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Richard Dawkins and medical science

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Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins

The new atheist Richard Dawkins has a reputation for being an angry, aggressive and abrasive man (see: Richard Dawkins and anger and Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins).

According to Glenn Gandelman, MD, "A recent study indicates that angry men have higher blood pressure and increased risk of heart disease.[1] PubMed has numerous studies relating to anger and high blood pressure.[2][3]

Due to his chronic high blood pressure, Dawkins has been repeatedly warned by his doctors to avoid controversies.[4]

Despite the medical advice of his doctors, Dawkins had a very active Twitter presence before his minor stroke (with a number of Twitter controversies) and numerous public controversies (see: Richard Dawkins and women and Elevatorgate and Richard Dawkins and Islamophobia accusations).[5]

Dawkins has accumulated over 30,000 Twitter tweets.[6] The Independent reported, "Dawkins also admitted he wasn't very good at managing Twitter and the strong reactions his posts tend to provoke. 'Twitter is very difficult medium to handle,' he said. 'I’m not much of a diplomat.'"[7]

In short, Dawkins repeatedly ignored the medical advice of his doctors.

Irony of new atheists engaging in unsound health practices

The British new atheists Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins. The late Christopher Hitchens was known for his heavy drinking.[8] See also: Atheism and alcoholism

See also: New Atheism leaders and unhealthy lifestyles

According to the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, the new atheists "believe empirical science is the only (or at least the best) basis for genuine knowledge of the world, and they insist that a belief can be epistemically justified only if it is based on adequate evidence."[9]

Doctors of medicine receive years of extensive training in fields such as biology, chemistry, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, and medical science. Additionally, they have extensive clinical experience. Furthermore, excellent doctors keep themselves abreast of the latest developments in medicine through medical journals. Yet, Dawkins disregarded the medical advice of his doctors and had poor results to show for it.

In addition, there are multiple examples of new atheists engaging in unhealthy lifestyle choices (see: New Atheism leaders and unhealthy lifestyles).

Furthermore, medical historians and others point out numerous sound health practices contained in the Bible (see: The Bible and sound health practices).

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Notes

  1. ↑ Anger, Stress and High Blood Pressure, Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH
  2. ↑ PubMed - Anger and hypertension
  3. ↑ PubMed: Anger and high blood pressure
  4. ↑ Richard Dawkins says stroke caused by stress over controversy, Religion New Service
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Richard Dawkins Twitter
  7. ↑ Richard Dawkins defends Ahmed Mohamed comments and dismisses Islamophobia as a 'non-word'
  8. ↑ Christopher Hitchens: Despite Cancer, I'd Drink & Smoke Again
  9. ↑ The New Atheists