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Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008.
Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982 he introduced an influential concept into evolutionary biology, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms.
Dawkins is an atheist, a vice president of the British Humanist Association, and a supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—"a fixed false belief." As of January 2010 the English-language version has sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages.
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Plot: After teaching his young padawan, Will, all he knows about Ethics, Richard Dawkins decides to pay a visit to some 'old friends'. On his return, he realises that his padawan has betrayed him by joining the dark side under Chris Tian. Dawkins then sets out on an all out war to stop Chris Tian once and for all.
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Richard Dawkins (actor), Richard Dawkins (writer), Matt Platts-Mills (editor), Paul Thomson (composer), The Naked Cowboy (actor), Russell Barnes (producer), Ursula Riley (producer), Russell Barnes (director), Steven Pinker (actor),
Genres: Documentary,