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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 02:44 PM
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The Greatest Show on Earth by Richard Dawkins
has anyody read it? I just ordered it from Amazon.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 02:46 PM
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1. Loved it - after you finish it you will know Evolution backwards and forwards
You'll know how Carbon dating works, and why its so reliable
You'll know how we evolved , and how genetics work in evolution
You'll know why Noahs Ark is BS


Great read, and he only bogs down into the numbers for a little while
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 03:07 PM
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2. I can't wait to dig in!
I have read several of his books and I have never been disappointed.

I NEVER get the numbers stuff. I wish I had learned more math in school , but frankly in the 1950s girls just did not learn that stuff . We were considered incapable of abstract thinking!

Things have changed for girls since then!
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 06:05 PM
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4. Yes - now girls do BETTER at math then boys!
But boys are still better spellers :P
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ZombieHorde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-15-09 03:36 PM
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3. I guess I will have to get that book. nt
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-03-10 11:05 PM
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5. I just got around to reading it
and it is REALLY worth the effort
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