tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post1096071662928710093..comments2024-03-18T17:28:44.693-07:00Comments on Rondam Ramblings: Richard Dawkins's most baffling tweetRonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-9138302930374442452013-08-10T09:57:23.400-07:002013-08-10T09:57:23.400-07:00Oh, duh, of course. I took "the aliens"...Oh, duh, of course. I took "the aliens" as the antecedent for "they" rather than "physical constants."<br /><br />Interestingly I posed this question to Dawkins via email, and his response was *not* to point out that I had misinterpreted his tweet, but rather to answer the question as I posed it. I'm planning to post his reply, but I want to get his permission Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11752242624438232184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-29426862756341016712013-08-10T00:25:00.832-07:002013-08-10T00:25:00.832-07:00Oh, after reading Dawkins' racist outburst, I ...Oh, after reading Dawkins' racist outburst, I think I know what he meant:<br />He took hypothetical "Aliens" and their advanced hypothetical "Alien knowledge" as an rhetoric element.<br /><br />While I think a (thoughtful) fight against all religions is something humanity needs, people like Dawkins should be careful what they say, and from what positions they lead this Tony Machhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14823430729798784689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-75554586783847569862013-08-10T00:13:16.882-07:002013-08-10T00:13:16.882-07:00I don't fully understand it either, but I thin...I don't fully understand it either, but I think Dawkins meant something different: When he tweeted of those "physical constants", I think he referred to *basic* physical constants, what is AFAIK called the "anthropic principle" – and not to biologic evolution. Things like having three spatial dimensions – e.g. if our Universe had four spatial dimensions instead of three, Tony Machhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14823430729798784689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592542.post-45897093877371687112013-08-09T23:52:13.537-07:002013-08-09T23:52:13.537-07:00Surely he meant the aliens had worked out why the ...Surely he meant the aliens had worked out why the <i>constants</i> have the values they do, not the <i>aliens.</i> I think he was speaking of physics, not sociology.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com