Man that got famous by confidently making claims on stuff he has zero idea about (religion and philosophy) is still making claims on stuff he has zero idea about.

Dawkins should stick to pop-biology, and we should be more demanding before granting someone a title of public intellectual.

I never particularly revered Dawkins, but he always ranked reasonably high in educated circles, and his books were very popular.

But my goodness, the buckets of crap that get poured on him nowadays, in stark contrast with even 10 years ago. Parent comment is an exhibit.

I am 99% convinced that it's because Dawkins ended up on some "anti hate" group target list, after he said things in 2021 that the trans movement found offensive.

It didn't go well for him staying in his area of expertise - evolutionary biology.

Can't blame a guy for branching out.