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Brilliant conterblast to modern scientism - Rated
David Berlinski is a distinguished academic mathematician and philosopher, a secular Jew who is also a fellow of the Discovery Institute [which for some biased individuals might immediately rule him out of court - a pity, because it is just such persons who most need to hear what he has to say]. His mind and his writing are rapier-sharp, and his logical skills reveal the usual suspects as patently incompetent in significant areas.
Who are his targets? Well, they include Stephen Pinker, Daniel Dennett, Richard Dawkins, Peter Atkins, Emile Zukerkandel, Victor Stegner, Massimo Piglucci, Sam Harris, Stephen Weinberg, Christopher Hitchens and Eugenie Scott. Their continuing vehement support of a Darwinian closed-shop in Academia, and their scientistic view of man and the universe are revealed as both crass and dehumanizing.
Far from being behind the times in matters of biology, Berlinski praises the work of biological scientists like Eugene Koonin, Motoo Kimura, Michael Lynch and others who are frank about the fatal shortcomings of Darwinian theory. The closely argued logical case is relieved by some shrewd observations about his principal targets, and I particularly liked his parting shot at Christopher Hitchens:
'When asked what he was in awe of, Christopher Hitchens responded that his definition of an educated person is that you have some idea how ignorant you are. This seems very much as if Hitchens were in awe of his own ignorance, in which case he has surely found an object worthy of his veneration.'
