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Title: Caught up in the discussions of the day
Review: While the point Dawkins makes is obviously right and a good point, he frequently looses himself in endless repetition of the same argument, and many of the chapters serve to refute discussions of the day or more frequently discussions of the early days of Darwinism.I read the 2006 edition cover to cover and had hoped that he would update this with some of the more interesting questions - how genes get expressed, more modern knowledge of embryology, but found that the latest edition does not share the insights gained in the last 30 years. Also, some of his arguments refuting other theories are so thin, that a highschool student could prick them in a hour (look for his arguments on mutationism, there full of obvious nonsense).That is unfortunate, since the core premise, that Darwin was right about natural selection is so important that is deserves a passionate plea. But it also deserves a plea that is better made and more up to date with today's knowledge.
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