The Selfish Gene | Lecture 5: "Science and Society" Series

[@andromeda6985]

Great video. Pakistan is very lucky to have a brave scientist like Dr Hoodbhoy. And it will be great to have a series of lectures on Richard Dawkins book.

[@SherSingh-mk9th]

Nothing brave about it. Most of the information Dr. Hoodbhoy expounds, goes over the heads of the average Pakistani. If they don’t understand, they won’t kill you. Just look at how many of them are there to hear one of their great scholars.

[@amirahmed5750]

An audience from Assam (India)follower of Pervez Sir

[@critical_analysis]

Dear Pervez Sir, Wonderful lecture! I have been watching your lectures from few years now and was impressed by the lucid explanation you gave regarding some of tricky and non-intuitive concepts related to quantum physics and also on relativity. You are a wonderful person with great integrity and fearlessness. It's a shame that the third class system of Pakistan is not able to use such an intellectual mind to benefit it's society. I believe in the law of karma and I am sure you will be rewarded by nature for your selfless service to people to enlighten their minds and turn towards science and develop scientific temper.

[@SunilSharma-cw4qp]

sir, I am a post graduate doctor medicine , but still Dr Pervez Houdboys amazes me.

[@zohaibhasan3332]

Dr saub AP Indians isi lye Tarraqi kar gy hain kyun k AP knowledge ko jahan se mily ly lety hain aur bina lalch k knowledge gain krty hain. Pakistan main post graduation kr k koe b doctor mjhe AJ tak nae mila jo asi study main interest leta ho unko bs aik hi parri rehti ha k kasy paisy ayen United states jaen Ireland jaen UK jaen koe research nae koe innovation nae

[@zohaibhasan3332]

Yeh AP log hi Zada pervaiz hoodboye ko Zada sunty hn yahan tu bs Mulla ko sunty hain is se Zada nae.

[@SunilSharma-cw4qp]

@@zohaibhasan3332 sir, world 🌎 pity Pakistan for not recognising the service of such gem Pervez Houdboys sir. We indians made Dr APJ Kalam as President and Highest civilian award Padam Bhushan. While lndian fought for freedom , Jinnah and his gang were interested in lipping British shoes 👟 for carving out a theocratic State based on hatred to Hindus.

[@zohaibhasan3332]

@@SunilSharma-cw4qp unfortunately this is ture. Harsh reality, we mus accept this.

[@AmjadKhan-py6bo]

A response to Peevez Houdbhoy for his Anti -Quranic and Anti True Islamic way of thinking and we present in defiance with challenging data from The Quran,so everybody is invited to listen the whole lecture with care.. Thanks kzbin.info/www/bejne/faCThnape5yWlbc

[@MuhammadAli-es6vi]

I am a frequent reader of your articles in Dawn. These impress me a lot sir

[@abbasraza6628]

Thank you for bringing such amazing topics in your videos, very insightful discussions and I hope in future these sessions can be expanded to include additional ground breaking books and authors. Daniel Kahnemann Robert Wright Ibrahim Kendi Yuval Haraari

[@aashiq-e-fazool]

Sir, you are one of some of greatest persons born on earth.

[@Rico-Suave_]

There should be hundreds of people in his lectures

[@cyberrunner6529]

Unfortunately Pakistanis are a bit lacking in education department

[@nimbusization]

Sir you are an amazing human. My son is an aspiring physicist and I really want him to meet you. Not just because of your knowledge in physics but to show him how strong, open minded and determined people look like. Kindly let us know the venue of your talks and we will be honored to join you.

[@junaidsabri9367]

Jaty jaty Asia k logon ki khidmat kr rahy hain ♥♥ Is me sir ki loi lalch b nahi hy👌👌

[@skmisra6187]

Dr Parvez hoodbhy is doing great service to intellectual community.

[@shabbirahmeddar7765]

بہت معلوماتی اور عوامی ابلاغ کرنے والا لیکچر ہے۔ میری راے ہے کہ اس پوری کتاب پر لیکچر ہونا چاہیے۔

[@Dekanalini]

Sir! You are so ready to share your knowledge with Pakistani students! Hat’s off! In Delhi or any any University Sciences and Social science departments and Colleges your Room would have been full and flowing in to the Corridors! Please seek a Visa!🙏☺️🇧🇴

[@pir_Faisal34]

A very difficult lecture. But Doctor illustrated it in a more smooth way.

[@eduverse1948]

Welldone Dr. Pervez. I'd like to raise just one point. Whenever you try to explain biological mutations, the first reason you mention are cosmic rays. Why is that? Maybe because you are a physicist (i'm a physics student too), you have a predisposition. A more common and biology-oriented explanation is simply the act of replication. When reproduction occurs, an individual's DNA is copied and hence their genes. During this copying process, mutations can occur, because a copy is seldom perfect. Yes, radiation also causes mutations. I'm not denying it by any means. I just think perhaps because you are a physicist, the first reason behind mutations you always mention are cosmic rays.

[@inspirationundsehrselte6053]

How to know when the next lecture is so that one can attend it live and how to send the online questions

[@iskanderabad]

Humanity is net result of working of genes in individuals. Selfishness drives to cooperation kindness and humanity.

[@jugrajkahlon]

Dr. Saab yours a wonderful show. I’m from Indian Punjab. Can understand most of your lecture, but some Urdu words, difficult ones are hard to understand. Please mention the English translation for these

[@quratulain8767]

Thanks for sharing enjoyed a lot

[@mohdrabbani4912]

Sir main aapke saare lectures sunta hun aur achha bhi lagta hai aur information bhi milti hai aur mujhe mere rab allah per aur mera imaan mazboot hota hai alhamdullillah

[@jam-ss2jc]

Aapko phir kuch lecture se samajh nahi aata hai.

[@abdulkarim-hf3xg]

Very interesting video

[@SandipChitale]

Excellent lecture. The effect of biological evolution on human species has long since become less important once the humans acquired the brains capable of abstract thinking and the ability to control the environment. Since then the effect of cultural and social evolution has at ever increasing speed exceeded by orders of magnitude over the effect of biological evolution. Sure, the very slow biological evolution continues in humans over generations but in fact is rendered confused by ever changing environment in which humans live. People from warm places move to cold places and vice versa. They adapt to the new environment using human made warm clothes and air-conditioners respectively. After all biological evolution operates on "natural" selection, but humans no longer live in a natural environment. Our modern societies are based on technology, which even though natural to humans, is controlled by humans and in that sense is not "natural". Generally speaking we use the word "natural" to mean controlled by nature.Therefore, it is no wonder as to why the biological evolution has been superseded by cultural evolution. Secondly, IMO there is an issue with the word "selfish". Even though in some sense it does tell us that genes (evolve or get more frequent in the gene pool) that happen to build bodies that propagate those genes better, is in a sense vague "selfish" behavior. It is almost trivial and tautological. But it is not due to an active agency that can be ascribed to the genes, but rather is the statistical effect of suitability of the bodies the genes build, to the environment those bodies find themselves in. So in that sense it is the after effect of what environment does to the populations of organisms. In fact the example of white and black moths on the barks of trees demonstrates this. The environment changed (tree barks turned black - disrupting the camouflage of white moths) and as a result the genes that made white moths, however "selfish", did not succeed in spreading the populations of white moths when due to the soot deposit on the barks of the trees on which they use to sit turned black. What I mean is that genes are there to build a certain phenotype in the body. There are other genes, equally "selfish", that build an opposite or different type of phenotypes in the bodies. But in the end, the environment decides which genes succeed. It is not because of some active action taken by the genes. Genes are not active agency-laden entities. So in that sense the agency implying word "selfish" is a misfit. The more accurate term would have been "bespoke" genes, meaning genes have built into them an ability to build a organism with specific (bespoke) phenotype. And in fact an organism may contain within itself completing genes. Some succeed and some do not succeed depending on the environment. And if the environment changes which genes will succeed and become more populace can change over time as well. IMO there is an also an issue with the connotations associated with the word "selfish". As we all know it has negative connotations. It is interpreted by lay people to mean that science is giving an excuse and permission for "selfish" behavior. And that is a mistake. In fact, as I have mentioned in first paragraph, as humanity evolved and is now affected mostly by cultural evolution, we have broken ourselves out of the grip of biological evolution with a superior culture and society. And with rational and cooperative thinking we can build more fair societies for most humans to thrive in. And lastly because the "Selfish Gene" is a scientific book and theory, and the word "selfish" has bad connotation, people blame science. For this reason, I feel that it is very important that scientists choose the right word for their theories and books. The use of title "God particle" for a book on Higgs boson, has played a similar mischief in the popular culture. In fact the author of the book was against the use of that title. "Dark" matter and "Dark" energy also have a similar branding issue.

[@riteshkumarsoni5796]

Wonderful lecture

[@anshakhan2510]

بہت دلچسپ لیکچر ہے

[@anshakhan2510]

سر پرویز، ماحول مختلف ہونے پر عادات مختلف اگر ہو جاتی ہیں تو جو جنیٹیکلی ہمیں ملا ، وہ کیسے بدلا یا کس حد تک اور کیوں متاثر ہو گیا

[@oldandwesternreviews2823]

Very insignificant

[@davidsharma9673]

A child is attached to the image of kind mother for survival from cradle,this attachment is the beginning of selfishness in man ,man is selfish without exception

[@Onestop112]

Thank you sir

[@accidentalsurgeon]

How to attend these lectures???

[@pir_Faisal34]

The first keystone in understanding the human condition is the concept of entropy or disorder, which emerged from 19th-century physics and was defined in its current form by the physicist Ludwig Boltzmann. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that in an isolated system (one that is not interacting with its environment), entropy never decreases. (The First Law is that energy is conserved; the Third, that a temperature of absolute zero is unreachable.) Closed systems inexorably become less structured, less organized, less able to accomplish interesting and useful outcomes, until they slide into an equilibrium of gray, tepid, homogeneous monotony and stay there.

[@iskanderabad]

Teaching evolution in Pakistan is like teaching Shikwa of Iqbal in schools where Jawab=e-Shikwa is given far more importance.

[@paktrack]

Great explaination

[@anshakhan2510]

ماحول اثر انداز ہوتا ہے لیکن کس حد تک ؟؟؟؟

[@TalentMixture2024]

Professor Still U Need More Research To Explore the right point... Physicist: Abubakar

[@mohsinxp]

does our gene has changed over the thousands of years.. which made any significant impact?

[@cyberrunner6529]

Yes but thousands of years are not enough for any noticable changes evolution typically takes millions of years for macro changes

[@lifeoptimizers177]

Amazing. Great job. Kindly do explain " The God Delusion" as well!

[@Soul_blessed1111]

What a reality

[@daedrik3577]

research question: Do bees that sacrifice themselves get a plot in the bee hive?

[@neelammemon4183]

Please make videos on topics in Physics in Urdu

[@davidsharma9673]

Thank you for sharing sir

[@aashif8697]

Nice Video As always 👍

[@junaidsabri9367]

Good work keep it up ♥👌💞💞 Plz make vedios on link of physics and mathematics In urdu

[@amirshahzadbiologist6737]

I volunteer for the next lecture, there are a lot of aspects you could even not touch. As we say, knowing less can backfire. Better you call an expert or you need to learn much much more. Otherwise I appreciate, at least it is better than nothing.

[@bestapps1593]

Can we change a gene?

[@cyberrunner6529]

Yes but it will kill the living organism by cancer

[@Rico-Suave_]

Watched all of it

[@pir_Faisal34]

The Demon Haunted world is also a must read by Carl Sagan.

[@tahiriqbal5174]

and Cosmos, too by the same author.

[@saraznik7547]

❤

[@holidayplatform2570]

Grt

[@MuhukumAli]

Selfish gene concept is weak concept about selfishness because no any gene is responsible for this action related to thinking because thinking power is not bound of physical brain when you think other can't see and feel your thinking .

[@ufaqkaiypaar5318]

اچھا لیکچر ہے ۔ لیکن بلیک سکن اور وھائٹ سکن کے بارے میں ۔ افریقن امیگریشن سے میں متفق نہیں ۔ شکریہ (خالد مہاجرزادہ)

[@alihus5683]

Request for one lecture on The God Delusion

[@alimushtaq877]

What you think, the mullah will stand idle by when that will happen? Pakistan is not that open enough to discuss atheism openly.

[@cyberrunner6529]

@@alimushtaq877 never have more true words been spoken

[@amphibianblue]

Someone might eventually after 100 years! Pakistanis haven’t fully evolved in that area…

[@pir_Faisal34]

The selfish Gene. The science into the soul are my favourite books by Richard Dawkins.

[@Utsav_Viradiya]

Yeah I agree with your point, but still when we see who holf high positions in STEM in strata, Black people are only a drop in the asian. In my book, the Jews is the highly inteeligent race, and white people in general.

[@DevenderBaisoya]

I wish you were living in India

[@usmanqayyum9068]

Sir you need more preparation before you dive into zoology

[@munirqureshi1000]

All other alive creatures except human beings have their inherited habits, language and diet but man learn and achieve everything by his surroundings - - In human genes having positive and negative both abilities to achieve : Richard Dawkins was wrong that it is only “ The Selfish Gene”.

[@cyberrunner6529]

He kind of says that in the end that only humans have the capabilities to point middle finger at our genes

[@paktrack]

Hood bhoy, there is no free will. Think

[@nasirarushdi8980]

Honey bee Queen as the Army Chief of all his hieve as his state safty because Allah revieled him Wahi .

[@gajananranade9429]

Sir, aap ki baate sunn ne ke liye, sirf ungli pr ginn sakte hai... Aisa kyon? Dhai crores bacche school mein nahi jate, kahi ye karan to nhi? Abhi bhi padhe likhe log behuda baate karte hai.. Kuchh thoda badlaav hina chahiye unki soch mein...

[@JaghataiK]

I can’t stand that guy who keeps interrupting the lecture to inject his own interpretations and opinions instead of waiting for the end. Kills the whole momentum.

[@aatmaDipoBhava]

Class ki strength bata rahi hai pakistan me kitne padhne likhne waale hain 😂 India hota aur teacher koi bhi religion ka hota class kacha kach bhari hoti

[@anshakhan2510]

شعور کی بنا پر ہمارے جین میں تبدیلی ممکن نہیں لیکن کیا اگلی نسل میں تبدیلی ممکن ہے ؟

[@andromeda6985]

Genetic engineering

[@jpsharma2517]

Mmm

[@gyincsseyopn78904]

Lecture on physics were more interesting

[@usmanqayyum9068]

Pseudo-intellectual episode