Colbert vs Dawkins

[Excrement_Cranium]

The madman faces conservatism's greatest warrior:

http://unreasonablefaith.com/2009/10/05/colbert-vs-dawkins/

[Signa]

Ah, Colbert is awesome.

[mountain_rage]

For my Canadian brethren, this one doesn't work with a proxy.

http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/the-colbert-report/the-word/colbert-report-the-word/#clip16570

Colbert is always good for a laugh. Right wings have nuts jobs acting serious, left wing has nut jobs doing political comedy.

[Hath]

I love Dawkin's books. He is also an icredibly gifted speaker and debater. Colbert is very good at pretending to be a Right Wing Wacko.

[mountain_rage]

To counteract this, Dawkins' next book will be for 12-year-olds, an expansion on a letter about the importance of critical thinking that he wrote to his daughter, Juliet, now a medical student, when she was 10. In it, he describes the dangers of "tradition," "authority" and "revelation" as reasons for believing anything.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-richard-dawkins11-2009oct11,0,4602534.story

Wow, I hope this book gets out to many many children.

[Excrement_Cranium]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/arts/la-ca-richard-dawkins11-2009oct11,0,4602534.story

Wow, I hope this book gets out to many many children.

INDOCTRINATION!!!

How dare you suggest we raise children to think critically!

[Signa]

I know you are joking EC, but you do raise a good point. Why is it OK to teach one thing over another? Personally, I think this is OK because it's not teaching them anything. It's letting them come to their own conclusions by giving them the tools to find the best answers they can.

[Excrement_Cranium]

I know you are joking EC, but you do raise a good point. Why is it OK to teach one thing over another? Personally, I think this is OK because it's not teaching them anything. It's letting them come to their own conclusions by giving them the tools to find the best answers they can.


There are two ways to go, really:

1) Raise your children to think for themselves, and thus not worry as much about what they teach in school.

2) Expect/hope to raise children who are intellectual clones of yourself, and expect that the school will program them for you.


I encourage my children to explore the world of thought, and I also allow them to do things like go to church if they so decide. When they ask me questions I answer honestly, and in a way that allows them to think about it for themselves.


Indoctrination? The school system could never approach the intellectual damage a parent can do. Ever.