What is so powerful in the arguments of creationists and intelligent design proponents?
Dawkins: The ignorance of the population. Which is not a crime. People, in general, don’t know anything about evolution. If you look at the educational system in most countries, you’ll see that it is very bad. So people are against something they don’t know anything about. Is this why you decided to write The Greatest Show on Earth? To offer those answers? Dawkins: Yes, that is why I decided to write about the evidence for evolution. And the book is written for laypeople, in a style that I think is very interesting and fun. In the new book, you explain the importance of the fossil record and how molecular biology and genetics confirm Darwin’s theory. But one of the religious fundamentalists’ favorite arguments for attacking evolution is the origin of life. They argue that science has not succeeded in reproducing this event yet. Recently, a study came very close to creating parts of RNA, but not life itself. How do you respond to this in your new book? Dawkins: The origin of life is the
