- start with a bang
- pose a bullet list of the topics you will cover that expose the overview of your argument
- don't pose alternatives - present them as possibilities
- repeat the conclusion at the beginning of every section of your talk, explain your bullet points
- establish the relevance, what is the audience thinking about the topic - faith, reason, problem, solution
- multimedia - draw examples from movies, tv, newspapers, books
- define important terms
- what are the broad streams of thought about the topic
- strangers are in two separate worlds - how, why, mechanism, meaning, science
- Powerpoint slides - don't read of the slides, but if you are going to read quotes have them on the side; have phrases from your point on the side of the slide concerning the point; names of people you are quoting write in full on screen.
- real world examples of your hypothesis, your point, your exposition
- be within your allotted time
- invite questions and then try to draw their points inclusively into your argument
- introduce answers with "I don't have a well-formulated idea here, but this is a notion that might apply"
- be seen to be inclusive and positive about every question
Dawkins has become outspoken in his atheism , coining the word "bright" (as an alternate to atheist), and encouraging fellow non-believers to stand up and be identified. intelligent design is creationism redressed creationists are right that evolution is hostile to evolution statistical improbability of the complexity of design - intelligent design but the intelligent designer wouldn't have made such a hash - why would the designer be bothered with disapproving of our sex lives, favor our side in the war Dawkins suggest rocking the boat - attack religion as a whole taboo of speaking ill about religion - Douglas Adams said, sacred ideas at the heart of religion, holy cows, you can support any operating system you want, but the challenge of religious ideas is off limits science and religion are corrosive to each other - religious explanations are trivial and improbably, teaches people to accept authoritarianism takes the example of famous scientists and imagines ...
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