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The Ipod Tutor: The Argument Against Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion | 
| Author: The Intelligent Community
Publisher: www.theintelligentcommunity.com
Category: Book
List Price: $10.00
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 830483
Media: Paperback
Pages: 164
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.4
ISBN: 0962098132
EAN: 9780962098130
ASIN: 0962098132
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
Richard Dawkins is the noted biologist who has held the Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His book, The God Delusion, appears to the untrained eye to be a devastating attack on theism as well as an ironclad defense of atheism. But not everything is as it seems. This audio tutor (designed for owners of the iPod and similar MP3 players) consisting of a User Guide and over 200 companion audio tracks, carefully dissects Dawkins’s argument and exposes its numerous logical fallacies and factual errors, and demonstrates that Dawkins’ primary argument is itself a faith-based construction. Those interested in improving their ability to think critically will find reading Dawkins’ book along with this audio companion an essential intellectual exercise! Note ? to use this learning program, you must have all of the following:
• A copy of The God Delusion, and
• An iPod (or other MP3 player), and
• A broadband connection (to download the MP3 files). A Project of The Intelligent Community Initiative.
Audio samples available at Publisher's website.
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| Customer Reviews:
 O God, not another fundamentalist posing as "intelligent" September 19, 2008
Hsiaoshuang (Singapore)
1 out of 6 found this review helpful
O God, this iPod tutor is just another load of counterfeit information posing as "intelligent" and calling fundamentalist christians as "intelligent community". I have never read so much crap in the introduction. I know for a fact that our Chinese God, Tua Pek Kong, creates the world, not some hippie-looking Middle Eastern chap called Jesus. It's an insult to mix intelligent, scientific thinking with fundamentalist morons.
 This should be included with every copy of Dawkin's book. June 9, 2008
D. P. Randolph (Arizona, USA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
I am in complete agreement with the other reviewers that Richard Dawkins' book, "The God Delusion" lacks substantiative logic and, in many cases, evidence to his assertions. Perhaps this is because his field of expertise is biology and not philosophy. In any case, being able to have an immediate refutation in this form is very helpful. Many times books such as professor Dawkins' are accepted at face value simply because the reader does not have a background in logical fallacies. Using the Ipod tutor each error is dealt with as you read through the book at time time you read it. This allows the reader to improve their skill at recognizing such forms of incoherent thought as they go along. In today's "wired ears" society, most people are familiar with the MP3 technology and will have no problem downloading and retrieving the audio files to listen to. As the book was not designed to be read like a novel, it makes sense to stop, listen to the audio track and then go back and either re-read the passage or continue on from where they left off. The Intelligent Community has taken steps to create a constructive critique and assessment of the book without the arrogance which pervades the book itself. I would like to see the Ipod tutor extended to more books and I look forward to seeing more Ipod tutors in the future.
Great way to learn critical thinking October 18, 2007
An Interested Party
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
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a new use of iPod and mp3 technology September 4, 2007
Ray Schneider (Harrisonburg, VA United States)
34 out of 66 found this review helpful
I gave Richard Dawkins' book "The God Delusion" a one star review because I think it is empty rhetoric -- see my review -- but I have a lot of critics that think I was mean to Richard and that's pretty amusing considering the way he treats his critics -- talk about ridicule.
Anyway I think this iPod tutor kind of thing is a neat idea. I don't have an iPod but I downloaded the audios and listened to them in the context of Dawkins' book -- what they do is divide Dawkins' book into what are called Flag Points and then comment on each Flag Point in the book with a commentary critiquing Dawkins' arguments -- commending him when he is sound and taking him to task when he is not. So for those who think I'm blowing smoke -- get this book and the associated mp3s which are downloadable and see just how little substance there is in Dawkins' book.
I'm inclined to think that the credibility that Dawkins' book is getting is evidence for the serious decline in critical thinking in the United States. Apparently if it sounds good it must be true. Dawkins is a compelling writer, but truth deserves more than clever turns of phrase and cute snide remarks.
This book/mp3s combo is more than worth the price. You'll come away with a short course in critical thinking and a powerful understanding of why Richard Dawkins is logic challenged. I hope this is the beginning of a new trend. It's definitely cool. I'm a research scientist by training and job history and know a thing or two about critical thinking -- I think this Intelligent Community Initiative is a very worthwhile endeavor.
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