In his pre-2006 books, Dawkins tried to explain altruism as a result of evolution. He wrote that the resulting beliefs have originally been helpful for evolution, but now turned out to be dangerous delusions. His notion of delusion was meant quite literally (such as prayers for rain not being answered), not philosophically, and that is the only thing of which I wanted to remind us.

Of "The God Delusion", I only read those snippets in other media, and indeed I don't want to read more, let alone discuss it. If it withdraws Dawkins' previous ideas, I stand corrected.

In the other thread the author's recent media activities are discussed, obviously far away from science.