Darwin's Rottwieler

This article details Dawkin's life as he writes, teaches, and speaks about evolution.

He is a well-known supporter of Darwin and has been nicknamed "Darwin's Rottweiler" because of his aggressiveness in which he defends his beliefs.

There are many important facts in this article that helps support the main idea of it. One would be that from the reaction of critics and book buyers, Dawkins has made good on his goal to communicate science to as wide and audience as possible. He has also become a celebrity as a public intellectual. Dawkins is one of the best the scientific community has when it comes to the argument between faith and fact and enlightenment, but because of his aggressiveness and relentlessness it is hard to pass on his beliefs to others.

The article states that Dawkins intended memes to have mostly a negative connotation with a prime example being religion. In my opinion I felt his was biased because I feel religion is a positive connotation.

After reading this article there were a few terms I was unfamiliar with. One was meme which means words, ideas, faiths, mannerisms, and fashions that can be reproduced, and transmitted across cultures and between generations. Another term was survival machine which was Dawkin's idea that behavior was one of the principal ways of helping an animal survive, and if survival was the name of the game in evolution, then the biological machinery that contributed to successful survival and reproductive behaviors is the key factor of evolution, even more important than individuals.

I do not agree with many of the beliefs of evolution and the contrast between science and religion in this article, but I did find this article rather interesting.