[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

Retribution as a moral principle is incompatible with a scientific view of human behaviour. As scientists, we believe that human brains, though they may not work in the same way as man-made computers, are as surely governed by the laws of physics. When a computer malfunctions, we do not punish it. We track down the problem and fix it, usually by replacing a damaged component, either in hardware or software.

re: "As scientists, we believe..."

Mr. Dawkins needs to go back to college and take a good course in philosophy. Saying "as scientists, we believe" has no logical or sensible meaning even according to his own reductionist scientific materialism.

And there rests the problem with secular humanist dorks like Dawkins: his scientific atheology is not grounded in sound logic and cogent reasoning.

Always amusing to read the latest about the evolving "beliefs" of secular humanists and scientific materialists.

[redgolum]

Most "scientists" don't really believe in science. To get to be a research scientist you have to follow the party line, which is one reason I became an engineer.