Famed Atheist: The 'Clock Kid' Is a Fraud

Think the "clock kid" has a friend in famed atheist Richard Dawkins? Seems not: Ahmed Mohamed, 14, who was arrested in Texas when authorities thought he'd built a bomb instead of a clock, perpetrated "fraud" and perhaps "wanted to be arrested," tweeted Dawkins today. Here's some of the tweet flow, per Gawker and the Huffington Post:

From Dawkins:

• @I_Love_Atheism "Because he disassembled & reassembled a clock (which is fine) & then claimed it was his 'invention' (which is fraud)."—Richard Dawkins
• @HarryStopes "I don't know. Possibly wanted to be arrested? Police played into his hands? Anyway, now invited to White House, crowdfunded etc"—Richard Dawkins

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From others:

• "Richard, you're missing the point a little here."—Bang the Bore
• "fraud? That's a very emotive word to apply to a young child who is enthusiastic about engineering."—Matt Bradley
• "He's an enthusiastic fourteen year [old] and you, a grown man and public figure, are trashing him on the internet for 'fraud'"—Jon
• "remember when you were a scientist instead of a twitter crank...those were better days"—Physically, I'll

Then Dawkins seemed to cool off:

• "Sorry if I go a bit over the top in my passion for truth. Not just over a boy's alleged 'invention' but also media lies about J Corbyn."—Richard Dawkins

But the Twitter-verse was unimpressed:

• "Richard Dawkins now one of the consipracy theorists who think a kid planned to get arrested so he could be famous https://t.co/7lhST0K1k"—Physically, I'll

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