Anyone catch it?

New book: The Ancestor's Tale - a pilgrimage to the dawn of evolution.

Brief exposition of the 'random' effects arm of current evolutionary (serious) bones of contentions. An expected excoriation of the "political trick; rebranding creationism into ID".

Comparison of US / UK - yes they have their ID proponents too; the difference is - in UK they lack the political power to force much serious attention (my summary).

Dissertation, reply to a Charlie query: what Dawkins thinks of the early molding of childrens' minds away from "seeking evidence" for an assertion - ie 'Belief without evidence is a Good Thing': he deems that "pernicious", especially at formative years.

(He didn't quote the Jesuits' ..give me a child til age 5. Might that be called, restraint?)