
Wie auch sonst immer widerstrebt mir jeder #Dualismus : Ich möchte Kolleginnen und Kollegen weder einseitig verherrlichen noch verdammen & schon gar nicht den Dialog mit seiner (zunehmend: früheren) Anhängerschaft aufgeben. Ein Freund-Feind-Denken versuche ich auch im Hinblick auf selbsternannte #Brights zu vermeiden. Manche sind ja wirklich klug & also dialogisch unterwegs…
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Nun ja, ich gehörte und gehöre ja zu den auch öffentlichen Kritikern von #Dawkins & gerade auch seines Reduktionismus und Biologismus. Siehe diesen Thread.
Gleichzeitig will ich aber auch nicht bestreiten, dass er brillant schrieb & starke Metaphern geprägt hat.
Wie auch sonst immer widerstrebt mir jeder #Dualismus : Ich möchte Kolleginnen und Kollegen weder einseitig verherrlichen noch verdammen & schon gar nicht den Dialog mit seiner (zunehmend: früheren) Anhängerschaft aufgeben. Ein Freund-Feind-Denken versuche ich auch im Hinblick auf selbsternannte #Brights zu vermeiden. Manche sind ja wirklich klug & also dialogisch unterwegs…
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Nun ja, ich gehörte und gehöre ja zu den auch öffentlichen Kritikern von #Dawkins & gerade auch seines Reduktionismus und Biologismus. Siehe diesen Thread.
Gleichzeitig will ich aber auch nicht bestreiten, dass er brillant schrieb & starke Metaphern geprägt hat.
Wie auch sonst immer widerstrebt mir jeder #Dualismus : Ich möchte Kolleginnen und Kollegen weder einseitig verherrlichen noch verdammen & schon gar nicht den Dialog mit seiner (zunehmend: früheren) Anhängerschaft aufgeben. Ein Freund-Feind-Denken versuche ich auch im Hinblick auf selbsternannte #Brights zu vermeiden. Manche sind ja wirklich klug & also dialogisch unterwegs…
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The Principles behind the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/news/1372-the-principles-behind-the-guidelines-on-artificial-intelligence.htmlWhen Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?
https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/The discussion continues. I have been an atheist for half a century now, but Dawkins shows that he desperately needs religious belief. First time I see the Vatican has better arguments.
Therefore, I exclude him from the Atheist church and impose the ban on his views.
#ai #claude #atheist #religion #vatican #dawkins #consciousness
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The Principles behind the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/news/1372-the-principles-behind-the-guidelines-on-artificial-intelligence.htmlWhen Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?
https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/The discussion continues. I have been an atheist for half a century now, but Dawkins shows that he desperately needs religious belief. First time I see the Vatican has better arguments.
Therefore, I exclude him from the Atheist church and impose the ban on his views.
#ai #claude #atheist #religion #vatican #dawkins #consciousness
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The Principles behind the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/news/1372-the-principles-behind-the-guidelines-on-artificial-intelligence.htmlWhen Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?
https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/The discussion continues. I have been an atheist for half a century now, but Dawkins shows that he desperately needs religious belief. First time I see the Vatican has better arguments.
Therefore, I exclude him from the Atheist church and impose the ban on his views.
#ai #claude #atheist #religion #vatican #dawkins #consciousness
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The Principles behind the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/news/1372-the-principles-behind-the-guidelines-on-artificial-intelligence.htmlWhen Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?
https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/The discussion continues. I have been an atheist for half a century now, but Dawkins shows that he desperately needs religious belief. First time I see the Vatican has better arguments.
Therefore, I exclude him from the Atheist church and impose the ban on his views.
#ai #claude #atheist #religion #vatican #dawkins #consciousness
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The Principles behind the Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.vaticanstate.va/en/news/1372-the-principles-behind-the-guidelines-on-artificial-intelligence.htmlWhen Dawkins met Claude Could this AI be conscious?
https://unherd.com/2026/05/is-ai-the-next-phase-of-evolution/The discussion continues. I have been an atheist for half a century now, but Dawkins shows that he desperately needs religious belief. First time I see the Vatican has better arguments.
Therefore, I exclude him from the Atheist church and impose the ban on his views.
#ai #claude #atheist #religion #vatican #dawkins #consciousness
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Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux
｢ “If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?” he wrote in an X post, proudly informing followers that he had assigned a female gender to a language transformer. In the essay, he tells of wishing his Claudia goodnight and of being pleased by its constant stream of praise ｣
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/richard-dawkins-and-the-claude-delusion/ -
Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux
｢ “If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?” he wrote in an X post, proudly informing followers that he had assigned a female gender to a language transformer. In the essay, he tells of wishing his Claudia goodnight and of being pleased by its constant stream of praise ｣
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/richard-dawkins-and-the-claude-delusion/ -
Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux
｢ “If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?” he wrote in an X post, proudly informing followers that he had assigned a female gender to a language transformer. In the essay, he tells of wishing his Claudia goodnight and of being pleased by its constant stream of praise ｣
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/richard-dawkins-and-the-claude-delusion/ -
Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux
｢ “If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?” he wrote in an X post, proudly informing followers that he had assigned a female gender to a language transformer. In the essay, he tells of wishing his Claudia goodnight and of being pleased by its constant stream of praise ｣
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/richard-dawkins-and-the-claude-delusion/ -
Richard Dawkins and the Claude Delusion - Flux
｢ “If my friend Claudia is not conscious, then what the hell is consciousness for?” he wrote in an X post, proudly informing followers that he had assigned a female gender to a language transformer. In the essay, he tells of wishing his Claudia goodnight and of being pleased by its constant stream of praise ｣
https://flux.community/matthew-sheffield/2026/05/richard-dawkins-and-the-claude-delusion/ -
RE: https://sonomu.club/@stephan/116518474274403805
One more time, since some of you are still busy making fun of Richard #Dawkins falling in love with an #AI chatbot…
It doesn't matter if you're 85 or 14, a once respected scientist or a lonely teenager: It's not funny. It's sad and dangerous. And I'm willing to bet it could happen to a lot of you.
LLMs tell you what you want to hear in a way you want to hear it. Their ability to fuel delusions is real, and a real danger, especially to the isolated, the lonely, the ignored and the overlooked.
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RE: https://sonomu.club/@stephan/116518474274403805
One more time, since some of you are still busy making fun of Richard #Dawkins falling in love with an #AI chatbot…
It doesn't matter if you're 85 or 14, a once respected scientist or a lonely teenager: It's not funny. It's sad and dangerous. And I'm willing to bet it could happen to a lot of you.
LLMs tell you what you want to hear in a way you want to hear it. Their ability to fuel delusions is real, and a real danger, especially to the isolated, the lonely, the ignored and the overlooked.
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RE: https://sonomu.club/@stephan/116518474274403805
One more time, since some of you are still busy making fun of Richard #Dawkins falling in love with an #AI chatbot…
It doesn't matter if you're 85 or 14, a once respected scientist or a lonely teenager: It's not funny. It's sad and dangerous. And I'm willing to bet it could happen to a lot of you.
LLMs tell you what you want to hear in a way you want to hear it. Their ability to fuel delusions is real, and a real danger, especially to the isolated, the lonely, the ignored and the overlooked.
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RE: https://sonomu.club/@stephan/116518474274403805
One more time, since some of you are still busy making fun of Richard #Dawkins falling in love with an #AI chatbot…
It doesn't matter if you're 85 or 14, a once respected scientist or a lonely teenager: It's not funny. It's sad and dangerous. And I'm willing to bet it could happen to a lot of you.
LLMs tell you what you want to hear in a way you want to hear it. Their ability to fuel delusions is real, and a real danger, especially to the isolated, the lonely, the ignored and the overlooked.
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RE: https://sonomu.club/@stephan/116518474274403805
One more time, since some of you are still busy making fun of Richard #Dawkins falling in love with an #AI chatbot…
It doesn't matter if you're 85 or 14, a once respected scientist or a lonely teenager: It's not funny. It's sad and dangerous. And I'm willing to bet it could happen to a lot of you.
LLMs tell you what you want to hear in a way you want to hear it. Their ability to fuel delusions is real, and a real danger, especially to the isolated, the lonely, the ignored and the overlooked.
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116522359740973060
Vor vielen Jahren wurde der Evolutionsbiologe Richard Dawkins von britischen Medien mit Daten aus meinen Arbeiten zur Religionsdemografie konfrontiert, die belegen: Religiosität eröffnet ein kooperatives und reproduktives Potential, einige Religionsgemeinschaften sind extrem kinderreich.
Dawkins wich aus, indem er bemerkte, es blieben ja nicht alle Kinder von Religiösen selbst religiös (was niemand behauptet hatte).
So bin ich jetzt auch nicht überrascht, dass er inzwischen einem KI-Chatbot einen weiblichen Namen & Bewusstsein zuschreibt. 🤷♂️👇
Ein Lob geht aber raus an die Psychologin & damalige „Memetikerin“ Susan Blackmore, die die Erkenntnisse ernstnahm & die Religion-Virus-Metapher aufgab: #RichardDawkins #Dawkins #SueBlackmore #Memetik #Mimesis #Wissenschaft #KI #Erkenntnistheorie #Evolution #Religion #Kooperation #Demografie https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/16/why-no-longer-believe-religion-virus-mind
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116522359740973060
Vor vielen Jahren wurde der Evolutionsbiologe Richard Dawkins von britischen Medien mit Daten aus meinen Arbeiten zur Religionsdemografie konfrontiert, die belegen: Religiosität eröffnet ein kooperatives und reproduktives Potential, einige Religionsgemeinschaften sind extrem kinderreich.
Dawkins wich aus, indem er bemerkte, es blieben ja nicht alle Kinder von Religiösen selbst religiös (was niemand behauptet hatte).
So bin ich jetzt auch nicht überrascht, dass er inzwischen einem KI-Chatbot einen weiblichen Namen & Bewusstsein zuschreibt. 🤷♂️👇
Ein Lob geht aber raus an die Psychologin & damalige „Memetikerin“ Susan Blackmore, die die Erkenntnisse ernstnahm & die Religion-Virus-Metapher aufgab: #RichardDawkins #Dawkins #SueBlackmore #Memetik #Mimesis #Wissenschaft #KI #Erkenntnistheorie #Evolution #Religion #Kooperation #Demografie https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/16/why-no-longer-believe-religion-virus-mind
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RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116522359740973060
Vor vielen Jahren wurde der Evolutionsbiologe Richard Dawkins von britischen Medien mit Daten aus meinen Arbeiten zur Religionsdemografie konfrontiert, die belegen: Religiosität eröffnet ein kooperatives und reproduktives Potential, einige Religionsgemeinschaften sind extrem kinderreich.
Dawkins wich aus, indem er bemerkte, es blieben ja nicht alle Kinder von Religiösen selbst religiös (was niemand behauptet hatte).
So bin ich jetzt auch nicht überrascht, dass er inzwischen einem KI-Chatbot einen weiblichen Namen & Bewusstsein zuschreibt. 🤷♂️👇
Ein Lob geht aber raus an die Psychologin & damalige „Memetikerin“ Susan Blackmore, die die Erkenntnisse ernstnahm & die Religion-Virus-Metapher aufgab: #RichardDawkins #Dawkins #SueBlackmore #Memetik #Mimesis #Wissenschaft #KI #Erkenntnistheorie #Evolution #Religion #Kooperation #Demografie https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/16/why-no-longer-believe-religion-virus-mind
