The subtitle of the book sums it up pretty well: “How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats, and Why We Believe Them”. A decent book. It really pointed out how ridiculous the fear of terrorism is. The chances of dying in a terrorist attack are microscopic. For example, […]
This is the second book that I’ve read by Richard Dawkins, and I have to say, I’m becoming a big fan. Admittedly, most of the book was “preaching to the choir”, so I was a bit reluctant to read it. Despite this fact, I still enjoyed it immensely.
I had always considers myself an […]
It will be hard to do this book justice. The selfish gene is Richard Dawkins’ theory that people, plants and animals are nothing more than “survival machines” for genes. Genes use us as a vessel. Definitely made me think about human existence, and that it is really, in the end, somewhat meaningless. […]