Talk:George R. Price

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[edit] Driven to suicide by his discoveries?

There's some discussion of this man on this video from 1:23:30 or so http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4999158785245212168 The moderator seemed to say that he became despondent after the discovery of the derivation of altruism from the game theoretical equations he developed with Hammond, and that it happened after his conversion to Christianity. As Dawkins tells it, he was a "good and generous man" but that his personal interpretation of the equation led him to believe that "there was no basis for goodness". The moderator also mentioned a book, Andrew Brown's “Dawin Wars: The Scientific Battle for the Soul” Mr. Jones (talk) 18:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conversion?

I don't think you can convert from atheism to Christianity, since atheism is not a religion. It might be more accurate to rephrase that part. --Viriditas 10:20, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Atheism isn't a religion, but Christianity is. What alternative word would you use though? Dunc|☺ 12:24, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Here's a few examples:

A former atheist, Price embraced Christianity, and after giving all his posessions to the poor, he committed suicide.

After living his life as an atheist, Price became a Christian, and after giving all his posessions to the poor, he committed suicide.

Is it necessary to state that he was a troubled man in that paragraph? That almost appears POV, making it seem like atheism was responsible for his problems. Also, the term militant atheist is wikified. I believe that only the word atheist should be wikified, unless you are describing strong atheism in which case that term should be used instead. It might be acceptable to pipe the link for militant atheism to strong atheism, but then again, it might not. --Viriditas 03:08, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Have you read Schwartz's biography? It seems he was troubled by his findings on models of behaviour. His articles in science on telepathy were very no-nonsense, and it seems that his atheism may have been a reason for the breakdown of his marriage. Certainly the impression I get from Hamilton's Narrow Roads is that of a troubled genius. His trobles I think also had something to do with a thyroid deficiency. Dunc|☺ 12:46, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

No, I haven't read Schwartz's biography, but from what you say, it sounds like "troubled" is the correct term -- however -- I think it should be attributed to the author in question, if that's Schwartz, then fine. Something along the lines of, Biographers describe schwartz's life as troubled'. But, thank you for the refs. I'm going to look deeper into this topic. --Viriditas 01:35, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)