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The Magic of Reality? Dawkins latest. A graphical science book for youngsters. I dread to think. A simplified theory of everything?
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Give the guy a chance. Its not even published yet!Crumple wrote:The Magic of Reality? Dawkins latest. A graphical science book for youngsters. I dread to think. A simplified theory of everything?
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Whatever illustrations are used they will be parodied to death. This is my prediction.Rum wrote:Give the guy a chance. Its not even published yet!Crumple wrote:The Magic of Reality? Dawkins latest. A graphical science book for youngsters. I dread to think. A simplified theory of everything?
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Re: The Magic Of Reality
There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
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The Magic of Semen - How We Know What it Really Tastes Like. 
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Regarding the book.... it sounds cool and I expect I'll get one for my son.
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Re: The Magic Of Reality
Children are incredibly logical and the conflation of magic with reality will confuse the brighter whilst confirming the TV based impressions of the dumber....Callan wrote:There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
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I'm rather looking forward to it. 
I'm hoping it'll appeal to my son, who knows who Dawkins is and identifies himself as an atheist.
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The expression 'don't judge a book by its cover' has a rather more literal meaning than the one generally used..Crumple wrote:Children are incredibly logical and the conflation of magic with reality will confuse the brighter whilst confirming the TV based impressions of the dumber....Callan wrote:There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
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Children do judge books by the cover....and they also are aware of 'magic' as a breaking of the rules of the real world. I'm interested in how he'll square the circle in their tiny minds? without breaking their hearts?Rum wrote:The expression 'don't judge a book by its cover' has a rather more literal meaning than the one generally used..Crumple wrote:Children are incredibly logical and the conflation of magic with reality will confuse the brighter whilst confirming the TV based impressions of the dumber....Callan wrote:There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
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Probably by using MAGNETS!Crumple wrote:Children do judge books by the cover....and they also are aware of 'magic' as a breaking of the rules of the real world. I'm interested in how he'll square the circle in their tiny minds? without breaking their hearts?Rum wrote:The expression 'don't judge a book by its cover' has a rather more literal meaning than the one generally used..Crumple wrote:Children are incredibly logical and the conflation of magic with reality will confuse the brighter whilst confirming the TV based impressions of the dumber....Callan wrote:There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
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Yeah! But is Dawkins gonna include magnets?Xamonas Chegwé wrote:Probably by using MAGNETS!Crumple wrote:Children do judge books by the cover....and they also are aware of 'magic' as a breaking of the rules of the real world. I'm interested in how he'll square the circle in their tiny minds? without breaking their hearts?Rum wrote:The expression 'don't judge a book by its cover' has a rather more literal meaning than the one generally used..Crumple wrote:Children are incredibly logical and the conflation of magic with reality will confuse the brighter whilst confirming the TV based impressions of the dumber....Callan wrote:There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
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Re: The Magic Of Reality
Magic is usually just another set of rules, often overriding of the ones we have to deal with, but rules nonetheless. Kinda like science fiction. A different box is all.Crumple wrote:Children do judge books by the cover....and they also are aware of 'magic' as a breaking of the rules of the real world. I'm interested in how he'll square the circle in their tiny minds? without breaking their hearts?Rum wrote:The expression 'don't judge a book by its cover' has a rather more literal meaning than the one generally used..Crumple wrote:Children are incredibly logical and the conflation of magic with reality will confuse the brighter whilst confirming the TV based impressions of the dumber....Callan wrote:There's food for parody in the tagline alone: The Magic of Reality - How We Know What's Really True.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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I'm sure Dawkins used the paradox quite deliberately. Crumple is so used to seeing the most negative in everything around him that it always turns to shit in his eyes.
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Rum wrote:I'm sure Dawkins used the paradox quite deliberately. Crumple is so used to seeing the most negative in everything around him that it always turns to shit in his eyes.
I haven't been disappointed yet. Things really do turn to shit given time. I hope Dawkins explains entropy in that science book?
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