Richard Dawkins in Conversation with Chris Williamson | Richard Dawkins’ Final Tour in Austin

[@andrewspaulding8802]

Dawkins is one of my heroes; his ability to carefully and accurately apply logic to a given problem is truly impressive.

[@Sköldpadda-77]

“I’m passionately against nonsense of all kinds.” 31:33 Beautiful sentiment.

[@Earthad23]

Except his own nonsense

[@karagi101]

@@Earthad23Give us an example of his nonsense.

[@asaiira]

People who are impressed by basic things

[@karagi101]

@@asaiira Can you be a little more specific about what you’re trying to say?

[@asaiira]

@@karagi101 That guy quoted dawkins above like it was the most sublime thing ever said lmao. Its a basic thought not an ultra-philosophical sentiment to invoke such a reaction

[@personofinterest8731]

So glad to find you. Sanity is comforting. Merry Christmas 🎄 everyone.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

I prefer a happy Yule 😊

[@Earthad23]

You take your culture for granted and diminish it as arbitrary, as you celebrate the life of Jesus.

[@BubbaF0wpend]

​@@Earthad23very bold of you to assume everyone is celebrating the life of jesus and not just a tradition of spending time with friends and family while feasting and drinking.

[@photographyandthecreativeyou]

Dawkins, like Sagan, has helped us see the beauty and splendor of life. The unlikely opportunity that we are here and a part of it is precious inspiration.

[@Earthad23]

@@photographyandthecreativeyou How much does beauty weight?

[@LV81991]

Thanks for your work Richard.

[@mjeffn2]

Dawkins is a gift to existence. I’ve been listening to and reading his books since he first published The Selfish Gene when I was a freshman biology student in college. Make Austin weird again.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

He's an evidentiary, evolutionary scientist, the best kind.

[@robertmajewski4486]

Yes - Richard is on my heart forever

[@Earthad23]

@@CaptainCanuck68 Where did life come from? Rocks? How does a physical system have an internal experience? What are human beings modeling in their environment? These are far more interesting questions about the world we find ourselves in.

[@karagi101]

@@Earthad23We will eventually have answers to those things. We expect life arose from the first self replicating molecules.

[@michal88gno]

What a gift for me being post-Christian Atheist:)

[@robertmajewski4486]

:)))

[@elvishpresley185]

Like passing ships - a post atheist Christian.

[@Earthad23]

@@michal88gno let’s play out the atheists postulates, there is no unified truth it’s all merely subjective representations, so men can be women because we’ve invented these things and there’s no natural essence to anything, there’s no moral justification for any regulations on behavior as these are merely arbitrary socially constructed norms that are as arbitrary as the next. This world view destroys science, destroys logic and destroys morality. You don’t believe any of these things so what exactly are you moving beyond?

[@HedonisticPuritan-mp6xv]

In a sea of atheists preaching the religion of Woke, Professor Dawkins has been a rock of sanity for me.

[@JardineKarate1]

It’s a great title for a book and a wonderful swipe at the Tibetan classic.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

I bought The Genetic Book of the Dead but haven't read it yet. I'm still on The Dark Forest from Cixin Liu's Remembrances of Earth's Past. And it's a corker 😂

[@winstonsmith2235]

Great man...I am so glad that was for the last 10-13 years I had a privilege to hear Mr. Dawkins in talks and debates on the Internet...starting from those early days with Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens and Daniel Dennett...The God Delusion had helped me to cement my rationality, expanded my knowledge and understanding of many things. Thanks to Richard Dawkins (and others) I could defend my atheism more confidently.

[@movieqnamew7418]

Why's everyone hating on Chris? You're doing a great job buddy keep it up

[@silverlining2677]

Agreed. I'm not sure where this Chris beef is coming from.

[@dersitzpinkler2027]

Chris promotes conspiracy theories for clicks. Have you seen his recent stuff with the ancient aliens guy Graham Hancock? Or Eric Weinstein saying democrats are planning to kill millions of people? He’s a hack

[@movieqnamew7418]

@silverlining2677 My assumption is they're far left folks who hate anyone who discusses evo psychology. I've seen a bunch of them.

[@ArtiomVP]

Why can't I be as intelligent as Richard Dawkins ?

[@CaptainCanuck68]

You can, with practice and education. We all have the potential, we just have to use it.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

But asking questions is an excellent start. Like Carl Sagan said, question everything. I'd add just to be careful with the answers, as well as the questions.

[@danielpaulson8838]

You may be as intelligent. Just not as well versed. If you don't cling to supernatural beliefs out of fear, you're way ahead of the masses on the planet.

[@ArtiomVP]

😊

[@mrpopo8298]

@@CaptainCanuck68 No you can't, it's genetic. Stop coping.

[@robertbailey3803]

Come to Tampa!

[@kazkk2321]

Crabs body design is greatly adaptable for its lifestyle. Similar crustaceans in time would adopt the overall body structure and shape of a crab within similar circumstances in time

[@NorsePJ]

It's interesting that the Australian koala also has fingerprints. They look very much the same as the human version.

[@kazkk2321]

I am rather sad that his old idea of selfishness gene is being greatly questioned

[@gatehanger1385]

Just around 55 minutes in is one the reasons I believe in some sort of creative intelligence behind the universe, specifically life on earth. Now I'm going to go back into my battle tank to shield myself from the barrage of rocks... 😂

[@proddreamatnight]

Oh fuck dude, Chris really moving up

[@GentlemanLife-Beyotch]

Seeing as the Christian religion has no true traditions in itself but more so seems a mutt of various cultural traditions, such as transforming the far older Yule into Christmas and so forth, I find his cultural Christian statement wildly fascinating. Even their architecture is not their own. Some culture!

[@chrispywilliams1992]

Can someone explain to me how Chris and Alex O’Connor got so many followers for their podcasts? I don’t get it.

[@tomgreene1843]

The great workings of the blind watchmaker .....who would have thought ?

[@trajkovkire]

What's up with the host keep fixing his collar!? He seems to care more about how he looks like than the actively listen to Richard...

[@CaptainCanuck68]

Possibly nothing more than a social anxiety tic, don't read too much into it. I do something similar when talking to intimidating people. And Dr Hawkins can be intimidating.

[@trajkovkire]

@CaptainCanuck68 that part I can understand. 👍

[@silverlining2677]

I think he did a wonderful job. I don't give a shit if he feels the need to fiddle with his collar.

[@nigeljohnson9820]

Actually the universe might owe us comfort, or what is the point of evolution if it does not adapt us to be comfortable within the universe.

[@kazkk2321]

Why would you go back to a full aquatic life if you are already terrestrial? By what mechanisms does this take place?

[@defenderofwisdom]

The universe might now owe us comfort but certainly every comfortable experience we have comes from the universe. Does that make the universe generous? Well, not likely in intent... Except through our intentions, often enough.

[@tomgreene1843]

What is the Universe ?

[@danielpaulson8838]

It’s a balance. Comfort means we are not in fight or flight mode and have our needs met. That can change in a second. The universe gives us a planet capable of producing life and in that process of a living planet it also creates tsunamis that wipe out a quarter million innocent lives. Life is always in a balance. When I’m happy and at peace, someone somewhere is sad and hurt.

[@kazkk2321]

Ayan conversion to Christianity is a great betrayal. I’m highly offended by it

[@gatehanger1385]

Let us rejoice. Better late than never. Hallelujah ❤

[@NeoRelic-o8p]

Dawkins is a little behind on Micheal Levin's research but I've adored him all my life and he is a major contributor to a more intelligent, rational world 🔥❤️🔥

[@robertmajewski4486]

Richard Richaard wooow ... ... and have to listen to you again. I😃❤❤❤❤❤ have to because it's in my blood :)).

[@sulljoh1]

Don't let fools escape

[@Chris-w2p6j]

Dawkins speaking like Gman from half life

[@dward8024]

Naturalism

[@Earthad23]

Fails

[@elizabethp.6524]

I learned that current religions are copied from those in ad (before bc)

[@CaptainCanuck68]

They all overlap, that's how oral traditions turn into written ones. It's kind of like academic consensus, but with mythology.

[@danielpaulson8838]

The Babylonians gave Genesis to the Jews.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

We still do that. Look at the overlap of the Abrahamic religions. Same source text, wildly divergent development.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

Heck, even eastern traditions have overlaps. Like Buddhism, Tao, Hinduism, etc.

[@CaptainCanuck68]

Science is the only one that's been consistent, because it's evidence based, not faith based.

[@kazkk2321]

It’s a stretch to say, “If no comfort is to be had is just tough”. Even if the universe doesn’t owe us comfort, we own ourself comfort. One cannot live without it.

[@karagi101]

He meant from the universe.

[@asaiira]

Ad-Bullshitem

[@fredthemagnificent]

Why are these youtubers so popular?, a scientist who spent a lifetime of study on a show hosted by some nobody who doesn’t know what socks are.

[@Earthad23]

Silly Shiva, you’ve forgotten who you are.

[@marclong3235]

Such a shame Chris Williamson is doing this interview.

[@koraamis5568]

He lets him talk thou

[@marclong3235]

@@koraamis5568 we'll just ignore the lack of understanding and basic questions that Chris is asking.

[@koraamis5568]

Now at times actually a bit funny

[@marclong3235]

@koraamis5568 hes on stage with one of the greatest minds of our generations and it seems hes asking questions from some sort of comment section online. And lets not ignore the fact hes dressed as a frat boy at a beach party.

[@seanm3636]

But just admire his ten minutes of distracting stylus twirling while he's sat with this living legend

[@ChuckSilva]

Ugh…embarrassing….

[@8abbas8]

🌺🌸👌

[@WayneLynch69]

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[@uncoiledfish2561]

What are you doing 😂 Get out of here.

[@jameswright...]

😂 😂 😂

[@onlysalsal]

What is he even trying to say? 😂

[@llsnewzealandcafe]

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[@robertmajewski4486]

I will pray for you at least this once - for your health :)

[@WannaBeliever]

Mr. Dawkins has an impersonator trying to get folks to call some village to donate money for prayer 😅 on Whatsapp. I am concerned for those that fell for it. 😂

[@danielpaulson8838]

So far that’s only you.

[@WannaBeliever]

@@danielpaulson8838 glad for that.

[@DragonballG.]

I like Chris, but he’s totally out of his depth. Waste of “Mr” Dawkins time.

[@ivanrlynn]

Is it not enough that we are all here with questions?

[@Seanus32]

The man is hugely lacking in deeper consciousness experiences. He is clearly stuck in paradigm lock and can't see beyond his own frame. Nothing new under the sun with him.

[@jameswright...]

You mean the facts he can back don't align with your beliefs 😂

[@HedonisticPuritan-mp6xv]

Yeah man, be spiritual and do drugs to gain deeper consciousness bro.

[@benn2946]

Exactly! He's been unhappy and quitely bitter for decades. He can't think outside of his own box.

[@jameswright...]

@@benn2946 You mean your Benjamin twisted because Dawkins doesn't agree with your teeny box 😂

[@Ra-bi1vo]

Most of this interview, Dawkins is talking directly to and facing the crowd, instead of Chris. Pretty sure we can confirm Dawkins doesn’t have much respect for the KZbinr 🤣

[@Yossarianhoenikker]

He almost always does. He's talking for the audience, not for chris

[@ristershah]

That's how he rolls lol

[@darrenleelayton6052]

People don't matter; words do.

[@peznino1]

Nothing new here. Heard his spiel 25 years ago. Not much changed.

[@EleanorPeterson]

Yes, well, when 2 + 2 = 4, it's not something that's open to much trendy reinterpretation, is it. If it bores people, perhaps they're not ready to face certain fundamental truths, and prefer fairy tales and talk of magic and miracles and imaginary places where 2 + 2 = excitingly purple. (And it WILL equal excitingly purple if only you have faith and send your cash to the address provided.) If two plus two continues to be four, accept it and move on to try and discover what two plus three might be. (Hint: the answer is not setting fire to heretics.) Facts aren't meant to be comforting or satisfying or entertaining. Facts aren't meant to be anything, and they don't care whether or not anyone believes in them. They'll continue to be facts long after we're gone. Sorry if the notion bores you. 🙂

[@CaptainCanuck68]

Science adapts with new evidence, do you?

[@Sköldpadda-77]

Heard dismissive ignoramuses such as yourself for 25+ years and nothing much has changed there either.

[@tomgreene1843]

@@CaptainCanuck68 Does it ?

[@CaptainCanuck68]

@@tomgreene1843 Why are you asking me? Can't you answer that yourself?

[@wjdeoliveira3809]

Dawkins, as an autist like myself, is able to find meaning in life the way he describes. What he fails to realise is that this just is not true for most people. Most people need some kind of religion, and he could just conclude "that's not for me", without being so judgmental of the majority of humans who are just wired differently. He is a brilliant man but this is a huge blind spot for him.

[@jameswright...]

He's completely aware as most atheists are of the need for religion, he's also aware why the need exists and spoken about it. Lack of understanding in science and history and ignorance thanks to indoctoration and brainwashing.

[@Earthad23]

@@wjdeoliveira3809 I think what you’re not seeing is that EVERYONE has a belief system, scientific materialism is a belief system, it’s a system that relies on axioms that can’t be explained by the theory itself. Finding meaning in life is not a Newtonian fact about the universe, it’s a Darwinian fact about being itself. The fact that you get up in the morning and do anything at all is predicated on your beliefs and they are not rationally derived facts about the universe.

[@hansenbee123]

not a blind spot, he 100% knows all there is to know about "faith" or "religions" ..he knows the many reasons WHY people believe instead of focusing on KNOWING, he knows why some cultures are deeper into their religious beliefs than other parts of the world and vice versa....he just does not CARE about myths and stories that have less than 0 evidence ... he trusts in truth and logic and facts. NOTHING more honest than that...and he has for DECADES now, been at the forefront of trying to combat the many ways religions around the world is holding the advancement of knowledge and intellect back in MANY MANY ways ... Look at it like this: if the entire human race and our world was a big train system, full of carts and wagons .. on a railroad track called evolution / advancement.. then the Engine / train itself is science, maths, and all of the big sciences... The 1st, 2nd and 3rd cart is full of people working in fields like medicine, engineering, mechanics, inventers and scholars. the 4th and 5th cart is full of people who keep the wheels turning, road workers, food industry, infrastructure of any kind, teachers, etc etc.. then eventually as you keep going down the train, u arrive at cart nr 12...13..14...15 and all the way to 20...these carts are FULL of religious people, making claims they cannot back up, spreading missinformation, lying to feel better, shaming people who do not believe what they want them to believe, less interested in BEING right, but rather FEELING right... Dawkins is to ME..personally, 1 of few people alive today with an outreach as big as his, that dares to publicly ask the question ( if we pulled the plug connecting the first half of the train system and detatch cart nr 12 - 20 ... do we as human beings even realize how FAST society might actually progress ?? If we emancipated all women around the world, stopped making laws based on idiotic stories written 6-10.000 years ago and collected and rewritten X amount of times to better suit the environment around ..to control people and make them fear what they CANNOT dispute on pain of death ... That to me, is WAY more noble than just saying...OK, let them keep bombing palestine, let muslims keep killing eachother, let christians get back to holy crusades and slaughter millions of innocents like they did 600-700 years ago ... and watch it all burn around us without asking the REALLY important question... IS IT EVEN RELEVANT ? is it even true ? is it even necessary ? ... does that make sense ? does to me.

[@jameswright...]

@@Earthad23 No, not everyone has beliefs, as an atheist I have no pipes or beliefs. The things I know about the universe are based on evidence and the things that have no evidence for. I just don't know.

[@castropianoforte]

Dawkin's book "The God Delusion" is just a rant. He should stick to the lab and avoid trying to talk about philosophy. Random mutation and natural selection alone cannot account for the life on this planet.

[@Vesevius24]

Oh no, its ignorant :(

[@fredfish4316]

So stick god in where you think it fits, and keep it to yourself.

[@Earthad23]

@@fredfish4316You are as religious as anyone else, your religion is scientific reductionism, you will never answer the question of who is looking. Don’t confuse the objective world with the phenomena of being itself.

[@Earthad23]

@@Vesevius24You are ignorant. Like everyone else when it comes to the question of origins, the origins of species is not the same thing as the origins of life.

[@kazkk2321]

His rant was necessary. I believe it must have been quite cathartic. God is dead and must remain dead

[@benn2946]

What does Dawkins think existed before the Big Bang? No one knows.... we have no idea. He can push his theory, but he can't say for definite God doesn't exist.

[@chrisjones658]

-We used to think life on Earth must have been created, they said god did it, then came Darwin and Natural Selection. --Then came Newton who explained how "almost" all the Planets in our Solar System rotate around the Sun, he couldn't explain Mercury, foolishly he invoked God, until Einstein came along and took that one way from religion too ---Recently we've been able to detect ripples in time caused by colliding black holes millions and millions of light years away ----Only a fool would bet that we won't also one day be able to take the beginning of this Universe away from religion - not that it was ever able to explain anything anyway That theory [insert religion] which seeks to explain everything explains nothing

[@brendabeamerford4555]

Our infinite Creator lives to give Universal Quantum Light color sound 369 vibration frequency 9 Observer thought Kaboom charge taught me thought me.. the all is mine our universe is mental and every thought has an opposite thought charge of itself... three lights above the heart three lights below 7 sum say I am individual unique complete Immaculate Conception from First Lite free will our Eternal Birthright. . From unconscious to subconscious to fully Consciousness aware power 3 we learn the power of our mind 369 the PowerHouse of the universe Eeveelutions revolutions Revelations of Mind Cosmos the Mind controls the body within all bodies universally light Never Dies death is our illusion through the terrible twos of childhood God of War children of Sorrows Beast mine rule of Self in our world into Consciousness power 3 that sets all child Beast mind prisoners captives free from all the chains that bind us bringing us a world compilation gift to itself from our Quantum field of Plato free energy anti-gravity solutions for all pollutions the best medical tool one could ever imagine we can make rain have food on every table and much more for the healing of all Nations.. Find Prometheus Lucifer Lady Liberty Nikola Tesla In the Flesh AKA Judas Iscariot

[@danielpaulson8838]

False. Ice cream has no bones.

[@jameswright...]

Ok sailor 😂

[@danielpaulson8838]

If God was real, it would rid Christians ignorance.

[@scipdiddly]

If you're not joking, you're conspiritarded..

[@darrenleelayton6052]

Share those drugs PLEASE!