# Richard Dawkins' most famous debate, who was the other man?

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**Created:** [July 28, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-dawkins-most-famous-debate-who-was-the-other-man/457994 "2008-07-28T22:58:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-dawkins-most-famous-debate-who-was-the-other-man/457994/1 "2008-07-28T22:58:55Z")

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There’s on in particular that I’m thinking of and I can’t for the life of me remember the mans name.

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**Author:** ![Soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-dawkins-most-famous-debate-who-was-the-other-man/457994/2 "2008-07-28T23:01:52Z")

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Could you be thinking of John Lennox?

Edited to add a video link: [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=988134574542478162](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=988134574542478162)

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**Author:** ![Lavender\_Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b782af/32.png) [@Lavender\_Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lavender_Falcon)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-dawkins-most-famous-debate-who-was-the-other-man/457994/3 "2008-07-28T23:16:47Z")

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[This one?](http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dawkins_pinker/dawkins_pinker_index.html)

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> On February 10, 1999, The Guardian-Dillons Debate at the Westminster Central Hall in London featured Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker in an event chaired by Tim Radford, Science Editor of The Guardian. Sold out weeks in advance, the evening attracted 2,300 attendees, with hundreds waiting outside. It was one of the toughest tickets in London in years.

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**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-dawkins-most-famous-debate-who-was-the-other-man/457994/4 "2008-07-28T23:36:16Z")

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Or possibly David Quinn.

I’d really like to see him debate Robert Bakker.

Bakker sees absolutely nothing contradictory in being a very respected and possibly the most well known contemporary paleontologist as well as a pentecostal preacher. He does not [mince his words](http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/2008/04/paleontological_profiles_rober.php) concerning Dawkins (tail end of the interview).