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patternexon on Sept 20, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Richard Dawkins: A Knack for Bashing Orthodoxy

Why they feel the need to answer it, and why they need to answer it in a shout

I think that is what Richard Dawkins does in a way which makes him popular - and in the end thats what the OP is about popularity/notoriety.

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