Lawrence Krauss Discussion (5/12) – Richard Dawkins
See more at RichardDawkins.net Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss sat down for a public discussion at Stanford University on Sunday, March 9th 2008. The focus was on Science education, but the discussion also covered religion, physics, evolution and more. This video will be released on DVD soon at RichardDawkins.net , along with other unmoderated discussions with Richard Dawkins. Credits Filmed by Josh Timonen and Wayne Marsala Edited by Josh Timonen
Video Rating: 4 / 5
I don’t know why people are comparing the two scientists intelligence. One undoubtedly is more intelligent than the other, but they’re both incredibly bright minds trying their best to educate and to make the world a better place. Discussing who might have 8 more IQ points is completely pointless and trivializes the entire discussion.
Me, personally, I’m just thankful that they’re both doing what they do and doing it so thoughtfully. It’s a big inspiration to me.
this is like when those two dragonball z characters connect and become one; a more powerful character. dawkins + krauss = super sayain kraskins. pow pow die god dieee
sadly the next part doesn’t work
I wish they would use science and technology to sync the audio and video.
@Grak70 Let me clarify that: some people need to be seduced, some people need to be bashed in the face with a brick. I was in the latter category and it worked. I really think the scientific community overplays the idea that religious people cannot be persuaded by showing them how ridiculous their beliefs are.
Dawkins caved a little too much at the suggestion that his approach doesn’t get results. It does. Minds CAN change, no matter how brainwashed we might think a person is; I’m living proof of it.
@LeatherCladVegan pot
@DastardlyDimwit ROFL no. Lawrence Krauss would not hold his own against Dawkins in Dawkins’s field. It only appears so because, as they discussed, it is a much more approachable subject. They mentioned evolution and natural selection, two facts that are easy to understand once most of the evidence is compiled and presented coherently.
They are both brilliant men, and their accomplishments are to be lauded, but I would have to give Dawkins an extra cookie for his massive efforts to aid education
@DastardlyDimwit I agree but what do you mean “Mr Dawkins has an accent?”
I agree with Krauss, Dawkins helps those who are receptive to those ideas to speak out in public. I don’t think Dawkins convinces many who are close minded, but very few people can anyway…
The out of sync sound is bothering me.
@bando8000 STOP SPAMMING
dude, 66,666 views YES!
Hitchen’s is KING. Smartest drunk i know.
“Kill Religion”, Dawkins is my fucking hero
lol I’m sure you have “evidence”
Richard doesn’t want to KILL religion. He wants to TORTURE it with a death of a thousand gaping wounds.
If richard wanted to kill religion he’d jump all over the question of the underlying law of nature. (Google it)
The underlying law of nature makes fairy tales obsolete. It does this when its question is taken seriously, let alone upon identifying what it is, understanding it and finally applying it, which all 7-billion people can easily do, including all future generations.
Finally I find a video of Dawkins that explains the philosphical twist about the statement: You can believe in god and believe in evolution.
This always just killed me mentally when people said it.
thanks
@ryko26
“No child’s behind left”
what is the motto from Hitchens? I can’t hear what he says
“I’m an atheist with respect to the Judeo-Christian God, because there is not a shred of EVIDENCE in favor of the Judeo-Christian God.”
~ Richard Dawkins
…Dawkins, that’s because you have not visited my channel.
the selfish gene is an excellent book really brings a great understanding of nature
Science and reasoning are key, no doubt. Both of which underpin ‘the attempted murder of God’ – A critical book at a critical time, it reveals the secrets of science that comprehensively demolish the theory of Evolution and provides scientific proof for God – a scientific certainty kept hidden from the world that in this critical time in history can now be revealed.
Glad to hear that you’ve joined us here in reality.