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I'm watching this from india. Great brain Richard Dawkins mesmerizes with his thoughts and voice. I love this gentleman and have read his books . Great interview. How fortunate we are to hear him across many oceans. Blessings for his good health
I have seen Dawkins interview many times and this young man is perhaps the most articulate interviewer I have seen to date. Well done, great interview.
Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing this talk! The more I listen to Professor Dawkins, the more I grow to appreciate the profound importance of critical thinking in understanding the world. His eloquent and thought-provoking talks captivate my attention and spark a deep sense of curiosity. They fuel my passion for biology and at the same time also a desire to explore and engage with a wide range of scientific fields. His ability to articulate complex ideas with clarity and conviction serves as a powerful reminder of the beauty of science and the value of questioning, reasoning, and seeking evidence. Every lecture leaves me inspired to learn more, think deeper, and approach the world with an open yet analytical mind. His talks offer a sense of tranquility, and at the same time awakens an insatiable hunger for knowledge, a boundless yearning that grows ever fiercer with each morsel of understanding I grasp. I love you so much, Professor! Looking forward to hearing more in the future 💛✨️🌟✨️
Right, i would agree normally, and it may prove to be true in the fullness of time, however, Unfortunately that's no longer the case here in the UK. What's happening here should scare anybody who's studied any history.
@@easygeezeenlightenmentFree expression has never included shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre (or it's equivalents), and often doesn't include 'mere' defamation, either. Those have real and serious consequences. Anyone who has studied history, and preferably also psychology and sociology, will know this.
vI remember everything just by the words Richard Dawkins :) There are also many other great interviews and debates. It's been 30 years since I met Mr. Dawkins. :)😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤💥💥💥💥💥💥
It's a brilliant talk. He copies a lot of the answers from a talk he seemed to have given some days prior to this, but that just makes it even sharper. He's just a gem.
I was at his book tour event in Milwaukee in Sept. While I did enjoy it, this one is so much better. Kmele Foster's questions and dialogue is more insightful and interesting. So very glad this one is on UA-cam
He doesnt know what he missed?! Lots of adrenalin prevents him to think in that moment, Dawkins is a living LEGEND, im happy that i see(saw) him in my lifetime, Respect and HatsOff
For Gawd's Sake! What's with the triumphal, Messianic music all over Richard's spoilers and the stupid camera click!? 5:42 to bypass the Introductory Lecture of Tedium. {:o:O:}
I share their MLK approach to race, but they forgot to mention that the "fixation with averages", especially IQ - Charles Murray style, is coming out as a rational response to a social engineering approach of the "inequality, therefore injustice" approach. As Murray says, IQ is the best single predictor of economic success and there are differences in average, so differences in income are too be expected. The solution is not to lie about that, is either to go deeper, reminding or explaining all the concepts involved: eg what IQ, average, single best predictor, actually mean.. or leave the whole subject alone (on a political level) and don't expect averages to match anything, and don't talk race anymore if not for single cases of racism from whatever side.
I would have liked to have asked, if humans are continuing on genes that would have not because of medical technology, how will that affect evolution, will weak genes propagate now? How can survival of the fittest happen when the weakest of us survive now, what changes will humans evolve given weak genes continue.
I lost my belief in god through a Catholic priest who could not do the same. It took me several attempts but finally I was unable to make the myths and legends make any sense at all.
2:20;My fav probably is'Climbing Mount Improbable' or 'Dream of Reality'.05:00 Again the demise of Christianity is the discussion, certainly in the western world. Islam and the Quran (Koran) is not just a history book of events therefore induces a different wisdom of science and automatically upgrades with the sign of the times. Original Koran is unchanged once sealed and read and taught in Arabic. Translations in othet languages are optional for understanding and interpretations.
It is fascinating for me to find out Richard Dawkins had two wives.. I always thought he was homosexual 👀 this is not a joke and I am not aiming to insult anyone of anything or misconstrue or misinform anyone or defame or any such.. I am actually just genuinely surprised.
I grew up with left leaning politics and one of its cornerstones was free speech. Then it took a complete 180° and it had gotten to the point where I was afraid to have a point of view about anything. Needless to say, I got off that crazy train.
Just as it takes work to be a good evolutionary biologist it takes work to be a good theologian and person of faith it’s not exclusive but Dawkins thinks it is exclusive it’s inclusive but Richard’s understanding of hod I’d miss guided
I love love love how Richard has no interest in talking just for the sake of it. If he doesn't know something he says so. He doesn't just talk and keep talking for attention or clout like most pseudo-intelligent talking heads do these days 😭
There is no poetry in the perspective that the elements are fundamental to reality. Materialism is deader than a doornail. The perspective of one dimension is so dark age. People who believed this in higher ages were employed in sweeping the streets. There are three dimensions: Consciousness; Mind; Elements. Philosophy now has what philosophers refer to as ‘the hard problem of consciousness’. At least there are some atheists who are willing to admit that the elements did not create consciousness or mind. RD is not there yet, he still believes in magical thinking.
@ The scientific revolution so far is focusing on matter or the elemental. It does not understand consciousness or mind; consciousness remains ‘the hard problem.’ As we live in a dual system discoveries bring both boons and banes. The atom was the focus of their attention but they did not split it. Splitting it opened a Pandora’s box.
In some point I feell like Dawkins wants to tell us in big voice,life its meaningless fouc*k of every body leave me alone 😅😅...end after that conversation he goes in Russia 🇷🇺 or in Balkan countries end starts drinking 🍸 vodka end smoking weed sigars end all kinds of shit 😅😅😅😊😊😊😊😊
There is such a thing as non carbon based sentient beings that are vital to the evolution of humanity I’m a a witness but however unreliable a witness none the less
seAyaan Hirsi = Remember? She talked to Mr. Dawkins that only religion gives us meaning in life. Others say the same. People who believe think that a scientist is crazy. Only God will make you a happy person!! Of course, this is all nonsense. I don't believe in all this. Non-believers have a different morality?? I don't need any gods to be a good person. It's people like Dawkins who changed my life to be more interesting. Man himself has a mechanism that allows him to seek the truth.
Poetry of reality is the name of you channel? How about accept the reality that non-human animals are not morally inferior to humans. They have the ability to feel like you, Dawkins, go vegan.
Who on earth imagined that it would be interesting to have Richard Dawkins being interviewed by someone clearly incapable of asking even one pertinent question? What a wasted opportunity.
The deists sure weren't going to end slavery. Thomas Jefferson might have been the best mind of his time, but would he have abolished slavery? Maybe someone like Thomas Paine, but not the majority of the founders. Paine had no issue with the morals of JC, just the illogical parts. It was Christians who pushed for abolishing slavery. If the best minds of the time were slave owners and deists, most of whom never even really thought about it, who is responsible for ending slavery in Dawkins' mind? Even the deists back then based their ideas of equality on Christianity even though they didn't apply it to all until the abolitionists were able to use the golden rule to end it. Also, many passages such as the first shall be last and the last shall be first. What you have done to the least of these, you have done to me, etc. Do unto others as youd have them do unto you.
With that reasoning, tiny faeries and Santa Claus can exist. There is zero evidence for any god and so far science continues to explain away things we used to think required a god.
@@dewardroy6531 Obviously there is another law or laws outside of what science knows because the current laws of physics can not have created themselves.
Buy your tickets now for Prof Dawkins next tour where he debates ( again) Christians that he says it’s pointless debating but it’s so lucrative. What’s a prof to do ? No tickets? Not to worry mugs ( no pun intended) and t shirts available ( they make you look intelligent) at the atheist’s Lourdes .
The "4 horsemen" have had their day. Books from all of them which are really just poorly reasoned rants against God. The Dawkins phenomenon is like a cult that has gone out of fashion. He's as much a fundamentalist as those he opposes. This comedy show has gone on long enough and I'm glad it's over. As for the rise in cancel culture and transgenderism nonsense, it just goes to show one thing: it's not wise to spend decades sawing off the branch you're sitting on.
The Bible prescribes capital punishment for adultery in Leviticus 20:10 and Deuteronomy 22:22: Leviticus 20:10: "The adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death". Deuteronomy 22:22: "If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then both of them shall die". But you voted for the serial adulterer, right ?
All the prominent militant atheists, Dawkins etc, support Israel even now. They are moral degenerates. Dawkins said he wanted to "kill God" but has replaced it with nihilism.
I have to admit, I'm not impressed by Richard in the way that I was as a young adolescent boy. When I was a layman he seemed like a totally unapologetic and fearless Genius. Now that I have developed my own expertise in Evolutionary Biology, I've recognized that he has spent his career intentionally avoiding a very broad and fundamentally crucial set of facts because of political correctness. Those of you who know what I'm referring to.. know what I'm referring to. Watching him sit on that stage and casually make a remark about how all of us Homo Sapiens have essentially the same hunter-gatherer brain that evolved in Sub Saharan Africa, and that it's remarkable how some of these brains just happen to be able to do advanced calculations.... 😪 I respect Dawkins, but I also feel ashamed of him. There is a cowardice within him. He is a man who can see the reality and patterns of Social Darwinism, but turns away in shock and fear upon getting a brief glance.
I'm watching this from india. Great brain Richard Dawkins mesmerizes with his thoughts and voice. I love this gentleman and have read his books . Great interview. How fortunate we are to hear him across many oceans. Blessings for his good health
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Our Species is being generationally Eliminated covertly ....By ?
I'm watching this from india. Great brain Richard Dawkins mesmerizes with his thoughts and voice. I love this gentleman and have read his books . Great interview. How fortunate we are to hear him across many oceans. Blessings for his good health
Richard Dawkins is a LIVING LEGEND
I have seen Dawkins interview many times and this young man is perhaps the most articulate interviewer I have seen to date. Well done, great interview.
Yes, I agree.
Kmele is very thoughtful & intelligent. You might like Chris Williamson and Coleman Hughes, both of whom interviewed Dawkins
I've rarely seen Dawkins emote so much joy in an interview. Good job.
This interview was one of the best ever - The interviewer did a great job!
I can listen to Richard Dawkins speaking all day. Thank you.
Happy New Year! Thank you for sharing this talk! The more I listen to Professor Dawkins, the more I grow to appreciate the profound importance of critical thinking in understanding the world. His eloquent and thought-provoking talks captivate my attention and spark a deep sense of curiosity. They fuel my passion for biology and at the same time also a desire to explore and engage with a wide range of scientific fields. His ability to articulate complex ideas with clarity and conviction serves as a powerful reminder of the beauty of science and the value of questioning, reasoning, and seeking evidence. Every lecture leaves me inspired to learn more, think deeper, and approach the world with an open yet analytical mind. His talks offer a sense of tranquility, and at the same time awakens an insatiable hunger for knowledge, a boundless yearning that grows ever fiercer with each morsel of understanding I grasp. I love you so much, Professor! Looking forward to hearing more in the future 💛✨️🌟✨️
Thank you Prof Dawkins for spreading the truth.
Wish you a very happy new year 🎊
I rather enjoyed this Conversation, how they engaged with each other, and the overall flow of this. Great job 👏.
Thank you,professor Richard Dawkins,for spreading science.
Never knew how desperately I needed this collaboration.
Hats off for the interviewer 🫡🫡
thank you for this. listening to it right now as released
Brilliantly engaging conversation. Thank you Professor Dawkins.
Great conversation!! Thank you Richard!
Richard is brilliant.
I love Richard Dawkins. If I ever met him I would completely star struck and in awe 😭
Lovely. Thank you.
Wonderful talk gentlemen! Thank you!
He opened my world to reality. Hez tht man that came to me in plato’s allegory of the cave
Richard Dawkins has saved more people in the world than an entire hospital's doctors would in their lifetime. My hats off to this man.
How?
@@hwoccurrenceby guide them and save them from bullshites and religions... Maybe read his books before commenting HOW?!
Huh?
Apparently, Richard has a secret fireman career that he only told Akron about
Tripe.
Thanks a lot for the wonderful discussion 🌹🌸
Free thought is unstoppable. Free expression isn’t either, but religions do keep trying to suppress it at every opportunity.
Right, i would agree normally, and it may prove to be true in the fullness of time, however, Unfortunately that's no longer the case here in the UK. What's happening here should scare anybody who's studied any history.
@@easygeezeenlightenmentFree expression has never included shouting 'fire' in a crowded theatre (or it's equivalents), and often doesn't include 'mere' defamation, either. Those have real and serious consequences. Anyone who has studied history, and preferably also psychology and sociology, will know this.
There’s no excuse for thought crime! Article 58 in Russia.
vI remember everything just by the words Richard Dawkins :) There are also many other great interviews and debates. It's been 30 years since I met Mr. Dawkins. :)😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤💥💥💥💥💥💥
This was great!
Richard's latest book is fascinating.
It's a brilliant talk. He copies a lot of the answers from a talk he seemed to have given some days prior to this, but that just makes it even sharper. He's just a gem.
I was at his book tour event in Milwaukee in Sept. While I did enjoy it, this one is so much better. Kmele Foster's questions and dialogue is more insightful and interesting. So very glad this one is on UA-cam
I agree. I saw him in Chicago and it wasn't as good as Kmele's interview. Who interviewed him in Milwaukee?
Hats off for this Kmele Foster for an excellent interview! And of course the always brilliant Dr. Richard Dawkins 👍👏👏
Love Kmele. Love Richard. Great conversation.
btw insightful interviewer
Sorry, is no one going to mention the Croca-Duck! Great interview, thank you
I forgot 😓
Dude you missed the opportunity to shake Dawkins hand right at the end!
He doesnt know what he missed?! Lots of adrenalin prevents him to think in that moment, Dawkins is a living LEGEND, im happy that i see(saw) him in my lifetime, Respect and HatsOff
I also always thought evolution was intuitive and obvious.
I would suggest the novel Blindsight, regarding the thing of not needing conscious.
Really interesting
44:05 he was also identifying as Addie Bundren from Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying
There should be signs telling people not to applaud for everything.
❤👌🏼✨
Regarding the Hitler / hitlerism aspect: bear in mind please that the Nazi belt buckles had 'Gott mit uns' (God with us) written on them.
All that matters is the truth! Who cares how the truth manifests! The universe is not a game to be played with!!
Wow, is this one of the most profound videos ever on youtube or what?
For Gawd's Sake! What's with the triumphal, Messianic music all over Richard's spoilers and the stupid camera click!?
5:42 to bypass the Introductory Lecture of Tedium.
{:o:O:}
I still read fiction, but I used to read it just to go to sleep. But, I find that I read more nonfiction than I used to.
Time codes!
❤
Is there such a slammer on not being correct? The real issue is assuming intention when an error is made and albeit always the WORST of intention.
Like spelling someone's name wrong and then just FUCKING HAVING AT THE poor "insert word for not a nerd" well guess what Satan is returning
I share their MLK approach to race, but they forgot to mention that the "fixation with averages", especially IQ - Charles Murray style, is coming out as a rational response to a social engineering approach of the "inequality, therefore injustice" approach. As Murray says, IQ is the best single predictor of economic success and there are differences in average, so differences in income are too be expected.
The solution is not to lie about that, is either
to go deeper, reminding or explaining all the concepts involved: eg what IQ, average, single best predictor, actually mean.. or
leave the whole subject alone (on a political level) and don't expect averages to match anything, and don't talk race anymore if not for single cases of racism from whatever side.
3:23 MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS!
I would have liked to have asked, if humans are continuing on genes that would have not because of medical technology, how will that affect evolution, will weak genes propagate now? How can survival of the fittest happen when the weakest of us survive now, what changes will humans evolve given weak genes continue.
I lost my belief in god through a Catholic priest who could not do the same. It took me several attempts but finally I was unable to make the myths and legends make any sense at all.
What would you like to know? I don't know everything but I know some things.
Aww.. I feel bad Mr dawkins tried to shake foster's hand and missed.
2:20;My fav probably is'Climbing Mount Improbable' or 'Dream of Reality'.05:00 Again the demise of Christianity is the discussion, certainly in the western world. Islam and the Quran (Koran) is not just a history book of events therefore induces a different wisdom of science and automatically upgrades with the sign of the times. Original Koran is unchanged once sealed and read and taught in Arabic. Translations in othet languages are optional for understanding and interpretations.
✨️✨️✨️✨️🌟🌟🌟🌟
My child is a 'scientific' child.
It is fascinating for me to find out Richard Dawkins had two wives.. I always thought he was homosexual 👀 this is not a joke and I am not aiming to insult anyone of anything or misconstrue or misinform anyone or defame or any such.. I am actually just genuinely surprised.
He doesn't seem homosexual to me, He's just a rather refined Brit,
@ yeah, but he looks and sounds like he is homosexual. I was genuinely surprised to hear that he is not.
I grew up with left leaning politics and one of its cornerstones was free speech. Then it took a complete 180° and it had gotten to the point where I was afraid to have a point of view about anything. Needless to say, I got off that crazy train.
Just as it takes work to be a good evolutionary biologist it takes work to be a good theologian and person of faith it’s not exclusive but Dawkins thinks it is exclusive it’s inclusive but Richard’s understanding of hod I’d miss guided
I love love love how Richard has no interest in talking just for the sake of it. If he doesn't know something he says so. He doesn't just talk and keep talking for attention or clout like most pseudo-intelligent talking heads do these days 😭
There is no poetry in the perspective that the elements are fundamental to reality. Materialism is deader than a doornail. The perspective of one dimension is so dark age. People who believed this in higher ages were employed in sweeping the streets. There are three dimensions: Consciousness; Mind; Elements. Philosophy now has what philosophers refer to as ‘the hard problem of consciousness’. At least there are some atheists who are willing to admit that the elements did not create consciousness or mind. RD is not there yet, he still believes in magical thinking.
@@ALavin-en1kr This sounds like some BS the Greeks would have come up with.
@ Thank you. I regard being compared to the Greeks a compliment.
@ALavin-en1kr they have an excuse since they didn't live through or during the scientific revolution.
@
The scientific revolution so far is focusing on matter or the elemental. It does not understand consciousness or mind; consciousness remains ‘the hard problem.’ As we live in a dual system discoveries bring both boons and banes. The atom was the focus of their attention but they did not split it. Splitting it opened a Pandora’s box.
The Host talk too much. Questions should be shorter than answers.
Kmele has a tendency to be long-winded for sure.
Dawkins is wearing his "Crocoduck" tie👌
interviewer talks too damn much and even tries to talk over dawkins smh
In some point I feell like Dawkins wants to tell us in big voice,life its meaningless fouc*k of every body leave me alone 😅😅...end after that conversation he goes in Russia 🇷🇺 or in Balkan countries end starts drinking 🍸 vodka end smoking weed sigars end all kinds of shit 😅😅😅😊😊😊😊😊
Completely incoherent
There is such a thing as non carbon based sentient beings that are vital to the evolution of humanity I’m a a witness but however unreliable a witness none the less
You're delusional.
seAyaan Hirsi = Remember? She talked to Mr. Dawkins that only religion gives us meaning in life. Others say the same. People who believe think that a scientist is crazy. Only God will make you a happy person!! Of course, this is all nonsense. I don't believe in all this. Non-believers have a different morality?? I don't need any gods to be a good person. It's people like Dawkins who changed my life to be more interesting. Man himself has a mechanism that allows him to seek the truth.
Poetry of reality is the name of you channel? How about accept the reality that non-human animals are not morally inferior to humans. They have the ability to feel like you, Dawkins, go vegan.
23:27 I call bullshit 😂
Starts at 3:40
The interviewer is full of memes. not much else
What does this mean?
Who on earth imagined that it would be interesting to have Richard Dawkins being interviewed by someone clearly incapable of asking even one pertinent question? What a wasted opportunity.
What an odd thing to say.
The deists sure weren't going to end slavery. Thomas Jefferson might have been the best mind of his time, but would he have abolished slavery? Maybe someone like Thomas Paine, but not the majority of the founders. Paine had no issue with the morals of JC, just the illogical parts. It was Christians who pushed for abolishing slavery. If the best minds of the time were slave owners and deists, most of whom never even really thought about it, who is responsible for ending slavery in Dawkins' mind? Even the deists back then based their ideas of equality on Christianity even though they didn't apply it to all until the abolitionists were able to use the golden rule to end it. Also, many passages such as the first shall be last and the last shall be first. What you have done to the least of these, you have done to me, etc. Do unto others as youd have them do unto you.
Christians justified slavery using a certain book. Remind me which one.
There is nothing original in what Dawkins espouses he is standing on the shoulders of giants but not original
Who is really to say God is just a coping mechanism? If the universe exists then a God can exist.
With that reasoning, tiny faeries and Santa Claus can exist.
There is zero evidence for any god and so far science continues to explain away things we used to think required a god.
Nope
@@dewardroy6531 Obviously there is another law or laws outside of what science knows because the current laws of physics can not have created themselves.
@@billwalton4571do you have evidence for your claim or just spouting nonsense?
My god has a place for Dawkins but Dawkins has no need for god I pity him
FSM extends his glorious appendage to thee.
Why the F would Richard be talking to this guy??
Buy your tickets now for Prof Dawkins next tour where he debates ( again) Christians that he says it’s pointless debating but it’s so lucrative. What’s a prof to do ? No tickets? Not to worry mugs ( no pun intended) and t shirts available ( they make you look intelligent) at the atheist’s Lourdes .
you are boring.
Keep crying
The "4 horsemen" have had their day. Books from all of them which are really just poorly reasoned rants against God. The Dawkins phenomenon is like a cult that has gone out of fashion. He's as much a fundamentalist as those he opposes. This comedy show has gone on long enough and I'm glad it's over. As for the rise in cancel culture and transgenderism nonsense, it just goes to show one thing: it's not wise to spend decades sawing off the branch you're sitting on.
The Bible prescribes capital punishment for adultery in Leviticus 20:10 and Deuteronomy 22:22:
Leviticus 20:10: "The adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death".
Deuteronomy 22:22: "If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then both of them shall die".
But you voted for the serial adulterer, right ?
Far from it. Religion is dying a slow death and has been for many decades.
Their reasoning is solid. Reasoning for god is non-existent.
All the prominent militant atheists, Dawkins etc, support Israel even now. They are moral degenerates. Dawkins said he wanted to "kill God" but has replaced it with nihilism.
And yet here you are watching him and feeling the need to comment ❤ that in itself is a nod to Dawkins ❤
I have to admit, I'm not impressed by Richard in the way that I was as a young adolescent boy. When I was a layman he seemed like a totally unapologetic and fearless Genius. Now that I have developed my own expertise in Evolutionary Biology, I've recognized that he has spent his career intentionally avoiding a very broad and fundamentally crucial set of facts because of political correctness. Those of you who know what I'm referring to.. know what I'm referring to.
Watching him sit on that stage and casually make a remark about how all of us Homo Sapiens have essentially the same hunter-gatherer brain that evolved in Sub Saharan Africa, and that it's remarkable how some of these brains just happen to be able to do advanced calculations.... 😪 I respect Dawkins, but I also feel ashamed of him. There is a cowardice within him. He is a man who can see the reality and patterns of Social Darwinism, but turns away in shock and fear upon getting a brief glance.
"Those of you who know what I'm referring to.. know what I'm referring to".
This sentence personifies cowardice. A wannabe intellectual.
Your “expertise” in evolutionary biology is severely lacking. You’re definitely suffering from the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Dawkins is a Social Darwinist who cannot admit to that fact. His support for Israel says it all.
lol… you sound so dumb!
Great - let’s read your book? I’d love to know more ❤
I'm watching this from india. Great brain Richard Dawkins mesmerizes with his thoughts and voice. I love this gentleman and have read his books . Great interview. How fortunate we are to hear him across many oceans. Blessings for his good health