An Appetite for Wonder: With Richard Dawkins and Brian Greene

[@Tularis]

I LOVE Brian Greene, the world needs more of him!

[@geompon6505]

True, he is my fav.

[@2fast2block]

Why is he needed? The goof thinks God really wasn't part of it. He sees no need for God.

[@Tularis]

@@2fast2block because there is no god

[@davooddar7057]

When he says "Newton's balls",Brian's face is just priceless.

[@GodmyX]

David Macbeth For those who want to see it again, from 27:00 on :)

[@stardust4001]

GodmyX Thanks

[@sydneymorey6059]

Two of my favourites, great intellect, always plenty to learn, from great minds with seemingly effortless espousing. Showing great respect for themselves and all participants. A world full of the like, would be worth living in.

[@raven7thhole]

what a wonderful and true Renaissance man is Richard Dawkins - eloquent voice of reason and searcher for the truth.

[@dist321]

We need more atheist like Brian Greene in this world. He's fantastic!

[@highchief9099]

@Star Trek Theory Moron! Obviously you don't understand the theory AT ALL. You must be one of the red shirts.

[@kp8129]

I dont think Brian Greene is atheist, i think he has the roots or the upbringing of a religious person, i have seen him invoke the possibility of a God in a few interviews (including this one), so i wouldnt call him "an atheist" per se.

[@dist321]

Agreed. But he entitles himself as one. What is different about him is that he's very open minded and he recognizes he doesn't know everything single thing. He's brilliant!

[@DANGJOS]

+Kp 1 That would still make him an atheist. Invoking the possibility of a god doesn't nullify being an atheist. An atheist is one that does not believe in god, and so Brian, *by definition,* is an atheist. You could call him Agnostic Atheist I suppose, as is the title I go under

[@AZOffRoadster]

An atheist espousing Pascals Wager? That's a pretty wishy washy atheist.

[@highchief9099]

Two brilliant minds here. I encourage people to check out more of their work!

[@alexandrakalandarishvili4901]

Absolutely one of my favorite interviews of all time! funny, smart and informative!

[@JizzyMcFrizzyLOL]

41:15 is when I get dem feels. :'( Brian speaks the truth. Love him

[@exilfromsanity]

I like Dawkin's tie.

[@AZOffRoadster]

His wife makes/draws them by hand.

[@clayandputtyvideos1647]

@@AZOffRoadster OMG that is amazing.

[@GlowingMpd]

I like Dawkins!👍😇

[@black_jack_meghav]

Thank you professor, to set up this WONDERFUL CHANNEL, WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL. I AM A PROUD SUBSCRIBER!

[@beatsforyou9171]

Show me the evidence Show me the evidence

[@gdn5001]

ghada92011 what's the highest level of education you've achieved?

[@JoshSweetvale]

lanemonehP 'Show me the evidence!...Or I will...not believe you? And encourage others not to believe you?' Ok. Go do that. Good luck.

[@mcainox]

Rich for you to talk about brainwashing yet you blindly put your faith in a book that also has no evidence.

[@sabotsabotskij7047]

Wrong... evolution has better proof than the theory of gravity. If you choose not to believe it, that's your loss, but if you choose not to teach it, then you're a problem.

[@kristenmichelle8710]

Sabot, there is abundant proof of microevolution but not macroevolution. There is a difference.

[@zblofu]

That was amazing that they ended with poetry. I wish more conversations would end with a poem. After the rational descriptions of nature it seems a good balance to end with a bit of poetic wonder.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

Dawkins is a great fan of poetry

[@huskiehuskerson5300]

@@TrickOrRetreat 🙂

[@TrickOrRetreat]

@Wolf Ticket Time to put down the crack pipe, and take a nap 😏

[@TrickOrRetreat]

@Wolf Ticket You need professional help mate. Your totally lost in translation.

[@TrickOrRetreat]

@Wolf Ticket Are you so dumb that you don't know humans don't come from monkeys ? You fail at basic evolutionary knowledge.

[@christineclaiborne3139]

I know what brings me ultimate happiness. Resting in peace. Yet I've just seen so many souls resting. Why can't I rest?

[@darwinlaluna3677]

When u in peace ,LOVE, FAITH, wisdom will always in you

[@deepaktripathi4417]

Great conversation! I love Brian Green. He's just an amazing physicist. He's funny. We need this kind of scientists.

[@محمدبنقفوف-ص8ف]

🗣️ that person is some stupid person acting that he is samthing that person is nothing ? ... Don't you see how this person talk he is an apsulut idiot !?...

[@willemvanmierlo8590]

In my own experience my love for supernatural fantasies never stood in the way of being sceptical. Even as a very young kid I never believed in things like santa clause and such but that never affected my appreciation in a negative way of the storytelling surrounding such fantasies.

[@SalesforceUSA]

I LOVE Brian Greene, He is a genius!

[@محمدبنقفوف-ص8ف]

No that person is not he is so stupid and don't no even what he is talking about ,? 🤨

[@makakhalik966]

Richard Dawkins is an exceptional person. The voice of reason and a real credit to the science field. He is softly spoken and down to earth. A real inspiration to young scientists.

[@kurohikes5857]

Black atheist reporting for duty, sir!

[@keyboarddancers7751]

At ease, John Dow.

[@MlonEusk1]

Greetings fellow black atheist

[@DarronMoe]

Greetings fellow black

[@cseeger1]

Haha, that was great. Welcome Sgt. Black.

[@godlessrathead7292]

John Dow ex Muslim Militant Atheist Asian Indian here... militant as in I enjoy eating bacon in public during Ramadan...

[@ebptube]

The most wonderful way to spend a gray day - or any day - listning to witful humans sharing meaningful thoughts. Thank you KZbin for making that possible!

[@ChanelCoco555]

BG is so eloquent and witty :) love him

[@brabantstad384]

Show me the evidence @39:08

[@Why.Just_why]

thanks m8

[@inisus]

Oh my god so funny. That should be a meme.

[@Polly_99]

Dawkins would convince Jesus himself on atheism

[@kmstanton]

Polwarthful Jesus: I rose from the dead. Dawkins: After being unconscious, for 2 minutes, during a surgery.

[@obijuan3004]

I think Jesus is in my big toe, because every time I bang my toe I yell his name.

[@Slytherin88]

Amen

[@kenadams5504]

Who wouldnt believe in the God who let an angry mob nail you to a wooden crucafix ...just to show his followers how much he prioritised their support ahead of his own son !!.

[@fb150185]

THank you for a great talk, so itneresting. And thank you for allowing science to be accessible to us all!!

[@corydinsmore1117]

Brian Greene interviewing a wall would be great so this is absolutely thrilling.

[@georgepaul5843]

Bia Brian Greene’s and Richard Dawkins’s facetious smiles and humor in discussing a serious subjects is delightfully cheerful.

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

I’m so happy to see you happy

[@hochathanfire0001]

Was looking for the biology, but the atheism is even more interesting 😏.

[@cool2beliving]

THAT. WAS. AWESOME!

[@tredecimkanzaki4284]

A very satisfying concersation.

[@ryde9042]

Absolutely brilliant, yet simply-conveyed mind. His subtle jabs poking holes in religion is actually just a very basic and standard scientific method that drop religion in its head with ease.

[@christineclaiborne3139]

I WAS. Now, no. We have this tremendous knowledge and power now! What a gift! Santa came early this year! :)

[@karlrschneider]

Anything that may exist outside space and time can not possibly interact in any way with us who live inside it. Which is analogous to 'natural' and 'supernatural'. Same problem.

[@orlandotongue6325]

It's funny he mentions rational people doing irrational things. I do that somtimes, I'll try and move things with my mind every once in a while even though I know it doesn't work lol. As a physics student I suppose I rationalize it by thinking that I'm just retesting the theories to make sure physics is still working lol

[@qorilla]

I think it's just a natural human tendency. Like "intrusive thoughts" where you contemplate punching a random guy on the street even if you would never do it. Or like dreams etc. It's just random thoughts whirling around.

[@jeremybowser7690]

Orlando Tongue You think you got the force, lol!!

[@ThinkOneMoreTime]

I do that too!

[@KeikoMushi]

Orlando Tongue The next question is: Do you have a theme song playing in your head when you retest those theories? e.g. Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" from the film Excalibur.

[@DeathBringer769]

+Orlando Tongue Never take anything for granted, lol. Sometimes I hold up a bottle of water and contemplate that it is technically possible (though unlikely) that the second I let go of this water bottle that gravity will suddenly disappear... It's always nice just to reinforce the current reality through experiment, lol.

[@philjamieson5572]

I think they're both remarkable thinkers.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@hackerhesays731]

Love the tears of relief

[@poor_jafar]

10:02 15:48 "ز کوشش به هر چیز خواهی رسید" 19:42

[@SocietyIsCollapsing]

Well, that was an hour well spent. Thanks for doing that, Richard is a remarkable man.

[@auxbonnieux]

Brian Greene is a riot. Love it

[@willemvanmierlo8590]

It's amongst the best of his qualities

[@robertmcclintock8701]

Everytime an artist make something social and intelligent it has artistic integrity. That only possible in a created universe.

[@lasthope3230]

How so?

[@robertmcclintock8701]

@@lasthope3230 I can give you an example. The movie 2001 a space odyssey is the antichrist solving abortion. A space odyssey is a fetus in the womb. The Clint Eastwood dirty Harry movies was angry calm. It seems nasty but it's a good police officer. Angry calm is how a women chooses abortion. Everything in motion makes one error. Your supposed to park the errors where it doesn't matter or you play wack a mole with errors. It's intelligently designed that if you try killing God you will always make one error. A movie is in motion so you have to park the errors where it doesn't matter. 2001 movie is about abortion but a fetus is blind. That why HAL computer eye is colored red so it still has artistic integrity. 2001 movie is most perfect movie ever made. It only has one error to park. You can't do better than that.

[@sekoivu]

This was very interesting, yet awe inspiring discussion between these guys.

[@ineskucharz1990]

What a wonderful interview, full of humour, self-deprecation, and interesting questions. I wish there were many more people like Brian Greene and Richard Dawkins.

[@GaryM67-71]

More nonces?

[@jesseolson335]

one charming soul !

[@cseeger1]

dawkins has a wicked sense of humor -. 1:05:50

[@christianfarina3056]

Dawkins is a very intelligent person.

[@kpzcbttp]

I totally agree.

[@highchief9099]

Troll alert!

[@HamzaKhan-eq5xo]

or intelligently stuid

[@fredriksvard2603]

Yes but Greene is on yet another level

[@asokoniso]

he said "Newton's Balls" :D :D anyways, I love you guys both. One day I'll tell my kids about both of you and encourage them to read and search and think about you :)

[@vimalvnair999]

I loved your age of wonder: your third and fourth and fifth years spent astonished, widening your eyes at each new trick of the world-and me standing there, solemnly explaining how it was done. The moon and stars, rainbows, photographs, gravity, the birds in the air, the difference between blood and water. In true life? you would say, looking up and I would nod, like some broken-hearted sage, knowing there would be no answers soon to all the big questions that were left, to cruelty and fear, to age and grief and death, and no words either. And you, like me, will sit and shake your head. In true life? Yes, my sweet, strong daughter, I’m afraid there is all this as well, and this is it: true life. ---------- Keys to the Doors by Robin Robertson

[@deeliciousplum]

I would have loved for this conversation between these two inspiring and enlightening gentleman to have been a bit more equal. Professor Dawkins may have taken a little too much liberty in expressing things, Yet, Dr. Greene was also fuelling this by asking the greater number of questions. I will have to view this again, as there were moment where Dr. Greene appeared to express a great discomfort with his own agnostic atheism position. Professor Dawkins did pick up on this and tried to help by reflecting thoughts on the concerns Brian was inquiring of. Yet, I am not certain that Brian caught this. Though, I cannot read minds. So, I may be off by thinking this. Thanks for sharing this interview!

[@warezwolf1]

Thank you Richard Dawkins. You have changed my life and my childrens doctrine of discovery. Your life's service has made a difference,

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

If your ways of explanation, is strong enough, to proof your creation, in a scientific ways, and makes the other’s agree, then you done it !

[@bretnetherton9273]

Reality is not two, there can be no primacy. Awareness is known by awareness alone.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

Gobblydegook.

[@GlowingMpd]

@@philaypeephilippotter6532 👍

[@fredriksvard2603]

Are you one of those new age word salad generators

[@Dr.physioAli]

I enjoyed that

[@paulpulaski]

Please put on close captioning CC. Thanks!

[@ToddSloanIAAN]

Good and slow conclusion to nearly agree that God is part of our language.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

God is an imposition on our language

[@cmiguel268]

Brian WINS HANDS DOWN.

[@EvidenceOfTheDivine]

Brian is an absolute Master. I think he deserves a wider acknowledgement. He is one of the greatest of our time.

[@محمدبنقفوف-ص8ف]

No ?

[@420MusicFiend]

Fantastic!

[@IAM-MAGICK]

I love the banter. Thanks Gentleman. 🌎⭕️😂

[@simonenina_]

Richard Dawkins just stated what I've thought of for decades!!! ~ "We're here (alive today) due to happenstance." ~ "The sneeze" ~ "Parents, grandparents, etc.."

[@forrisvourvopoulos3252]

Feels so good to know and hear and if lucky enough to come across with such Mentally Brilliant people. Remarkable man, deep thinker 🤘🙄 We simply so lucky. It comes down to one fact alone.....its time for the two currents to reconcile, and Greene is one of those who leaves the possibilities open! Simply brilliant, and innovative in some sense. Thanks for uploading 🤘🤘🙏

[@guilhermepaula6496]

"Which God?". That question is the best answer you could find.

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@black_jack_meghav]

Richard Is So Damn Cool! Especially his tie

[@ThePJExperience]

Sir Richard Dowkins' view point is correct on the concept of religion and GOd. Let's face it , religion was first attempt at science .

[@ThePJExperience]

@@KAT-dg6el Initially , people were figuring things out , pondering about the Sky and the Earth. But yes , it did soon led itself to the best means to control the masses.

[@fredriksvard2603]

No, it was a version of dreaming or storytelling. It helps people orient themselves and practice for difficult realities in their minds. That comes first, then it's been used as a science, and for societal norms.

[@gangoffour1]

My two favorite people!

[@FantastyckplastycK]

+Matilda Percival yeah mine too and there was also hitch

[@gangoffour1]

+FantastyckplastycK and Sam Harris!!!

[@2phalanges]

+Matilda Percival what about your parents?

[@gangoffour1]

+2phalanges What about them?

[@ingenuity168]

Dawkins has the coolest ties and Brian a fine nose.

[@fredriksvard2603]

Thats what i took away from this too

[@alfredoontiveros6504]

When Greene first referred to the "22 million people on livestream" I was like WHAAAAAAT? Then I heard the laughs from the public.

[@joegeorge5940]

WE NEED MORE PEOPLE LIKE DAWKINS. BUT THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER LIKE HIM.

[@pwr905]

As a long-time fan of Brian Greene (back before he was famous; watching him give KITP lectures in low-res, etc), I actually thought he did himself a bit of a disservice in this. He was so .. flippant, that even though he asked (quasi)-serious questions, the manner in which he asked them made them feel more like notes on a napkin, rather than serious philosophical / scientific questions. It's not a bad conversation by any stretch, but I feel like he (Brian) could do so much better.

[@clayandputtyvideos1647]

Richard's tie is super lovely.

[@vivekrangarajan1981]

39:10 Dawkins increased the entropy of his hair

[@georgepaul5843]

What is very delightful in expression of thoughts of both Brian Greene and Richard Dawkins is acceptance of reality as mathematically minded realists, ie scientists.

[@paulosilva3017]

Listening to Richard Dawkins discussing science with Brian Greene is so much better than then hearing him argue with evolution deniers.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

True , but both are important . Someone needs to head of the indoctrinators before they get to impressionable minds .

[@GlowingMpd]

👍

[@christineclaiborne3139]

No way. Timing is everything. If I find something that doesn't make sense, I will point it out.

[@christineclaiborne3139]

But my belief is shaped on what I've seen. There is something greater than ourselves. This belief is worth dying for and more importantly- sharing and continually sharing.

[@JD987abc]

What a triumph. Brian is one of the few if not the only science communicator who can sit with Richard, complete with his vocabulary, while checking Richard with spiritual beliefs.

[@alexanderabrashev1366]

Brian is not simply a science communicator. He's a leading theoretical physicist, an old school string theorist and an impeccable mathematician. He's not just another Neil DeGrasse Tyson

[@محمدبنقفوف-ص8ف]

​@@alexanderabrashev1366 no that person is a big idiot ? That's all

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

When you’re became to an awareness , everything will be produced in you brains, and that is your life times experience and your knowledge and jobs your family,the country of you’re born , your cultures, history, poetry, revolution, and scape from your country and gets to know the new world and new cultures, and everything new , will open another doors for your success, and your new experiences, and your previous philosophical background and your original language, helping you lot more .

[@Sharperthanu1]

I'm now inspired to paint ties!

[@sethconnor1018]

This is the best God debate I have ever seen😆😆😆 Dawkins literally had me rolling at many points. I want to make him a t-shirt that says "show me the evidence" 👏👏👏👌💯

[@lorettabrail7806]

Also... there is a big difference between Spirituality and religion. Religion has been the reason for wars throughout history. However let’s put the blame there where it belongs... greed and thirst for power lead the way when it comes to war as well as discrimination ( Holocaust, for example), so there is the list.

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

Dear , sirs , Richard and Brian , I am finding the lost and missing part of the story , and I never said that I am great in all parts of science, which can be find everywhere and you just need to put more time to do it and I not giving credit for myself for those google searches.

[@drwinford-thomas1349]

The Selfish Gene by Dawkins was the first book I read at university. I never understood it.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Probably because it was the first book . Have you read it since ?

[@peterkay7458]

Really great discussion. A case study for articulate debate. Love the comment about his late father, brilliant way of looking at it.

[@christineclaiborne3139]

Isn't the wonder in always hearing someone else and keep pointing you north? So wonderful.

[@blaster-zy7xx]

Correct! The point is to convince the audience, not Wendy Wright.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

The point is to have Wendy help you show the weakness of the other position , the oppositional view . It works .

[@DummyFace123]

When it gets to the point about a god, I think its just different imaginings of what exists outside of the universe. I could think of reasons to simulate a universe, and so that gives motive to create a universe, and as an outside observer, may as well be called a god. To the existence inside my simulated universe, god is just a word, an idea. Just a word given to something that is unknowable. I would be an existence beyond their ability to comprehend, just as anything outside of our universe is an existence beyond what we would be able to comprehend. In a way, it really doesn't matter, to us its all the same *_outside_* reality. And in that way, makes anything outside of our universe irrelevant. Except if we can figure out how to hack it. That would be awesome, but also sorta scary. Like a program that learns to mess with physical system components in which it runs, not knowing whether or not it would be capable of breaking it's own reality.

[@kaarlimakela3413]

The religious feelings that were once awakened by the wonder of nature as a child, and the granduer of a cathedral, as an adult ... still exist for me, but is enhanced and informed by the beauty I begin to realize in scienctific understanding itself ...

[@marymc4044]

Yes, the only goodness in religion is beauty inspired by religious feeling, the solemn works like the Messiah, Mozart’s & Brahms Requiems, the Ave Maria, painters by the Italian Masters, frescoed Baroque interiors. Those geniuses might have been just as inspired been the power and majesty of nature unburdened by superstition.

[@christineclaiborne3139]

I never said a word about, towards, or against atheists. My message has always been clear. ALL lives, voices, stories matter. Jesus, I am starting to sound like a broken recorder player. Hello? Anyone out there? Anyone listening to a word I am saying?

[@ethanp5948]

If we needed to vote on a king of science, I'd vote for Richard Dawkins

[@pb4520]

I love these guys. I am so sad when i think they are sure there's no such thing as some sort of God for lack of better word. We are limited as human-beings to fully understand or comprehend eternity and god and heaven and immortality. That is part of Life. I believe there surely is Eternity and God. It's true that we are limited to fully grasp or understand it fully in our mortal Worldy life. It is more vastly beautiful and good and wonderful than we can imagine in this Life. Never surrender to darkness. Think positive!

[@haripanthi5694]

Richard is really a great person...i really like his logics and speeches...

[@bretnetherton9273]

God is self evident.

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

_God_ is evident to itself.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

God is not at all evident .... nothing you can poinr at is god

[@alecampa1006]

kick ass, must see!

[@alienrs5655]

Dawkins and Brian ?? What a duo !

[@actiaint]

glad i watched this - remarkable how in spiritual search richard dawkins really is.

[@amaramichaels2064]

I cannot imagine how it must feel to have absolute conviction that our ancestors were apes, and we are mere biological accidents. Even Charles Darwin wrote that the theories of evolution could not explain some biological features ( for example the complexity of the eyes ) which require different aspects of function to appear simultaneously, and therefor suggest gradual development could not account for their mutually interdependent co - operation. Perhaps our perception ( inverted as pointed out by Mr Dawkins ) causes us to mis - understand a bigger picture where there is no competition between science/religion/evolution. .

[@ethanjohnson9521]

great bloke. cheers for vid.im starting the pimply kid religion !!!

[@Sseikim]

I am not a believer nor an atheist but when speaking about metaphysical ideas like God/gods/religions, you cannot force logical/historical/scientific evidence to deny its existence. It simply does not work. HOWEVER- I do agree that forcing a religious belief into an adolescent mind is rather irresponsibly violent behavior towards a human being- who ultimately you cannot be responsible for.

[@surrealcereal948]

You're either a theist or an atheist. Atheism is simply a lack of belief in a god. If you're not a believer, then you are by definition an atheist. Atheism isn't a belief that there is no god. So many people misunderstand this because of our predominantly christian culture.

[@deepaktripathi4417]

"It's a part of language". Look at the Richard's facial reaction. 😆😆

[@ianmarshall9144]

just like we say Jesus fucking christ how can you believe in god ? Its part of our English language , a remnant of a christian belief that existed in ignorant and uneducated period of our history .

[@christineclaiborne3139]

What guides us more? Our head or our heart? What was the first thing I said. Love conquers all. God is love.

[@lisengel2498]

Yes I love your conversation thank you very much - and isn’t it just wonderfull that Biology/Life- is such a mess ? True life is always an intertwining of heart-mind-World and because of that allegorial, methaphorical, scientific and poetic and embodied languages all tell us something about the experience of life - 🦎🦋🍀💚

[@lepidoptera9337]

Biology isn't a mess. It's just complicated. The human mind is not well developed to track the evolution of dynamical systems with tens of thousands of free variables.

[@christineclaiborne3139]

You can't have an all good being that is skeptical. We can only believe what we see. And what I see as what We see. What you see of me is a perception of me. Not the reality of me.