The Magic of Reality: How we know what's really true | Professor Richard Dawkins | Talks at Google

[@ohdehhan]

Dawkins is awesome. Clear thinking and able to articulate it well to all ages. So glad he is doing childrens books too.

[@thewordisahammer6634]

Actually he is doing a great job of articulating pseudoscience. I just left a post above showing that. If you can refute it, kindly enlighten me with observable scientific data. Are you really a bacteria update as he claims, or much more?

[@hecticnarcoleptic3160]

@@thewordisahammer6634 yaaawwwn tinfoil hat 🤣🤣🤣

[@thewordisahammer6634]

@@hecticnarcoleptic3160 Yours is a totally typical post from an evolution defender on You Tube, as I have seen over and over for years. First you are nasty and insulting. You seem to think you are saying something. You seem to feel you are defending science in some way. No, you couldn't do that. If you could have, you would have refuted some of the observable scientific data I offered. But all you have to offer are meaningless insults and dumb icons. The truth is you don't understand these issues, so you can't say anything meaningful and data based; (But if you did understand these issues and could think for yourself, you wouldn't believe in evolution.) Welcome to mute as you have zero to say.

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

When this man dies, something truly grand will leave the world. But, his lectures and books will give him a little bit of immortality.

[@thabomahlaba5193]

His combination with Hitchens will forever be missed. Two beautiful minds of our time.

[@jarrygarry5316]

Darwin is with biology and Einstein is with Physics. Darwin and Einstein are one of the greatest scientist

[@mohamedazrou1600]

Your comments guys make me laugh 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@theodore8178]

He is a sniveling malcontent. Every time I hear him he sounds more and more shrill as the candiru swim further up his eurethra. Girls with daddy issues can be fun. Grown men with daddy issues are unbearable.

[@NaturalFuture]

You could always clone him.

[@johnlinden7398]

On the question of religious schools subsidized by taxpayers who may not be religious or members of other faiths ! The simple answer is that all schools ought to be secular and that if parents wish their children to be taught their religion they can attend private schools funded by them or school commission funded by the churches ! Although , I feel all children ought to have a liberal secular education and grow up to make their own decisions as to what they may believe in !

[@RHCPFL3A]

LOL! 0:23:00 nobody got the meaning of that?

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

oh come on! that was 7 years ago ! !

[@evgeny9965]

We all know a pumpkin isn’t going to turn into a coach. Metaphors is the way humans deal with complexity if you destroy this you destroy human creativity.

[@traffic-law]

If you believe a wafer can turn into the body of Jesus then a pumpkin becoming a coach seems pretty easy.

[@spermfeather]

I can't belive he did that in front of all those kids. "Mommy, what's a hard on?" 😅🤣😂

[@montesterling9058]

Don't be ashamed of sexuality

[@davebruneau6068]

LMFAO...when you grow up you'll understand...or maybe not...

[@hancooksaram2312]

23:00 is one of the greatest humor all time no one laughs but himself

[@fathanahahmad8795]

Context of the jokes, please. I unfimiliar with it

[@hancooksaram2312]

Australia is located in southern hemisphere. If people in northern hemisphere think [winter is when it's nearest to the sun in its orbit.] at the very moment, people in Australia think in the opposite way which is correct.

[@Kongodiantotela]

A great mind, indeed. Unfortunately, those who need to listen to him the most are so blinded by stupid beliefs that they don't listen at all.

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[@MrKokaneemike]

Thank you Google and mostly Professor Dawkins for promoting truth through evidence. Disproving and eliminating religion worldwide will be a massive step in evolution.

[@WayneLynch69]

Dawkins' "Ultimate Boeing 747 Argument" refutes renowned physicist/atheist Fred Hoyle's statement: "Life occuring naturally on earth is as possible as a tornado assembling a 747 in a junkyard." WOW!! THAT'S saying SOMETHING!! THAT'S refuting "The 2nd LAW of Thermodynamics"!! Well, actually, NOT actually. Dawkins 'invokes' "Infinite regress". WTF....that's known to EVERYONE else as "1st LAW of Thermodynamics". STILL!! NO small feat! SADLY...NOT!! NOT EVEN CLOSE!! TRUE, barely; Hoyle cannot have his "junkyard" de novo out of nothing. As Dawkins claims....BUUTTT: 2nd LAW disallows Dawkins having an ETERNAL universe: "It is the principal placing constraints upon the direction of heat." Guilelessly. Impossibly ignorantly; Dawkins invokes the Laws of Thermodynamics WITHOUT ANY IDEA he has done so. AND A COMPLETE FAILURE TO REALIZE what he's done. 1st disallows a spontaneous universe. 2nd disallows an eternal universe. 3rd disallows reconstitution from heat death (closed system=universe) Dawkins' flailing to repudiate the physics of one of history's greatest minds of physics(and an atheist) UNSURPRISINGLY ENDS VERY BADLY! He has defined a universe in explicit opposition to mankind's MOST PROVEN physical LAWS!! "Thermodynamics is the one universal theory I'm certain will NEVER be overthrown."---EINSTEIN In the 100 years since he made that gasper, NOTHING has REMOTELY challenged THE NOW LAWS of Thermodynamics!! -------------------------------------------- THERE'S!! your "truth through EVIDENCE".......

[@Playami]

Carl, maybe its the language barrier and i dont know if you are really saying this things but you fail to know basics about the second law of thermodynamics for that it only applies to closed systems do we agree the universe is not a closed system you probably just copy pasted that, if only you had researched you might not looked like a fool talking about the second law of thermodynamics without actually understanding it and drawing conclusions

[@moviemechanic1097]

Carl is correct, it's called the universe's heat death m8

[@GlowingMpd]

MrKokaneemike 👍

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@Colin12475]

Just imagine how more scientifically advanced we'd be if people were like Richard Dawkins.

[@paulk9188]

We would be far worse off Orgin of information ALWAYS arises from an intelligent source.

[@joelonsdale]

@@paulk9188 I know this is a 2 year old comment but I wanted to point out that information can be found from any source, be it true, fanciful, untrue or even a lie. Dawkins is simply explaining the things we have found out that are almost certainly true, based on a wealth of peer-reviewed evidence over many generations.

[@paulk9188]

@@joelonsdale You actually didn’t address the fact of my comment whatsoever. Did you want to try again?

[@joelonsdale]

@@paulk9188Then I don't understand your point. Can you rephrase it?

[@paulk9188]

@@joelonsdale INFORMATION THAT IS FUNCTIONAL, AND THAT IS THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT ALWAYS INDICATES THE PRIOR ACTIVITY OF AN INTELLIGENCE.... ALWAYS.

[@seanmcpherson5595]

Is always beautiful to listen Richard Dawkins. Godspeed.

[@SogMosee]

Yes indeed, brother.

[@mrloop1530]

Yes, very nice speed :p

[@Mr.Mark2130]

Psalm 14:1 King James Version (KJV) 14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 King James Version (KJV) 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

[@Mr.Mark2130]

Psalm 14:1 King James Version (KJV) 14 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12 King James Version (KJV) 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: 9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@@Mr.Mark2130 um .....no

[@Kongodiantotela]

The Bible says that the rainbow was created by God after the big flood as a promise that he would no longer destroy life on that scale (Genesis 9: 12 - 16). The problem is that rainbows also occur on uninhabited planets. As a matter of fact, anybody can make one in their garden.

[@freespuddy]

I saw this video was over an hour and said Oh, no! Even though I like Dawkins a lot, I've also heard him talk a lot, and read several of his books, so a lot of this hour is going to be repeats. Probably won't listen to more than 5 minutes. An enjoyable hour later, I said wow! Is an hour up already? Great talk and very few repeats.

[@Reporterreporter770]

it's beautiful to have Dawkins at Google.

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@poozer1986]

@@jimsolinas491 is that all you have to say. You pop up on comment after comment, showing everyone how idiotic you are. It should read, "about 1900 years ago, man created god in his image"

[@garystevenson5560]

Satan asked me 3 questions ( If I could judge him, if God can change then material order of the universe, if He would go to Hell as a human. Answers.It is useless to judge but preferable to understand and know. In the world of illusions God doesn't need to change the material order of the universe, I went to Hell often as a human, as my messenger. *** I saw paradise and the Great conscious Void from which everything comes. I melted spiritually in a mirror looking at myself depersonalised from within outward. I dealt with demons, Fough for justice beeing suspected of blowing up the army recruitment center. among other things. One of God's messages is Respect women , listen to them if you want to get into paradise. God sent me back on earth as promised.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@jimsolinas491 shit!!

[@halabiralapu-lapu9935]

Darwin gave to me "The Theory" that explained my "Evolution" Dawkins proved to me "The Fact" , that "My God was a "Delusion" As fell Lucifer from Heaven, The Pope Ratzinger quit the Vatican Thus me and my Religion, shall forever never be... together again

[@Jekudo]

+Halabira Lapu-Lapu well said, cheers

[@Awibrahor]

+Halabira Lapu-Lapu Nice one, except that 'forever never' is a tautology. Just say 'never'.

[@lumeronswift]

Except that it was poetic license, so the tautology was fine.

[@CandidDate]

The fallacy of the false dichotomy in metered form. Agnostics exist, they just don't publish as much.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Meh , religion serves people in ways that never appeals to realists ....but we are not all capable realists , are we ?

[@kengignac3287]

Listening to this while reading the god delusion, this mans words really inspire me and I hope it does to others as well

[@maddyboombaddybaddy6532]

It does

[@Paula-pr1bo]

Me too ❤️

[@d.e.b.b5788]

Of course, when you're talking to people who believe in a talking snake, and people who have been dead coming back to life, logic leaves the room. They simply don't understand the dynamics of how molecules and organisms work, and, more importantly, don't want to. They all have a heavily invested belief in heaven and a life after death. Logic won't convince them of anything.

[@rocky5152]

D.E.B. B : Very well said! It is absolutely astonishing that society (including myself before I woke up to intelligent reality) is promoting this mental slavery of religious insanity.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Security blankets are much like scabs ... painful to rip away . They cannot handle not having a say in death . Thats all religion has to offer to get them to act predictably .

[@judyives1832]

Hopefully it will happen even if it’s gradually. Religion is a horrible destructive myth and needs to be phased out.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@Roger Loquitur You are ignorant of science .

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@Roger Loquitur Atoms have been seen

[@mrloop1530]

Begins at 2:35

[@maidros85]

Thanks.

[@nylehaywood2471]

Ya

[@nylehaywood2471]

@@maidros85 ya

[@utubehereafter]

And this is and the beginning

[@mBUSHattack]

It's a shame I don't plan on having kids, I would raise them with this book for sure.

[@Aramos082884]

Michael Bush I plan on raising my kid with this book.

[@lizardking5602]

WILD BILL Really, hell ! Where is that place asshole?

[@lizardking5602]

WILD BILL ok,all is clear now.

[@kseke25]

This is the reason why I want to have kids so I can teach them to be contributing citizens to the world.

[@kseke25]

Poco Loco 😂😂🤣

[@yahshuarules4801]

I like how he says that teachers have to believe in what they're teaching.

[@2Dylandog]

I take it that you cannot abide the concept of "non-overlapping magisteria". It's the only way I could imagine someone being able to practice something which leaves a Professor Dawkins quite bewildered.

[@Dr10Jeeps]

The day that Dr. Dawkins passes (as with Hitchens) will be a very sad day for humanity. Now, more than ever, we need more Professor Dawkins sharing their brilliance, research, and insights about life and the universe. The only way we will dispel the moronic myths of supernatural beings is through a greater awareness of science. Sadly, I won't see that in my lifetime.

[@dayglowjim]

I just love this man. He's great at what he does, and is unfailingly pleasant doing it.

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@poozer1986]

@@jimsolinas491 here you are again. What a douche.

[@SuperSmoothSlick]

This man is on a warpath against religion. I fucking love it.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@jimsolinas491 Nothing at all, man created god.

[@fukpoeslaw3613]

yes, great natural philosopher, but did you know he doesn't love jesus? meh, it's probably just a fase.

[@usaisamess8880]

for any religious person to even attempt to argue with people like Dawkins is like arguing that 1+1 is 5. it cant be done and its extremely arrogant just to think its possible

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

I am a rational skeptic by nature but I would remind that apples are not oranges . To compare them is not just unfair , its ignorant . Religion is a reflection of the emotional state that is every bit as powerful to those under its sway as is logic to others

[@usaisamess8880]

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 so is santa clause believers

[@judyives1832]

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 I don’t agree that religion is a reflection of an emotional state. That makes it sound as if it’s a natural, organic part of a person and it’s not. Its actually emotional damage that’s created and then a false bandaid of religion is applied. If you keep sticking a pin in someone, you don’t get to claim you are a hero because you give them a Superman bandaid.

[@NaturalFuture]

Regarding the segment on 'why can't a prince become a toad?,' I'd say that, in line with Arthur C. Clarke's equating of "magic" to the technology of an extremely advanced civilization, that it's entirely possible. It would constitute a highly souped-up version of the Star Trek "replicator." It's entirely conceivable that a truly advanced civilization would be capable of manufacturing such a device. Perhaps they'd call it a "transmuter." However, such would be the result, not of defeatist, pessimistic thinking; but, rather, continuous advances in science and technology---as Richard said---"a challenge to rise to."

[@sajidrafique375]

Dawkins is our modern prophet, I Believe him .

[@poozer1986]

@Roger Loquitur of you think that anything Dawkins says, is unquestioned belief, you do nothing but show your ignorance towards science, and your bias ads indoctrination. By definition, science and it's hypothesis, are questioned to within an inch of their lives. Science uses available evidence and facts. Literally your whole comment shows how religion retards intelligence

[@poozer1986]

@Roger Loquitur I'm not telling you to do Anthony, other than to learn what science is, and what it stands for. A magic bullet, what, like god? Science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.

[@poozer1986]

@Roger Loquitur 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@reginamilani6415]

I'm flabbergasted... and it's a shame that I only got to know this lovely human being a week ago... I'm watching every video ..loving it and loving him

[@reginamilani6415]

@george chapelle thanks for your sugestions - I'll see what I can find here in Brazil

[@reginamilani6415]

@george chapelle I've found the books you've talked about - I ordered The God Delusion for now ( books are a bit expensive here) - today I watched a video with Richard and Stephen Fry - I enjoyed very much.....we stil have great music here..bye for now

[@ishanthmishra7658]

I am surely going to read this book 📚. Thank you Sir Dawkins for inspiring us to explore and believe in things which are evident.

[@kevincasson9848]

A brilliant book! And so easy to understand, to the layman (or thick like me)lol.

[@davidbanner6230]

@@kevincasson9848 OK , @kevincasson9848, so?

[@kevincasson9848]

@@davidbanner6230 ?????? What's ya point??0

[@vipulshah3779]

Professor Dawkins is a great teacher too. I love to listen to his lectures on KZbin. I wish I could be his student.

[@poozer1986]

@Roger Loquitur care to elaborate?

[@ResearchThis]

All of us who have had the pleasure of hearing him speak, and learned some of his wonderful wisdom, are now his students 😊

[@poozer1986]

@Ira Khan that's a very disingenuous statement. I'm sure he knows enough about all those subjects, to hold a conversation. His needle isn't stuck on god, more his crosshairs

[@poozer1986]

@Ira Khan not knowing how the first cell formed, doesn't mean evolution didn't happen. What a ridiculous comment. Not knowing, it's a perfectly acceptable answer, in science, and way better than just injecting god into the gaps. Oh, he indeed speaks at great lengths, about his area of expertise, yet you guys only care about his god bashing, so that's all you see. Science has all but disproven the good of the bible, but knows it will never be able to fully disprove, and that's OK, we have enough evidence to suggest no god exists. Stop showing how bitter you theists are, it's embarrassing

[@ResearchThis]

@Ira Khan he's not predicting the future, he's explaining science and reasoning.

[@vincentmaldon7707]

Amazing presentation Professor Dawkins. Thank you Google for this.

[@The15iceiceice15]

"your 100th million grandfather is a fish" - Richard Dawkins

[@vermilionskin]

I love and enjoy reading his books, he's amazing.

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@@jimsolinas491 People created god ...who was not there ever

[@vipulshah3779]

@@jimsolinas491 God did not create anything.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@jimsolinas491 BS that's what man-made gods have created, nothing but guano.

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@jimsolinas491 Bull shit!!

[@simabah]

Dear Prof. Dawkins, Thanks for taking on the difficult task of improving the world by the way of scientific explanation, reasoning and pursuing the truth. I hope one day the world would come to the conclusion that the worst mistake one may ever make is trying to persuade oneself to accept a false truth and the fact that It is inappropriate to try to fool others through religion. I know one day we will all realize that when you fool yourself, disaster is sure to follow. Best Regards.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

I like his manner at teaching .... his way with prose is very helpful

[@Paula-pr1bo]

Perfectly said ❤️

[@johndavis9591]

I was given a brain and then ordered on pain of eternal fire not to use it>>

[@catachandevilfang]

Hail Science!!!

[@Questioner365]

Yes! Real science, not today's obedience-$cience which you must obey and not question...

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

science is more than god. god is nothing towards science

[@William102582]

My daughter loves this book!

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@black_jack_meghav]

Me too

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@@jimsolinas491 Again , nothing ...as men created god and none were there un the beginning

[@AlcibiadesMD]

@@jimsolinas491 Bull shit!!

[@ERRexFut]

Charming, simply charming.

[@AtheistRex]

Dawkins' explanation of the ludicrous implausibility of Hell near the end of the Q & A is brilliant.

[@AtamMardes]

@Roger Loquitur It would have been better for you to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubts.

[@crbaade]

The only problem is he’s wrong.

[@sherlock9374]

as a devout atheist, sorry to disagree with RD @ 37:38. There is absolutely no reason to argue with someone who believes in a god as long as they believe their God is benevolent. I watched my 80 yo mother, who was a devout catholic, die with cancer, without complaint because she believed she was going to a better place. She knew I didn't share her belief but we held hands as she died and she was so sure of 'salvation'. Who was I to tell her I thought she was wrong?

[@RuthwikRao]

Her son. It's just that you had a very inconvenient situation to tell her she was wrong. Still doesn't mean you shouldn't tell her that she was wrong. You could instead tell her how she was a great mother (if she was), and that this life is all she could devote for her children and family, that it's far humbling to have lived a life with no devout desire of reward after it than worrying about the next life in the current one. If going to heaven or hell is the last thing on her mind rather than her family, her loved ones, the fascination of having lived a life, she was evidently wasting her time in the current life, which to me further exemplifies how short life can be or seem, at any instant in one's life time. You were stuck in a very inconvenient dilemma of having to say goodbye or tell your mother how she was wrong about the afterlife. But mind you, an afterlife is still unfalsifiable as it cannot be tested or demonstrated. So technically, it's just highly highly improbable that an afterlife exists. The same level of untestability extends to the very idea of tooth fairies. Ultimately, it's about what you think is better to say (or not say) in a situation that demands an argument. A dying person is a very personal and singular event where one can easily say this argument cannot come up again between the same two people, hence the person refuting can interchange and prioritize certain things to be said over other. There are situations where telling the truth is more important than catering to emotion and there are certain moments like yours where exposing the truth can be arguably said to be of lesser necessity than catering to emotion. But remember, you are still not evil to tell a dying person what they believed was wrong or based on bad evidence. It's the evolution of culture and family that guides us to value certain things more than others in dire situations. You're still not evil to tell your dying mother that she's most certainly had it with life and she's not going anywhere. It's just human culture that you don't choose to tell it.

[@girlwhomustnotbenamed4139]

+that guy I think that's the area that at least merits some discussion. If everyone thought their god was benevolent and they would strive to do good by all their fellow human beings all through their life, then it would still raise the question of truth, but at least the debate could be much more philosophical in nature. As it stands, however, blind belief always carries the risk of being indoctrinated into very harmful and destructive behaviour, with the person concerned being convinced they are doing "the right thing". So while I totally believe there is a spiritual, transcendent side to the human condition, I also think it has nothing to do with the antropomorphic "god" of the big religions, and that it should be explored with a critical mind. You know, very often the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Devout is an odd adjective to choose

[@sherlock9374]

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 It was a 'tongue in cheek' choice ;)

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

just joke is death than... if afterlife exists but for atheists life is not a joke because there is no afterlife belief for them, just reality

[@FlameOfOrion]

Sometimes it is easy to take for granted just how wonderful it is to be able to facilitate these kinds of events for young minds, to take for granted the intrinsic beauty of knowledge free from ultimatums and falsehoods. I have a young sister and owe so much gratitude to people like Richard for enriching the world that she will one day live an adult life in. Fighting superstition while recognizing the true pleasures and wonders of life makes the world a better place. It's as simple as that.

[@rosea7834]

*Top physicist says atheism is inconsistent with the scientific method* kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3TGcmChqqaGerM

[@toobalkain]

beautifully said.

[@hiraether6209]

Only commenting/replying to myself after all these years because of the above poster replying. Appreciate the compliment but I can say 9 years later I have zero respect for Dawkins and his scientific orthodoxy ministry of truth. Atheists are merely people like I used to be who only go to this orthodoxy for information, apparently, because essentially a lifetime of *believing* the academic/orthodox/"official"/establishment/Gov't OK'd/"The" Science crumbled a few years ago nearly the instant I was exposed to contrary information which has more veracity and integrity to it than anything coming out of so called scientific institutions. Dawkins and Harris and (unfortunately because I love him) Hitchens live and lived in such a sad, narrow, imagination devoid, close-minded materialistic paradigm which is patently ridiculous once you actually take the time to challenge it as I have since 2019. I refrain from deleting my younger self's comment only to show that any of us can change our minds if we have the bravery to do so and thinking in the way these institutionalized scientists do is no less a form of indoctrination than any of the religious persons or peoples they spend so much energy lambasting. I used to hear this argument back then but because it came from religious zealots never gave it credence. I am now very spiritual but agree with the atheists only in viewing religions and religious texts as control systems, but unfortunately the scientists are just another form of that, just in our times. Think freely and question everything peeps, unlike either of these kinds of people. Later.

[@dennistanui7085]

I'm an adult....."The large hard on collider" .....**laughs out loud

[@TroyRubert]

Yeah we do!

[@brendanhalligan2548]

If people in the northern hemisphere believe that summer and winter are differentiated by the earth's distance from the sun they are wrong. Richard Dawkins states that nobody in Australia believes that. He is wrong. There is absolutely no reason why Australians should not have the same misconception. Unfortunately the good professor is suffering from being northern hemisphere centric. Richard Dawkins is bright, but he's not as bright as he thinks he is.

[@alexanderb.7899]

Is this religious channel? Why so many religious comments? I am currently from Russia(ex USSR), and you know, there was 3 really good things there, for wich I can say big thanks to commies, in historical point of viev. 1. Real multinational tolerance. 2. Mass people education. 3. Religion fight. I hope modern and future world civilisations will take this 3 points from USSR experience, as good points.

[@alexanderb.7899]

+48acar19 Unfortunately, we do not have informational and personal freedom. TV Propaganda rules this country :(

[@48acar19]

Alexander B. I am also from the Eastern Europe (Romania) and I can say that there are many economic problems over there, but there is more uncensored freedom even than in the USA. That has good and bad consequences, but after the communist dictatorship nobody would want to go back to the previous lack of freedom. I also find it appalling the fact that homosexuals are so badly mistreated in Russia. After all, Tchaikovsky, Gogol, and even Dostoyevsky as well as many other Russian personalities were gay!

[@RandomAutomaton]

+48acar19 By what metric do you believe you have more uncensored freedom than the U.S.? Do you actually have a source, or did somebody just tell you this one time?

[@48acar19]

RandomAutomaton by the metric of my Russian gay friends that are being put to jail even by saying that they are gay!!

[@thoserusskies115]

+48acar19 you don't have any Russian gay friends who are being put in jail blahblah etc. I mean what in the actual fuck. in Russia, homosexuality has been completely legal for more than 20 years, no one can put you in jail for it, if someone abuses you because you're gay, *they* go to jail, not you. gay propaganda to children however is prohibited and guess what - you can find a video on KZbin of Dawkins saying that the gene responsible for homosexuality can be "switched on" by the outer environment, by circumstances. so banning gay propaganda to kids is not as barbaric as some morons are claiming, it's reasonable.

28:41 What is a Miracle? Dr. Dawkins, a Miracle is a realistic natural event which fulfils all the rules of Science, but which also obeys both the two following conditions: A) It is extremely unlikely to happen, i.e., it's an event with a very low probability; B) It is an event which brings high prosperity, happiness or hope to someone. Thus, Miracles do exist within the rules of the Natural World!

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

No , miracles are by definition impossible by natural source

@@georgeelmerdenbrough6906 read my comment again

[@Venusbabe66]

In the almighty wise, succinct words of The Dude, "Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, your opinion, man!"

@@Venusbabe66 what's happening when someone has their daughter very ill to need expensive treatment and suddenly they win the lottery? Miracle! What's happening when you are about to die, but someone suddenly appears to save you? Miracle! What's happening when you have a serious illness with a very high mortality rate and you survive? Miracle! I am not saying it's divine intervention, it's just a miracle.

[@Venusbabe66]

@ You are just describing a principle of probability called the Law of Large Numbers which shows that an event with a low probability of occurrence in a small number of trials has a high probability of occurrence in a large number of trials. Miracles are by definition divine intervention. As I said, it's just your opinion, about a definition of a word.

[@kantraxoikol6914]

what a wonderful polite serious and heartfelt discussion. . . and i love how he sticks to his guns and calls out faith based crap vs reason and intelligent logical thought

[@johnnastrom9400]

Sorry... but reason and logic are not your forte. You would not recognize it if it hit you straight in the face.

[@deanellis3468]

I have my 185,000,000 greats-grandfathers eyes

[@carmelpule6954]

At 53:31 it was suggested to go back even further than the fish and Dawkins suggested an answer. But I feel that the components of life itself ALWAYS existed in a form that was dormant in appeared to be a non life system. When two dissimilar metals as copper and aluminium are touching each other, their surfaces relation cause a reaction. Similarly when iron and water touch each other they cause rust. These "marriage" relations in different forms could have existed even when the temperature of the earth was higher and I would say that in molten steel say in carbon steel the boundaries junction between carbon and iron would hold a relation that could have some reaction about which we do not know. And yet when metals solidify we clearly say that when two dissimilar metals are touching each other, this marriage could produce corrosion, electric potential, and other creations which I may call "children" So at that instant when mass was created in the universe, the beginning of relations and reactions also commenced and marrying metals and other components together were a sign of dormant life not as we know it , but as a reaction between two dissimilar elements, hence marriage. I shall not go into the conditions that if similar metals touch each other, such reactions fo not takes place and so they cannot be the reason for life creation. When the state of our earth or any other planet was right in temperature, moisture, humidity and so on , this early marriage between dissimilar metals /substances well this was the living cells as we know it, but I would say it was dormant and of a different reaction to a marriage relation between two dissimilar components not unlike the disimilarities between man and woman to reproduce further life components..

[@peteringram9576]

It's almost as if you are describing the evolution of magical electronics as yet to be fully awakened. Perhaps you have the mind to awaken this sleeping princess.

[@carmelpule6954]

Yes, I was rather fortunate to walk through life in such a manner that I always had time to note what goes on around me and every opportunity was enough to make me conclude as Albert Einstein concluded that either everything is a miracle or nothing is a miracle. Even when in Britain, I often drove on my 35cc (yes 35cc) motorcycle to Pitlochry in Scotland from Newcastle to see the salmon trying to jump the dammed river to go and breed further upstream and as the dam was too high, the engineers had made a large pipe with a number of voluminous resting rooms to slow down the down coming water to enable the salmon to rest. There were glass panes on these rooms where I could study the salmon where I became acquainted with all the beauty included within the dynamics of a salmon. A few times I drove to Glasgow and took the ferry to the Isle or Arran where normally the wind blew laterally to the ferry and the seagulls soared on the uplift on the side of the ferry. I fed the seagulls by showing them that my hand contained food and they came close to pick it up and as they did I studied their wing tip motion in relation to the joint in between the outer and inner part of the wing and it was a perfect circle. (Incidentally on my 35 cc moped I often drove from Chatham to Newcastle! ) Considering how the feathers retracted and expanded while the wing tip made the trajectory of a circle that gave the seagull and upward and a forward movement. I might have watched the salmon and the seagulls near to me , but there before me in the distance was the unknown horizon containing much more than I could ever handle. Later when I designed propellers for fast going sea-craft I incorporated all I learnt from watching the side and tail fins in salmon and the wing tip design of seagulls. I published my design in an informal yacht magazine and I must say my design became popular as I introduced that both the leading edge and the trailing edge had to be raked back as nature did all before me. With my propellers imitating nature I increased the speed of a 35 foot craft from 22 to more than 32 knots. Incidentally I called the tips.......The Professor Pule' Power Propeller Tips, where to get a better start from stationary, I made the angle at the boss of the propeller a little shallower than that of the required pitch at the tips, so to decrease the effect of a paddle wheel. So in fact it had a pitch that varied along its blade, It worked so nicely that my colleague whose wife had an incident while berthing at a distant island he made 150 nautical miles in less than five hours with throttles wide opened at full speed to take his wife to hospital on the mainland. I do not have in mind to awaken sleeping princesses, but there is so much one could improve. My students were working on printed circuit board where the distance between the copper connections was about one micron. About 30 years ago the University hosted a Roman Catholic Archbishop and as I was the only one in the laboratory, he came over with the rector and asked me what I was doing. At the time I was working on an operational amplifier which my colleagues had developed for the use of active filters and I described the integrated electronic circuit that the density factor of electronic circuit was becoming higher and higher that I would not be surprised that it will eventually reach the density factor of information contained in sperm and a form of life could be initiated due to the relations and reactions at the multiple junctions. I must say that whenever I talked about the possibility of awakening sleeping princesses with technology, none of higher archy of any religion laughed at me when I spoke of where electronics might lead, as related to life, they all accepted that at the rate Engineering is growing those " life actions due to relations of joint in dissimilar elements" which I described to you elsewhere, have the potential of being miracle makers, but I am now too old to even dream of keeping up with my students, I contributed to society, not in wakening sleeping princesses, but in designing and making surgical equipment, designed better control systems for ferries and many investigations on court cases. I did my bit and though I do not like to say it, I was decorated nationally for my contribution to society. One does not need to do miracles for other people to appreciate one's effort. As I said elsewhere, all one needs to do it to respect others and do one's best. Sometimes the temptations come to me to be more selfish rather than to contribute to society and to respect others, but I find it rewarding to keep respecting others as just now I received an e-mail from one of my students who was given the post of Full Professor. Recently I seemed to enjoy the relaxed typing on these comments, and I would definitely not not go back to my isolated days solving national problems or at Chatham working alone and unknown, in the hulls of submarines to protect the British Nation, I hope that in these long comments, my communications in the meaning of my life will not be misinterpreted to the writing of words,nor misleading people like Richard Dawkins who seems to think that any princess who dies will not live in the after life in the form of Energy which could be resurrected as a plant grows when energy and sunlight falls on it, but certainly not in my lifetime.

[@davidbanner6230]

Christopher Hitchens, who was brilliant, interesting, and entertaining, but was it real, or a well-rehearsed performance? He was vehemently unkind to Mother Terisa whom he said loved poverty, but whether she did or not, it made her available in the last breaths of many who had no-one else to show someone cared? One respondent called her “a nasty old witch”, which was not surprising as caring is not a strong point in Atheist circles? .One can imagine some homeless young person on a cold night (paraphrasing) When I am dying, in the wet and cold and when my life seems more that I can hold. Natural Selection will see me right, I’m warm again there’s hope in sight. It’s you Ricardo Dawkins, it’s you Ricardo D. (Apologies - Vlado Kreslin/Tommie Connor)

[@traffic-law]

Some people find the truth unkind or uncomfortable.

[@DISCO-munication]

wow, that was simply brilliant.

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@tiny9398]

"large hard-on collider" I love Professor Dawkins 😂

[@davidabdollahi7906]

Now that repeated him I can see the subtle point

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

Thanks, to professor Dawkins, now I’m so calm with your lovely explanation, which I enjoyed to listen your words.thanks

[@jimsolinas491]

In the beginning God created ....

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

@@jimsolinas491 Not a damn thing

[@Black-Re4per]

@@jimsolinas491 wrong in the beginning man created God.

[@EdGloss]

I find myself in a predicament that is quite different from that of a science teacher who is also a young Earth creationist but teaches evolution as it's currently understood. I'm a teacher in a religious school which explicitly forbids the teaching of evolution or that the universe is older than around 5800 years. This leaves me stuck teaching taxonomy, reproduction (without mentioning sex, try that one day) and general concepts in biology without mentioning evolution. I don't have to teach that evolution isn't real or teach creationism. I'm merely tasked with teaching from the textbook (one of the grades levels at which I teach uses a custom written science book that excludes "problematic" references although thankful does not include bad science) while skipping over anything that could be an issue from the view of the school. Luckily, I've never been asked what I believe and while it's presumed that I'm a creationist of some kind, many know that I'm the "liberal" teacher and hold views that might stray from that position occasionally. It's a tough spot. I will NOT lie to my students, ever! I'll quit before that happens. So I make sure that they get as much information without breaking the rules. Every so often there is a student who knows the science well and will at some point make a reference to something that isn't allowed and while I can't really do much with it, the seeds are planted and will grow and eventually becomes the trees of new questions.

[@paulwilkinson1539]

+Ed Gloss Interesting comment. Hard to read though; as a School teacher, don't you teach use of paragraphs?

[@h3rteby]

+Ed Gloss Sounds very frustrating, but kind of cool too, like an agent behind enemy lines. A valuable position to have, as you're certainly not just "preaching to the choir" hehe. Btw, ironically here in Sweden, probably the most secular country in the world, we follow a law from the EU that says 'in order to preserve cultural identities' or something like that, religious schools are pretty much allowed to teach whatever they want.

[@EdGloss]

Paul Wilkinson Sorry. I hate not using paragraphs but the text input field on my phone is three lines high. It's way too difficult to bother. Interestingly, if I don't use paragraphs I usually put a disclaimer in front but I must've forgotten this time. I watch KZbin on my phone and tablet only so this tends to happen quite often. If I think it's really important to have paragraphs I'll type out my comment in the Keep app which makes it easy to see the breaks clearly. Hope that's a good enough "excuse" because it's the truth.

[@EdGloss]

h3rteby It's funny that you mention that because that's exactly how I've come to view myself over the past few years, largely because I had no choice. It's not always easy because many of my students are at that age where they're beginning to get it and I can't for a second even allow any "dangerous" conversation to begin, let alone have a full blown discussion. I'm not ashamed to admit that I've told a few select students (with their parents' prior approval) to hit me up after graduation if they want to have some of the conversations they tried to have while in my class. I live in the neighborhood with my students. I'm friends with many of their parents (who are, ironically, far less religious in many cases than they can publicly admit and a couple are super closeted atheists) so see them often. I've seen some of my sixth grade students graduate from college, get married, have children and so on. It's an incredibly emotional moment when a former student tells me that they're majoring in biology in college because of me. I've had many students come over to me at eighteen, nineteen, twenty and older and tell me something they leaned from me that they haven't forgotten or that they've utilized some piece of advice to guide them at times. It makes every second of teaching worth it.

[@h3rteby]

+Ed Gloss That sounds pretty great really! I can imagine it'd feel a whole lot worse if you didn't have allies among the parents. Another funny thing btw, it was only in the 90's here that it became possible to opt out of paying church tax (which I had to do by sending a letter to my local church). And even beyond the explicit church tax the church gets hundred of millions of additional funding from the government that pays for the upkeep of their buildings. And those religious schools (more Muslim than Christian these days) totally get the same subsidies as regular public schools, and a few years ago they even took Natural Science out of the core curriculum! As Dawkins says that's basically child abuse.

[@tezzymai5076]

So beautifully explained, he is a inspiration as always

[@NeilCrouse99]

20:54,.... They've got about 800 envelops between 45,000,000 and 170,000,000, then a mile long trail of envelops for another 5,000,000 ????? Feel like Sinfield here but "Continuity dammit!!",... "It means something!!!",... 🤣

[@Nounismisation]

He's great. Thanks Richard.

[@toni4729]

Cosmos by Carl Sagan is a bit old as Professor Dawkins stated but it's anything but out of date. The entire video series is amazing, if you can still get it. Nine discs if I remember correctly.

[@toni4729]

@Feiner Fug You'll never make a salesman.

[@toni4729]

@Feiner Fug It was a joke.

[@32bikkeltje]

Fascinating talk!

[@albertjackson9236]

The earth was created by god only 6,000 years ago, and, the collection plate was created by man 1 billionth of a second after that.

[@Aramos082884]

Thank you Richard Dawkins

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

Our children’s are future makers, keep them safer and healthy, and freedom to think about anything that they liked.

[@judyives1832]

Yes! And don’t indoctrinate and use “god threats” to force them to believe in horrible myths.

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

that will be a end of human race .... lol because humanity will just feel they are useless beings without any great purpose.

[@budgibson185]

Always a great lecturer

[@gregchambers6100]

Fargin A! Excellence! Such a kind, patient, sweet, elegant, caring, comical absolutely DARLING honest man.

[@davidsabillon5182]

I love the South Park version of "what if your wrong" question. Thank Richard Dawkins!

[@GlowingMpd]

👍Agreed but he never asks, “what If YOUR wrong”. He asks, “what if YOU’RE wrong”!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3fHfIN7dpZqo5Y

[@realscientistflanders1688]

Bait and switch with the word 'magic' no doubt. The first two definitions are dismissed as impossible or trickery, then he 'magically' slides in the supernatural as being already known to be impossible and equivalent to the first definition. It's however a different word with a different definition.

[@schmetterling4477]

Have you ever seen anything supernatural? I have not.

[@realscientistflanders1688]

@@schmetterling4477 The supernatural is anything that can't be explained by current scientific understanding of the laws of nature. I think it's safe to say that current scientific knowledge is incomplete.

[@JeanySullivan]

Thank you for uploading it!!!

[@NaturalFuture]

I'm responding to two views I've seen Rich Dawkins' express in multiple videos: (1) regarding superstition; and (2) regarding the size of the universe. Regarding the first, I agree with him that we must rid human society of superstitious thinking. However, his view that homeopathics is based on superstitious nonsense, I can't agree fully because, while it's true that many who use homeopathics are superstitious, some, like myself, are motivated to try these rather than synthetic concoctions of Big Pharma (BP) ---for two reasons: 🔹BP products are: (a) harmful to the kidneys and liver; (b) outrageously expensive (to recover the cost of investment, testing, production, distribution---and lawsuits); and (c) don't remove the cause(s) of the wide variety of medical issues humanity faces; 🔹The homeopathics are: (a) based on natural substances; (b) compatible with our body chemistry, resulting in few if any dangerous side effects; (c) are more likely therefore to eliminate the causes of medical issues; and (d) cost vastly less than the products of BP. The findings I mentioned are based, not on my opinion, but rather on what Rich Dawkins (as I) loves best: Hard scientific evidence. (Also hard financial proof.) Of course, the political action committees that BP uses to influence governments to further dissuade such agencies as the US FDA to seriously investigate and honestly report the findings on research on homeopathics, helps perpetuate the, yes, disdain many have for it. The views of Rich Dawkins, as many who are against the use of homeopathics, are the result of: (1) seeing little or no testing on any given homeopathic product to offer hard scientific evidence of their efficacy; and (2) BP, which stands to lose billions of units of international currency from the billions of individuals on whose suffering BP earn money, does its best to dissuade investment in homeopathics as "untested" and based on "superstition." It's time to deprive Big Pharma of its billions and invest heavily in homeopathics. And, as regards his treating the concept that the size of observable portion of the universe compared to that which lay beyond it might truly amount proportionally to an atom compared to the earth, I boldly say this: Until a few more centuries of unending scientific experimentation into this possibility---using doubtlessly far more advanced methods---shows otherwise, please give this concept a fair opportunity to play itself out. True scientific research into novel, albeit odd-sounding, interpretations of what we do or don't know, excludes judgmental, derisive laughter. Oh, as for professional citations on these matters, I trust you can look them up yourselves.

[@alanthompson8515]

Jeffrey Reinharscz Hi. Re: Homeopathy. Sorry, but it IS your opinion. Science is not based on what people would like to happen. It is based on testable and tested evidence. YOU CITE NOTHING to back up your extraordinary claim; not one peer reviewed paper from a reputable journal. What you call "Big Pharma" is not perfect, but legal requirements ensure it is based on science. You are essentially impugning the integrity of the scientists who make their living developing new drugs and medicines. Things like the Covid 19 vaccines. The scientific and medical consensus - based on numerous studies and meta-studies - is that homeopathy has no effect other than the placebo effect, which is not surprising considering homeopathic "medicine" typically contains no active ingredient. While evidence for the efficacy of conventional medicine was strong in placebo-controlled clinical trials, the evidence for homeopathy was weak and any efficacy was likely caused by the placebo effect. See: "Are the clinical effects of homoeopathy placebo effects? Comparative study of placebo-controlled trials of homeopathy and allopathy by A. Shang et al. Lancet. 2005 Aug 27-Sep 2;366(9487):726-32.

[@NaturalFuture]

@@alanthompson8515 I don't think you read my comment, or you wouldn't tell me that. Didn't you read that I prefer evidence over wishes? Problem is the FDA tends to not test so-called "natural" remedies to see if there's hard evidence to prove users' claims true or false. Many wonder of it's because the FDA stands to lose billions if natural remedies are proved superior to synthetics. Then, again, the FDA and its supporters---pharmaceuticals and doctors---could still make billions from the naturals. Perhaps the word "homeopathics" is the wrong word to describe natural remedies. Regarding your need for professional article recitation, why should I include information of which you're already aware?

[@alanthompson8515]

@@NaturalFuture "Natural remedies" I can happily live with (and I do. My wife doses me with them every day). You raised Big Pharma, basing your "findings" on "hard scientific evidence". Yet as I said you cite no sources. You also wrongly assume that I am aware of the US situation (Hi from the UK!) My beef is with homeopathy, as neatly summed up by Shiloh Madsen: "If homeopathy is real, then dumping Osama bin Laden’s corpse in the ocean has just cured the world of terrorism".

[@NaturalFuture]

@@alanthompson8515 my apologies for citing assuming you'd heard of the US Food & Drug Administration. But several Brits I know have heard of it. (Do I need to cite their names or works? You might have not heard of them.) Regarding my lack of citations showing the FDA could have a motive for not testing natural remedies' efficacy, I'm certain you can find these---if you search hard enough.

[@alanthompson8515]

@@NaturalFuture I knew enough to recognize the US context We have NICE - The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. And, no, I'm happy in my ignorance now we've cleared up homeopathy! Be well.

[@OmniphonProductions]

47:29 - I loved the question about how Evolution is taught in public schools. Most American schools (whose Science teachers often have _no_ actual degree in _any_ scientific field) teach Evolution in such a grossly (and sometimes _intentionally)_ oversimplified manner as to ultimately make Evolution _seem_ ridiculous. Sadly it wasn't until an honors level Biology course in _college_ that I even _began_ to understand the topic properly. Combine this broad educational disservice with early childhood religious indoctrination, constant attempts to interfere with curriculum by religious activists, and the fact that most school boards are populated with laypersons whose _entire_ understanding of the subject comes from their _basic_ public education, and it becomes easy to see why so many Americans _still_ disbelieve the most evidently supported Theory in all of Science.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

" This mokey Squirrel fish had butt sex with a lizard frog and the Adam was born ..."

[@mehdibaghbadran3182]

I loves Oxford university I wish I was younger to study in Oxford, where too many scientists graduated from there .

[@AlcibiadesMD]

You and I friend, seem like all of the great minds we admire graduated from Oxford, I wish I were younger as well.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Religion appeals to people with different priorities to those who find science foremostly appealing . Human beings are more than logical . We are also emotional .

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

guess who are also animals, humans

[@oremfrien]

10:55 -- I want to see the Large Hardon Collider as well.

[@mBUSHattack]

oremfrien you'll have to pay me first.

[@georgeelmerdenbrough6906]

Sounds impressively painful

[@ALavin-en1kr]

When Mr. Dawkins can explain consciousness ‘the hard problem’ and mind, does it emerge with quantum events,, and understands and explains the complexity of the cell, I would be more apt to assume that he knows what he is talking about. If he bases truth on biology, on the physical or material, without being able to explain it, I cannot be on board with his view. Not only is it reductive, it has no valid explanations for its assumptions. What is life, what is its origin, consciousness, mind, forces, electricities, electromagnetism, and magnetism, explain those first. Otherwise you are building a house of cards. Understand the components first and start from there. Otherwise it is putting the cart before the horse. To have complexity without understanding what is its origin or what is maintaining it is not science, it is postulating based on nothing, not on what is true, but as it is aptly expressed on ‘something from nothing.’

[@garyttomo1641]

the coolest uncool bloke ever

[@garystevenson5560]

Satan asked me 3 questions ( If I could judge him, if God can change then material order of the universe, if He would go to Hell as a human. Answers.It is useless to judge but preferable to understand and know. In the world of illusions God doesn't need to change the material order of the universe, I went to Hell often as a human, as my messenger. *** I saw paradise and the Great conscious Void from which everything comes. I melted spiritually in a mirror looking at myself depersonalised from within outward. I dealt with demons, Fough for justice beeing suspected of blowing up the army recruitment center. among other things. One of God's messages is Respect women , listen to them if you want to get into paradise. God sent me back on earth as promised.

[@robertmcclintock8701]

If you love the universe the birds will make you mentally ill so you fight with the environment to make it intelligent. Your supposed to make the environment intelligent so no God needed. God has been liberated and he is fully capable of evolving himself without any help. God don't want your worship he just wants to get married. Royal weddings is most watched thing on television. We fixed the video and audio for best experience possible. Cameras are supernatural and all of them captured 3D. The audio loud don't make violence so has depth. Nobody has to buy anything for it to work.

[@Sappa9702]

I would miss this guy when he dies

[@sigsrodis]

Naz™ this guy never dies.

[@JimWilliams-s8z]

Dawkins is all over the place!?!? He writes endless books on the lucky rabbits foot guide to reality and how design is an illusion but them exclaims his views of reality is solid? He is a walking delution by his own mandate.

[@davidbanner6230]

Who was it that said “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”: Lord Acton. Do you think that observation might also apply to the academic world, especially science, where they have the power to be able to say the most outlandish things, knowing that there is little chance of them being questioned by lay-people, and many of those who are equipped to question them, have a vested interest in not doing so, because they may not want their own findings to be challenged, at some future time? Or are we to believe there are no charlatans, among men/women of science, quietly having a lend of us?

[@dougdawkins9513]

Richard can have his 185 million grandfathers. I'll stick with Adam and Eve even though. they failed miserably like all their progeny. At least the CREATOR included a master plan to bring the prodigal sons and daughters back to the fold. What will Richard do when he is laying on his death bed. Will Richard be singing, What was it all about??? Who will Richard share his philosophy with if the dead know nothing?

[@ronaldlogan3525]

take one primordial frog and place it into a geologically isolated relativistic time chamber, allow millions of years of evolution and POOF! you get a prince. See, once you know how it's done, it doesn't seem like magic anymore. Any technology that is sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic.

[@MrTechfreak1]

Prof. You could get a brain that can think, so you can take in the things he says

[@bellarosalarsen1638]

I have a severe mentally ill man stalking me for 10 years. His name is Peter Goadsby. he is a 60+ year old man who thinks that by stalking me I will kill myself. He wants to be like his favorite poet Poe, who was associated with the death of mysterious beautiful woman, he is a psychopath who told me he should be in a mental institution and uses my own son to stalk me and completely destroy my life. I have a 10 year old daughter who is living with extreme abuse and neglect. I need help. I tried to contact Interpol but he intercepts all my emails.

[@food4lifecycle4life]

A very nice fairy tale . The recent set of scientist ( biologist / anthropologist / physistst) do not agree with mr Dawkins . Mr Dawkins is teaching the audience what was then assumed in the 18 th century and the 19 th .century . He is using jargons and mixing topics to bewilder the audience

[@kn9ioutom]

PAIN And Poverty Will Let You Know All About Reality !!!

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

but why so?

[@iainbrewin]

My parents would have taken me to a talk like this when I was a child and I would have found it extremely uninteresting just like all the kids in the audience are but now its so fascinating and I cant get enough..

[@donaldedward4951]

In some countries those who govern like the children to be educated in a certain way which supports the myths basic to their kind of government. The governing elite will see your book as a threaat to their way of government and way of life. Do you anticipate that your book will be banned in some parts of the world?

[@ansjamiegolf4586]

".....it's because there's so many steps......the luck is smeared out....." And he wonders why people have problems in understanding evolution :(

[@101truthhurts]

Prof. Dawkins has a nice way of putting the truth across. Long live reason and science.

[@rnunezc.4575]

He is not touching the mystery of how life or the first microorganisms came to be from an inorganic to organic substances ..he is just trying to explain the last part of evolution not the first which is very improbable and came to be basically by chance...still that mystery is unexplainable...how mitochondria came to be in a cell etc....I am agnostic just in case ...and believe in evolution as fact..

[@robertmcclintock8701]

String theory is imagination. The imagination of the universe is anarchy poems that nice. I had temporary ability to make them. We got enough to study. The artists have a room in their imagination to play in that the scientists don't have. They wanted the universe explored without it because they think everything worth doing once. Now we done and the scientists can have a room in their imagination to play in.

[@ilovesunny8887]

funny to say that magic doesnt exist, while this world and reality exist by the will of God, aka the Big Bang, there is soo much what we don't know, you have reality and beyond reality, to understand the latter one, we have religion.

[@brianjones6500]

I like how Richard gaffs about a collider as he promotes his ideas in book form. He's a human =]

[@pdworld3421]

Ha ha ha. I hope no one is taking this seriously. There is no evidence - zero - that human beings evolved from fish. This is pure fantasy. Lol.

[@pdworld3421]

Ha ha ha ha ha. First - nothing doesn't mean nothing. Now - there was no first person. Lol. You are the craziest person I've ever heard.

[@robertfirkins5334]

I left school in 1962 and my science teacher taught me all this. Nothing new here. How has this man achieved fame and my teacher did not?

[@alanthompson8515]

robert firkins Simple answer. Compare your teacher's output with : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins_bibliography

[@bizambo100]

Problem of course is that the mythical explanations are more appealing to certain people

[@philaypeephilippotter6532]

*_How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, ‘This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?’ Instead they say, ‘No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.’ A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths._* *Carl Sagan*

[@thegroove2000]

I would recommend all young ones to watch and listen to richard instead of the many youtube wannabes who lack the credentials.

[@davidbanner6230]

Now that Richard Dawkins has decided not to tour anymore, do you think that soon he will announce his “Road to Damascus” conversion?

[@kuqkakugifodsa7972]

The lowly french gully grin because taxi ethically attempt within a filthy mice. simplistic, dramatic parrot

[@salishaho3194]

British guests are amazingly very talented and much more educated. Britain must have very good schools.

[@cj1000]

Richard Dawkins, you are the most inspiring thing on KZbin for me

[@AaronBrincat]

You have to learn how to control a influence your kids to do anything you want them to

[@catkeys6911]

26:46 "Next chapter is "What Is A Pink Floyd Album Cover?"