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[Anonymous No.18742177]

>Philosophers happily speak of “continental philosophy.” What science department would appoint a professor to teach “continental chemistry”?

[Anonymous No.18742182]

he was one of the first supposedly smart people to have his low iq thoroughly exposed by his own twitter account

[Anonymous No.18742197]

>>18742177
Dawkins is a public intellectual figure; he has to say inflammatory shit to stay relevant. I can't be upset at him because I know that he probably doesn't mean half of the things he says, he just has a public image to keep up, and he wants to stay relevant so he has to make some people upset

[Anonymous No.18742202]

Well they certainly aren't teaching taoist alchemy

[Anonymous No.18742208]

>>18742182
Through tweets? Buddy we've known it since the 90s. He's always been a useful idiot used to discredit Christianity.

[Anonymous No.18742210]

>>18742202
They are if you look at the right places.

[Anonymous No.18742213]

>>18742177
Continental philosophy is a branch of philosophy, not of chemistry. There are professors of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, etc.

[Anonymous No.18742220]

Why are they so dumb and why do people think they’re so smart?

[Anonymous No.18742306]

>>18742220
Pride blinds the intellect, and people are easily lead by fancy titles and confident fools.

[Anonymous No.18742355]

>>18742208
Christianity doesn't need Dawkins to discredit itself

[Anonymous No.18742389]

>>18742177
The same department that hires “global warming” scientists.

[Anonymous No.18742407]

>>18742355
Atheism doesn't either, yet there he is, acting like a dumbass.

[Anonymous No.18742411]

>>18742407
Atheism can only attract dumbasses though so that's only natural.

[Anonymous No.18742423]

>>18742177
>What science department would appoint a professor to teach “continental chemistry”?
No science department would, because there's no such thing