Richard Dawkins taught zoology at the University of California at Berkeley and at Oxford University and is now the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford, a position he has held since 1995. Among his previous books are The Ancestor's Tale, The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, Unweaving the Rainbow, and A Devil's Chaplain. Dawkins lives in Oxford with his wife, the actress and artist Lalla Ward.
A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11. With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.
对本书的观点:宗教并非构建道德体系的必要条件,而且构建在宗教上的道德也很成问题。 我有以下异议: 1)西方宗教在很长的一段时间内都 "绑架" 了西方社会的道德伦理。而这种传统今天依然延续,看看美国就知道,现在还有90%的人相信上帝存在。布热津斯基在《Between T...
评分海南出版社最近出了一套科普丛书。作者都是大腕,作品都是经典——别想歪了,正如小姐曾经是尊称一样,大腕、经典这两个词我用的都是本义。 我一直觉得,国人应该读点科普。这个观点值得单独写一篇文章来弘扬,但这里我只说一条:好的科普书传授的不仅仅是知...
评分这本书是我迄今为止读过的最有启发性的一本书。除了道金斯锐利幽默的语风让人看得痛快淋漓,它还教会我如何科学严谨的思考问题,真诚的对待人生。
评分几年以前,一位即将迈入信教之坑的“弟兄”曾发给我一些有关进化论的电子书(供批判用),其中就有理查德.道金斯的《盲眼钟表匠》等著作。当时他对我说的一句话让我印象深刻,他说:看了这些书真的让人增强信心啊。他接着解释道:这些“科学”书籍对于生命起源和演化的论述常常...
评分校订手记 顶漏容易盖瓦难 身为校订者而非译者,说来本无资格或理由对一本译著赘言的。但本书作为原译本出版大约七年后的修订版,确实存在一些特殊情况,有必要作一下说明让读者知晓,此外也想简要说说本书中文版的现实意义、校订工作的一点体会,并顺致感谢。 本书的译者陈蓉霞...
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评分没啥哲学素养的科学家简直是灾难………道金斯是个很典型的例子(此条引战,长期有效)诉诸“仇宗情绪”哪里像科学家?完全是个anti-religion cult的教主
评分仍然很受启发。其中提到,双盲实验能否证明受到祈祷的人们康复得更好,当然不能,两组数据几乎一样。但是还有第三组实验对象,他们知道自己受到了祈祷,结果我想当然是“安慰剂效应”,结果居然不是!他们的康复状况最差,然后我明白了“performance anxiety”
评分道德原来是进化的产物呀。这么说来,道德确实是没有确定的标准的。难怪《正义》那帮人在那边争得头破血流也没有结果。 另外,我觉的作者把科学观同科学研究手段等同起来了,这个不好。
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