Is Richard Dawkins a scientist?
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tentofield say: Yes, he's an evolutionary biologist. He has an MA and D. Phil from Oxford and his area of research at that time concerned models of animal decision-making. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by Oxford in 1989. He wrote his first book, The Selfish Gene in 1976 and has followed that with more than a dozen books, mostly about evolution and evolutionary biology. He was Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford until 2008 when he retired. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His qualifications as a scientist are impeccable.
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MARK say: Yes, Prof. Richard Dawkins, DSc, FRS, FRSL is a scientist. He is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science Emeritus in the University of Oxford and Fellow Emeritus of New College, Oxford. His field is evolutionary biology.
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Jill say: Yes.
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Everard say: A professor of Biology teaches scientists.
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Vincent G say: Yes, PhD in biology.
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Seawulf say: I thought you were going to ask if he was a virgin
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✞ 2 ...hunter say: “What else is he? I mean journalism is a high and influential profession. But he’s not a scientist, he’s never done scientific research. My definition of a scientist is that you can complete the following sentence: ‘he or she has shown that…’,” Wilson says.
“I don’t want to go on about this because he and I were friends. There is no debate between us because he’s not in the arena. I’m sorry he’s so upset. He could have distinguished himself by looking at the evidence, that’s what most science journalists do. When a journalist named Dawkins wrote a review in Prospect urging people not to read my book, I thought the last time I heard something like that I think it came from an 18th-century bishop."
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Smug tomato say: Is the pope catholic?
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L. E. Gant say: Technically, yes.
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barack say: Who cares?
Wrong is wrong.
He can't prove Atheism ⚛ to be true, no matter how hard he tries. There's simply no evidence to support its claims.
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tentofield say: Yes, he's an evolutionary biologist. He has an MA and D. Phil from Oxford and his area of research at that time concerned models of animal decision-making. He was awarded a Doctor of Science degree by Oxford in 1989. He wrote his first book, The Selfish Gene in 1976 and has followed that with more than a dozen books, mostly about evolution and evolutionary biology. He was Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford until 2008 when he retired. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His qualifications as a scientist are impeccable.
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Fireball the Ugandan Giant say: probably but TIRH not science...
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Mis Music☮ say: Yep, more specifically he is an ethologist and an evolutionary biologist
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say: Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS FRSL (born 26 March 1941) is an English ethologist, evolutionary biologist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.
But that doesn't make him God.
Job 38:4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
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skeptik say: Well …
Yeah.
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Lighting the Way to Reality say: Yes, Richard Dawkins is a scientist. He has master's and doctorate degrees in zoology. He has also written several books on evolution and related subjects, including the following.
The Selfish Gene
The Extended Phenotype
The Blind Watchmaker
River Out of Eden
Climbing Mount Improbable
Unweaving the Rainbow
Edit.
Why the thumb's down? I just stated the facts. But, of course, there are those who hate facts.
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