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This reads as a modest comparison that turns into a defense of a chosen path. He is saying that a narrower formal education can still leave someone better prepared for a very specific task, in this case writing about a particular subject. It lands when someone feels outmatched by peers, but knows their own experience is sharper and more usable for the work at hand.
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About Richard Dawkins
British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, atheist activist, and author
Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, atheist activist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he became the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a post he held until 2008. Dawkins is known for writing and speaking about evolution, science, and atheism, and for explaining science to a broad audience. He has received several academic and literary honors, including the 2005 Shakespeare Prize and the 2006 Lewis Thomas Prize.
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The God Delusion
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The Selfish Gene
1995
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