Richard Dawkins Q&A | Aliens, God, Transgenderism, Science and more
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- What came before the Big Bang? Why is natural selection so inherently cruel? What is life? How does one find meaning?
Join Richard Dawkins in this special Q&A episode with Taryn Southern, where he answers all your burning questions.
00:00 Intro
00:49 - Would aliens look like us?
04:04 - Recent UFO claims.
06:10 - The advantage of consciousness and Self.
09:26 - Absence of evidence not evidence of absence for God.
10:50 - Cognition, Survival and Reality.
13:10 - Why is evolution so cruel?
15:35 - What would you say to people seeking meaning without religion?
19:20 - "Why" questions are silly.
22:20 - Consciousness after death.*
23:50 - What took us so long to discover science?
25:00 - Ever pressured to hype up scientific results?
31:00 - Fine tuning.
33:50 - Convergence in evolution.
35:50 - What would you ask Darwin?
38:00 - What is life?
41:10 - Before the universe.
42:05 - Transgender people.
44:20 - Gender and psychology.
46:00 - Free speech and taunting.
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*Timestamps* - 0:49 - Would aliens look like us?
4:04 - Recent UFO claims.
6:10 - The advantage of consciousness and Self.
9:26 - Absence of evidence not evidence of absence for God.
10:50 - Cognition, Survival and Reality.
13:10 - Why is evolution so cruel?
15:35 - What would you say to people seeking meaning without religion?
19:20 - "Why" questions are silly.
22:20 - Consciousness after death.*
23:50 - What took us so long to discover science?
25:00 - Ever pressured to hype up scientific results?
31:00 - Fine tuning.
33:50 - Convergence in evolution.
35:50 - What would you ask Darwin?
38:00 - What is life?
41:10 - Before the universe.
42:05 - Transgender people.
44:20 - Gender and psychology.
46:00 - Free speech and taunting.
* As far as death is concerned, look into Generic Subjective Continuity. ;)
Thank you 🙌🏻
@@auroravanessa221 You're welcome ☺️
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I am so very glad that Mr.Dawkins has started to post often..🎉
The appropriate way to refer to scholars as Richard Dawkins, DSc is as either: "Professor Dawkins" or "Dr. Dawkins".
For many decades he was a professor at the eminent & world-famous Oxford University, where he's now an emeritus fellow (an extremely high & rare post). This shows respect for his achievements, intellectual caliber, and immense/broad knowledge.
@@keep-ukraine-free528 Somewhere in Dawkins "immense/broad knowledge" is having "no sympathy for Julian Assange".
I'm not.
@@briansmith3791Why should he? Assange is a self-obsessed twat. If you need heroes in that sphere, look to Edward Snowden or Chelsea Manning.
Prof Dawkins. A great scientist born & brought up in Kenya. We are proud of you
I'm obsessed with this man 😭😭😭 the last bastion of clear, concise, undiluted, and non-dumbed down science communication.
It's a mistake to be obsessed with a man who "has no sympathy for Julian Assange". Dawkins is a good biologist, but outside of that, he's prone to serious errors.
@@briansmith3791 Have you ever contemplated the possibility that you might be prone to serious errors as well, one of them possibly being your obvious support of said Julian Assange?
@@SEPedersen Are you serious, surely you must be joking? What kind of human being are you? You're actually saying that to support an honest journalist is a serious error? Assange revealed the murder of innocent civilians in Iraq by US troops. Are you ok with the murder of civilians?
He will suspect you of having consciousness
you think Dawkins doesn't dumb down? that's cute
We are so lucky to have Richard Dawkins. He is a treasure. Live forever, Richard.
Live forever??? Like transhumanism???
You're under a spell. He's talking total bollocks.
So you would want Dawkins to live forever and what about everyone else? Unless you mean just metaphorically.
“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born. The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia. Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people. In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here.We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds, how dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state from which the vast majority have never stirred?”
Dawkins is a legend
Don't let them goad you by them being pedantic. He's the first to know he's not gonna live forever. I don't think anybody would actually want to at a certain point your body is going to stop working!
Love this format. Could listen to Professor Dawkins soothing voice forever.
Yes, everyone with a soothing voice and a British accent is a genius who is correct about everything. 😂😂😂
@@Resmith18SR Sorry my comment triggered you as absurd as your analogy obviously is.
@@hermitrob5481I'm not "triggered" at all and I guess you assume that anyone who comments on your comment is "triggered." Atheists don't seem to have much of a sense of humor.
@@Resmith18SR You make a passive aggressive comment on a simple compliment of Professor Dawkins, who obviously triggers you, without knowing anything about me. The only one assuming anything is yourself. Certainly doesn’t make a case for people of faith being nonjudgmental. Not a good look.
@@Resmith18SR believe it or not even people from hopeless shitholes can be right sometimes. Now, out of curiosity, from which one you come from?
It's always a pleasure to hear from a a well educated, articulate intellectual. Thank you, Prof Dawkins.
I owe so much to Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens…..they taught me to think for myself . I wish I’d have had the privilege of listening to them when I was a small child .
I admired Richard's sincerety in all of his answers and more importantly that nothing can ever be excluded as a possibility. We continue to learn.
He pretty much excluded the possibility of Aliens already being here. I can't condone the Cognitive dissonance of someone who completely ignores a Historic UAP Hearing, as well as the strong evidence in our own backyard (many UFO reports and Real Alien Crop Circles). Looking forward to Richard's comeuppance with coming Alien Disclosure.
You won't learn any truth from Richard Dawkins because by his own admission he is not intelligently designed. Darwinian Evolution is scientifically and mathematically impossible. There is no mechanism for it to happen. Think for yourself and stop listening to Atheists. There are not intelligently designed. Would you trust a computer that wasn't intelligently designed? Wake-up before it's too late. The only thing you need to know is that the Bible is 27% prophecy and only God knows the future. All Bible prophecies come to pass exactly as prophesied. The scientific method came from the Bible. Bet you didn't know that. The Bible is the only book ever written that stated thousands of years ago what scientists have discovered in recent years. DNA is information of the highest level and Darwinian Evolution cannot account for information. It only comes from intelligent mind. There is no other source of information. Dawkins isn't intelligently designed according to himself. Let that sink in. The Bible describes Atheists perfectly; thinking themselves wise they became fools. Nobody can make a blade of grass. Think about that when you walk in the park. The SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS THE BIBLICAL METHOD. WE ARE ALL INSTRUCTED TO PUT EVERYTHING TO THE TEST AND HOLD FAST TO THAT WHICH IS GOOD. ALL GREAT SCIENTISTS BELIEVE IN GOD THAT'S HOW SCIENCE BEGAN. NONE LIVING THINGS CANNOT SELECT ANYTHING AND SCIENTISTS ARE CLUELESS ABOUT HOW LIFE BEGAN. GOD IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE CAUSE. Spacetime theorems state that any universe like ours must have a causal agent outside of energy matter space and time. The Bible stated that thousands of years ago. SIN IS THE CAUSE OF SUFFERING AND SATAN IS THE CAUSE OF SIN. Maranatha
"Nothing can be excluded."
Right.
That is an insincere conclusion.
😂😂😂😂you’re simple
i've only been saying a lot of this stuff for 30 years! so-called "transgenderism doesn't exist. its called gender dysphoria and transexualism. the gay lobby simply paid a marketing firm to invent new nonsense termonolgy to RE-brand their "FEELINGS-is-all-that's-important" "ideology." and for some reason the so-called "left" has embraced, hook-line-and-sinker;" all the gay-lobby's absrdism, violations of women's rights and deniel of science and observable reality.
and youtube THREATENS me and blocks me over and over again for expressing these truths. they have no problem with me posting comments about trump's and MAGA's fascisim. but when i bring up gay-lobby fascism they lower the hammner! the left and right censor me and DENY me a voice. the left and right have ignored and margainalized me FOR OVER 30 YEARS! yet mr dawkins is free to say whatever he wants.
what's wrong with this picture?
Seriously, it is so important to have sane, intelligent voices like Dawkins and Ms. Southern. Especially in this degenerating society. Listening to this podcast is a pillar to grasp in the storm.
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Dawkins sts mute/deaf/moronic as ACTUAL scientists with REAL achievements,e
Nobel laureaties in biology Leland Hartwell & Sydney Altman along with Craig Venter,
ALL say it is "IMPOSSIBLE" that humans will EVER know life' s origin
How different to listening to scientifically stupid politicians babbling about subjects that are scientific not political. We need more engineers and scientists in power not lawyers who have one foot each side of a barbed wire fence.
Richard Dawkins is Great!!!
No, Dawkins is not great. Any person who condemns a truly great man, Julian Assange, is an ignorant clown.
Really enjoying this new channel Richard. Always been a big fan of your work, not only in science, but in your morals and ethics. Looking forward to viewing more videos on this page!
Hilarious share: Josh Tinnamon is credited in Dawkins The God Delusion.. is now an evangelical Christian. Christ is King & every knee Will bow
@@AspiringChristian I think your lost champ. Must have an IQ over 75 to comment here. off you go! chop chop
@@AspiringChristian Some convert, some deconvert. That's life.
@@AspiringChristianWhich makes him human, even though any evidence of a God as a creator is still a one way road to more questions than answers, and a healthy dose of laughter if you quote anything coming out of the Bible. Hilarious!
If you let AI loose, I think it will erase religion from our planet. I don’t see why a sophisticated AI agent in the future wouldn’t see religion as an existential threat to the very existence of progress.
2 of my favourite people on planet earth coming together! Richard you're a national treasure. Taryn, everything you touch turns to gold. Can't wait to see more of you both...
He's only a national treasure to people that believe his bs .
This was fantastic, and brilliantly hosted. It wasn't just a dry Q&A but with a perfect amount of conversation too.
It is refreshing to see non physicists at the pinnacle of scientific thought. Thank you Dr. Dawkins, a great man!
And you believe that person is Richard Dawkins? The one who said in this video that he was unconcerned with the potential of non-human intelligences visiting earth? Who didn’t even bring up the idea of beings that existed interdimensionally? There’s a reason physicists are the ones who are traditionally associated with being at the pinnacle of scientific thought.
What a joy it is to listen to Richard Dawkins speak!
Just a man who knows only what a man knows, which is not a lot and is wrong about alien visitation. We are being visited.
@@happyapple4269na where not🤡
Hilarious share: Josh Tinnamon is credited in Dawkins The God Delusion.. is now an evangelical Christian. Christ is King & every knee Will bow
As a Scientist I can very much relate to the reasoning of Prof. Dawkins. I very much appreciate his strict logic and factual argumentation presented in a calm and serene tone. While one or two questions didn’t make too much sense most of them were in fact very interesting, topical and suitable. Please more of that. 😎👍
No, to every question. He cooks a world salad.
He's an idiot.
@@DianInHerOrb likewise biology, my field of expertise covers protein biochemistry, enzyme design and biotechnology, accordingly the aspect of Darwinian evolution touches my area of interest. As indicated above, there were some less relevant / interesting questions but altogether the Q&A made sense because this podcast addresses the general public and wasn‘t intended to be a podiums discussion of a scientific conference for experts.
@@Natty1620 there are way too many non-scientific discussions/ speculations about potential extraterrestrial forms of life out there, a credible voice of scientific reasoning is needed in this discussion.
@@DianInHerOrb no. Dawkins isn't smart. Since you're a biologist. Name one relevant discovery you made.
Dawkins definitely didn't. Did you?
@@user-jy6ur8gb1c Even though the question wasn’t directed to me I am likewise addressed here. My discoveries certainly concern my field of expertise, especially the understanding of structure function relationships in enzymes. For the enzyme family I mostly work with I (1) developed a procedure that enabled the isolation and characterization of a formerly unverified catalytic state, (2) I characterized and modified a highly relevant substrate channel and (3) since the enzyme is usually O2 sensitive I was able to identify the intrinsic O2 protection mechanism of a rare O2 resistant isoform. As you are probably not working in the same field you will simply shrug it off as irrelevant, they are however not irrelevant in my area. But now please let us see your credentials and scientific discoveries that form the basis for bashing Prof. Dawkins.
Great stuff. More of this please. Dawkins is a great man.
I've always thought he only points the obvious out.😮
@@MrBollocks10Have you read any of his books? Read some and you’ll understand.
@@BanjoPixelSnack What STEM subject did YOU graduate in? Yeah, I didn't think so.
Excellent discussion. Very enjoyable and informative.
Thoroughly enjoyed this conversation! Thank you to both Prof Dawkins and the interviewer. Invigorating to hear these discussions with the younger generation of bright and curious aspiring scientists too 👏🏻 Greetings from Denmark 🇩🇰🔬🎓
"The Interviewer" thank you, I was looking for her name and couldn't find it 🤣
@@Marcus_Caius The ladys name is Taryn Southern ☺️
Thank you both so much for a thoroughly enjoyable talk, I'm looking forward to the next!
Hilarious share: Josh Tinnamon is credited in Dawkins The God Delusion.. is now an evangelical Christian. Christ is King & every knee Will bow
Remember that old question about "If you could choose one person, living or dead, to sit next to on an airplane flight, who would it be"? Richard Dawkins would be somewhere in the top 5 for me. Probably #1.
The Miracle of the Atom
The Laws of physics that exist are due to the activity within the atom, which is finely tuned in order for us to exist and as we know atoms are required for life. The main energy level occupied by an electron during orbit is dictated by its fixed distance from the nucleus of the atom. This is relative to electron and proton attraction. There are constants within the atom, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the protons relative to each other. All orbitals that have the same value “N” being the main energy level relates to the quantum number and are said to share the same shell level. Protons are subatomic particles which are charged in relation to the nucleus, electrons are attracted towards them because they have opposite electrical charges; this fine tuning keeps them in orbit around the nucleus making the development of life possible as we know it. The atom is a miracle of design not an accident waiting to happen. Everything is made up of atoms which are finely tuned for the building blocks of life and also they create the environment necessary for the existence of life. The conditions on our own earth in particular are finely tuned being described as biophilic in which life as we know it can flourish.
If any of the fundamental constants like the speed of light or the strength of gravity were to change just a little, then life as we know it would cease to exist. This realization has led some physicists to argue that our universe is intelligently designed, made especially for us, no accident waiting to happen. We live in a finely tuned universe perfectly primed in order to support life.
There is irreducible complexity within the atom never mine the cell as atoms make up cells and are responsible for life as we know it. Atoms are unique and their atomic number dictates what substance or chemical property they have. Carbon for instance has an atomic number of 6 positively charged protons in the nucleus. Atoms are essential building blocks of life, for example the body contains fat which is made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Carbon atoms because of their unique make-up also bond strongly to other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen because they have branches or rings of various sizes that contain thousands of atoms, carbon is quite accommodating with other substances. These have unique atomic numbers that make life possible. Atoms suffer from irreducible complexity because all the electrons, protons and neutrons must be present at the same time in a particular number and order, for the atom to function as a designated substance. This knowledge dispenses with the idea of mutations and natural selection relating to chemical interactions. Life on the earth is based on carbon chemistry. Carbon is used in organic matter such as our bodies for instance in order to maintain life. They silently carry out important chemical reactions within our bodies and they are essential to life on the earth. Carbon atoms make up the sun, stars, comets and the atmosphere of most planets. Carbon is found in coal, oil, diamonds and natural gas deposits. The atom is clearly designed and many physicists now recognise this, but they won’t use the word God or Creator, they would sooner believe aliens were responsible, but the question is then begged who made the aliens?
The term atom really means invisible unit or uncuttable, and for a long time it was thought that the atom could not be split, but when they did, it produced the atomic bomb. An infinite intelligence made the various atoms which are so small and are measured as being one tenth of a billionth of a metre across. They are so small that they cannot be seen under a powerful microscope. We are led to believe that all our sophisticated atoms are derived from an invented primordial complex soup of chemicals which then produced the first living cells. Remember each atom is unique due to its composition and arrangement of subatomic particles relative to the number of protons in the nucleus. This is no accident waiting to happen! A primordial soup is purely fictitious and based on fantasy and imagination because men do not want to retain God in their knowledge.
Jesus did not lie to us concerning him being the Son of God and the Saviour of the world. He said that men shall give an account for every idle word spoken, except they repent of their sins!
She is very lovely. Great show and questions. Thank you.
Thank you for this. I'm very happy to see Richard Dawkins still actively sharing his knowledge & insights with the world. You are loved & appreciated. 🙏
We are blessed to have Richard Sir in our era .... he is awesome, out of this world... incredible ...
Richard and Ms Southern contribute to my sanity during these times
I'm glad you can become a renowned professor without ever being pressured to falsify your research. I just quit my Ph.D. at one medical institute because there was bad research practice and pressure to p-hack, and harking was the general approach to research there. It gives me hope that my experience was just an outlier.
I admire your decision. Richard's answer persuades me that one should never give an inch to the idea that such practices are somehow a necessary evil.
Fantastic Q & A! Thanks to all involved. I really appreciate how Prof. Dawkins gives cautious, non-definitive answers. Uncertainty is a huge part of science - and life - but it very rarely gets communicated well.
Never grow tired of listening to him. He’s like a friend.
I still have four of your books in my shelf -of course, I have read them multiple times. You were the spark that lit my son's scientific mind and he's now in Stanford doing research. Thank you, Richard! You made a difference.
Seriously yes Richard Dawkins is amazing. 😊😊😊
Love me some Dawkins!
Wow, what a treasure trove this is. I’m so thankful to find your channel. 😊
Great video. Enjoy the relaxed format with Richard taking questions from Taryn. Thanks.
Taryn! Been following you online since the 2000s! Wonderful to see you interviewing Prof. Dawkins 💜
what's her second name?
@@ClaversOdhiamboArt Taryn Southern www.youtube.com/@TarynSouthern
Good questions and clear answers. I liked this a lot.
I very much enjoyed the Q&A format as well as the conversational moments that took place. While I hold in high regard Dr Dawkins views, I quite value the conversational aspect that follows his answer because that engagment will surely lead to deeper explanations and understandings spurred by the opening question.
There were several thought provoking moments throught that led me to take some personal notes which, I find, greatly helps to form my own understanding while standing on the shoulder of giants, as it was commented at some point throughout the Q&A.
Looking forward to the next one
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! A trivial question professor Dawkins: how do you catalog and organize your books?
Whether or not aliens look like us depends on the special effects budget of the show you're watching.
thank you Mr Dawkins, you are an inspiration and continue to help ppl think outside the very enforcedly built box which is religion
You sound as vaccinated as Doc Dick Dawkins.
Religion gatekeeps true spirituality. If you can't investigate and see what religions are hiding, you're not going to comprehend your reason for being here. Go within. Your consciousness can travel from your physical body to other realms, and it existed before and after your physical experience now.
@@alexcampbell3032👍 The foolish folks who "trusted the experts" and the fascist corporations who are "immune" from liability, have been learning the hard way and paying for it dearly with their lives. And this is only the beginning of the fallout. Foolish people fooled by the Trojan Horse once again. Social engineering and psychological operations are not something that is encouraged for the plebs to comprehend.
@@alexcampbell3032😂😂😂😂😂
@@alexcampbell3032"You sound as vaccinated as Doc Dick Dawkins" - I assume you mean vaccinated against religion? 😊
Always looked up to this man. I have even more respect for him for having the 🏀🏀 to say everything he said in the last 10 mins of this.
One of the wisest persons in this World.
One of the best science interviews I have seen. Brilliant questions and honest, highly informed and insightful answers by a living legend biologist Richard Dawkins. Thanks for bringing this to us in this wonderful format.
I am seventy years old. I have been brought up in very poor and religion blinded family. Richard Dawkins is source of inspiration and survival
In a world of fake be a richard dawkins. Such great content , learning a great deal.
That was beautiful. I absolutely loved that interview.
Very well done. Dawkins is one of the best communicators of our time. My question to him would be how close are we to understanding that complexity that he defines as life? We can map a genome relatively easily but how close are we to decoding what those genes do, even in simple organisms like bacteria?
Thank you so much for this! I'm so privileged to be able to watch this 🙏🏼
The Miracle of the Atom
The Laws of physics that exist are due to the activity within the atom, which is finely tuned in order for us to exist and as we know atoms are required for life. The main energy level occupied by an electron during orbit is dictated by its fixed distance from the nucleus of the atom. This is relative to electron and proton attraction. There are constants within the atom, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the protons relative to each other. All orbitals that have the same value “N” being the main energy level relates to the quantum number and are said to share the same shell level. Protons are subatomic particles which are charged in relation to the nucleus, electrons are attracted towards them because they have opposite electrical charges; this fine tuning keeps them in orbit around the nucleus making the development of life possible as we know it. The atom is a miracle of design not an accident waiting to happen. Everything is made up of atoms which are finely tuned for the building blocks of life and also they create the environment necessary for the existence of life. The conditions on our own earth in particular are finely tuned being described as biophilic in which life as we know it can flourish.
If any of the fundamental constants like the speed of light or the strength of gravity were to change just a little, then life as we know it would cease to exist. This realization has led some physicists to argue that our universe is intelligently designed, made especially for us, no accident waiting to happen. We live in a finely tuned universe perfectly primed in order to support life.
There is irreducible complexity within the atom never mine the cell as atoms make up cells and are responsible for life as we know it. Atoms are unique and their atomic number dictates what substance or chemical property they have. Carbon for instance has an atomic number of 6 positively charged protons in the nucleus. Atoms are essential building blocks of life, for example the body contains fat which is made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Carbon atoms because of their unique make-up also bond strongly to other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen because they have branches or rings of various sizes that contain thousands of atoms, carbon is quite accommodating with other substances. These have unique atomic numbers that make life possible. Atoms suffer from irreducible complexity because all the electrons, protons and neutrons must be present at the same time in a particular number and order, for the atom to function as a designated substance. This knowledge dispenses with the idea of mutations and natural selection relating to chemical interactions. Life on the earth is based on carbon chemistry. Carbon is used in organic matter such as our bodies for instance in order to maintain life. They silently carry out important chemical reactions within our bodies and they are essential to life on the earth. Carbon atoms make up the sun, stars, comets and the atmosphere of most planets. Carbon is found in coal, oil, diamonds and natural gas deposits. The atom is clearly designed and many physicists now recognise this, but they won’t use the word God or Creator, they would sooner believe aliens were responsible, but the question is then begged who made the aliens?
The term atom really means invisible unit or uncuttable, and for a long time it was thought that the atom could not be split, but when they did, it produced the atomic bomb. An infinite intelligence made the various atoms which are so small and are measured as being one tenth of a billionth of a metre across. They are so small that they cannot be seen under a powerful microscope. We are led to believe that all our sophisticated atoms are derived from an invented primordial complex soup of chemicals which then produced the first living cells. Remember each atom is unique due to its composition and arrangement of subatomic particles relative to the number of protons in the nucleus. This is no accident waiting to happen! A primordial soup is purely fictitious and based on fantasy and imagination because men do not want to retain God in their knowledge.
Jesus did not lie to us concerning him being the Son of God and the Saviour of the world. He said that men shall give an account for every idle word spoken, except they repent of their sins!
Here is a reality check when it comes to good, honest science! The Miracle of the Atom
The Laws of physics that exist are due to the activity within the atom, which is finely tuned in order for us to exist and as we know atoms are required for life. The main energy level occupied by an electron during orbit is dictated by its fixed distance from the nucleus of the atom. This is relative to electron and proton attraction. There are constants within the atom, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the protons relative to each other. All orbitals that have the same value “N” being the main energy level relates to the quantum number and are said to share the same shell level. Protons are subatomic particles which are charged in relation to the nucleus, electrons are attracted towards them because they have opposite electrical charges; this fine tuning keeps them in orbit around the nucleus making the development of life possible as we know it. The atom is a miracle of design not an accident waiting to happen. Everything is made up of atoms which are finely tuned for the building blocks of life and also they create the environment necessary for the existence of life. The conditions on our own earth in particular are finely tuned being described as biophilic in which life as we know it can flourish.
If any of the fundamental constants like the speed of light or the strength of gravity were to change just a little, then life as we know it would cease to exist. This realization has led some physicists to argue that our universe is intelligently designed, made especially for us, no accident waiting to happen. We live in a finely tuned universe perfectly primed in order to support life.
There is irreducible complexity within the atom never mine the cell as atoms make up cells and are responsible for life as we know it. Atoms are unique and their atomic number dictates what substance or chemical property they have. Carbon for instance has an atomic number of 6 positively charged protons in the nucleus. Atoms are essential building blocks of life, for example the body contains fat which is made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Carbon atoms because of their unique make-up also bond strongly to other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen because they have branches or rings of various sizes that contain thousands of atoms, carbon is quite accommodating with other substances. These have unique atomic numbers that make life possible. Atoms suffer from irreducible complexity because all the electrons, protons and neutrons must be present at the same time in a particular number and order, for the atom to function as a designated substance. This knowledge dispenses with the idea of mutations and natural selection relating to chemical interactions. Life on the earth is based on carbon chemistry. Carbon is used in organic matter such as our bodies for instance in order to maintain life. They silently carry out important chemical reactions within our bodies and they are essential to life on the earth. Carbon atoms make up the sun, stars, comets and the atmosphere of most planets. Carbon is found in coal, oil, diamonds and natural gas deposits. The atom is clearly designed and many physicists now recognise this, but they won’t use the word God or Creator, they would sooner believe aliens were responsible, but the question is then begged who made the aliens?
The term atom really means invisible unit or uncuttable, and for a long time it was thought that the atom could not be split, but when they did, it produced the atomic bomb. An infinite intelligence made the various atoms which are so small and are measured as being one tenth of a billionth of a metre across. They are so small that they cannot be seen under a powerful microscope. We are led to believe that all our sophisticated atoms are derived from an invented primordial complex soup of chemicals which then produced the first living cells. Remember each atom is unique due to its composition and arrangement of subatomic particles relative to the number of protons in the nucleus. This is no accident waiting to happen! A primordial soup is purely fictitious and based on fantasy and imagination because men do not want to retain God in their knowledge.
Jesus did not lie to us concerning him being the Son of God and the Saviour of the world. He said that men shall give an account for every idle word spoken, except they repent of their sins!
If my biology teacher had been Richard Dawkins, I probably would have become a biologist.
He makes everything so easy to understand and with such thoughtful and reasoned arguments.
There is no thought and reasonable arguments. He's just telling you what he believes and you're falling for it . He can't tell you what happened after the big bang so how does he know what else happened . If he doesn't know the start he can't know the end or anything in-between. The man's a fraud
@@michaelmarshall9132 That made me laugh, thanks 😂
@@Phil1982 it's sad for you if you think its funny .
I assume your explanation for the creation of the universe is what? A creator?
@@Phil1982 you answered it in your question .
Excellent!!!! I think I have watched all of Dr. Dawkins videos but this is probably my favorite! Succinct/ Deeply Intelligent as always but I loved the conciseness and the interviewer was also wonderful cheerfully pleasant. They have great symmetry.
Enjoyed this whole heartedly and look forward to more of the same. Thank you!❤ Kelle
Great interview I really enjoyed it. I couldent place Taryn Southern at first but then I remember the song ''the wrong hole'' a great spoof. Keep these videos coming they are great.
I love you Richard, big fan from Colombia🎉
Great answers, Dr Dawkins! Learned some things here.
A very good explanation of the scientific method and the checks and balances involved
Always enjoy hearing Sir Richard Dawkins speak. Looking forward to to more episodes and hopefully live shows as well.
Sadly Richard Dawkins has yet to be knighted, but he should be.
Simply interesting !!
Thanks for this 👍🏻
God bless you for just launching right into the interview with no bs!
Richard Dawkins is a God amongst men.
My favorite Dawkins quote "Ohhhhh Mrs Garrison"
I just realized that Richard Dawkins parents lived long lifes. This doesn't ensure the same for Richard, but humanity would certainly gain from it. I hope to see his work spread for many years to come. It is such a relief to know that strong sensible sharp minds still exist in these days, where sheer stupidy seems to be a prefered qualifier in academia.
He said long ago he wouldn't mind being cloned. That isn't a bad idea. An identical twin of Dawkins could only be good news for the world.
@@billscannell93You clearly don't understand epigenetics to make that claim, even monozygotic twins are very distinct from eachother due to gene expression.
@@aqueous2250 Well, clones/twins are about as close as two individuals can get to one another, no? But no, I am not studied in epigenetics. I got most of what I know from Dawkins, though, so he must dumb things down a little for us non-technicals.
Thank You for the Q&A
What a breath of fresh air, topical questions and fantastic answers. I look forward to the next one.
Enjoy! There is nothing woke about the Atom but reality. The Miracle of the Atom
The Laws of physics that exist are due to the activity within the atom, which is finely tuned in order for us to exist and as we know atoms are required for life. The main energy level occupied by an electron during orbit is dictated by its fixed distance from the nucleus of the atom. This is relative to electron and proton attraction. There are constants within the atom, like the size of the electric charge of the electron and the ratio of the masses of the protons relative to each other. All orbitals that have the same value “N” being the main energy level relates to the quantum number and are said to share the same shell level. Protons are subatomic particles which are charged in relation to the nucleus, electrons are attracted towards them because they have opposite electrical charges; this fine tuning keeps them in orbit around the nucleus making the development of life possible as we know it. The atom is a miracle of design not an accident waiting to happen. Everything is made up of atoms which are finely tuned for the building blocks of life and also they create the environment necessary for the existence of life. The conditions on our own earth in particular are finely tuned being described as biophilic in which life as we know it can flourish.
If any of the fundamental constants like the speed of light or the strength of gravity were to change just a little, then life as we know it would cease to exist. This realization has led some physicists to argue that our universe is intelligently designed, made especially for us, no accident waiting to happen. We live in a finely tuned universe perfectly primed in order to support life.
There is irreducible complexity within the atom never mine the cell as atoms make up cells and are responsible for life as we know it. Atoms are unique and their atomic number dictates what substance or chemical property they have. Carbon for instance has an atomic number of 6 positively charged protons in the nucleus. Atoms are essential building blocks of life, for example the body contains fat which is made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms. Carbon atoms because of their unique make-up also bond strongly to other elements such as hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen because they have branches or rings of various sizes that contain thousands of atoms, carbon is quite accommodating with other substances. These have unique atomic numbers that make life possible. Atoms suffer from irreducible complexity because all the electrons, protons and neutrons must be present at the same time in a particular number and order, for the atom to function as a designated substance. This knowledge dispenses with the idea of mutations and natural selection relating to chemical interactions. Life on the earth is based on carbon chemistry. Carbon is used in organic matter such as our bodies for instance in order to maintain life. They silently carry out important chemical reactions within our bodies and they are essential to life on the earth. Carbon atoms make up the sun, stars, comets and the atmosphere of most planets. Carbon is found in coal, oil, diamonds and natural gas deposits. The atom is clearly designed and many physicists now recognise this, but they won’t use the word God or Creator, they would sooner believe aliens were responsible, but the question is then begged who made the aliens?
The term atom really means invisible unit or uncuttable, and for a long time it was thought that the atom could not be split, but when they did, it produced the atomic bomb. An infinite intelligence made the various atoms which are so small and are measured as being one tenth of a billionth of a metre across. They are so small that they cannot be seen under a powerful microscope. We are led to believe that all our sophisticated atoms are derived from an invented primordial complex soup of chemicals which then produced the first living cells. Remember each atom is unique due to its composition and arrangement of subatomic particles relative to the number of protons in the nucleus. This is no accident waiting to happen! A primordial soup is purely fictitious and based on fantasy and imagination because men do not want to retain God in their knowledge.
Jesus did not lie to us concerning him being the Son of God and the Saviour of the world. He said that men shall give an account for every idle word spoken, except they repent of their sins!
Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris are the Best
Dawkins promoted the dangerous RussiaGate hoax for 5 years ( no apology from him) and condemned Julian Assange. Harris attempted to bring the use of torture to the discussion table. Find better people than these to admire.
I have a thought on what Taryn was wondering in regard to emotional pain potentially being maladaptive. I think that either positive or negative emotions are also an effect of evolution, but their "evolutionary reason" comes from how they balance out the interactions between individuals within a group. More so, I think that they are meant mostly to be noticed by others and not only by the entity that lives this experience. If we see someone in pain we understand how they feel, we do not necessarily comprehend the whole situation and we do not understand someone's view, but we understand how they feel, because it's a very simple signal that our brain generates, so we can relate to it. What do we want to do when we see someone in pain? We want to make things better for them, we want to help. Yes, it is more complex than that, but it points to one example of what I mean, where the reason for someone to experience emotions is for others to notice and do something with it when the individual in question cannot. If there are two groups of individuals, one which co-operates and another that doesn't, the statistical probability is that those who do will survive. Survival is bigger than an individual, in the end, what remains is just a blueprint for a species and ideas in the form of DNA and knowledge that we pass on. Individuals only matter in a context, but on a larger scale, the groups matter more.
That’s a really interesting thought 🤔🌻
@@buttercxpdraws8101 Thanks 🤗. I think in general that emotions play a far greater role in our survival than we give credit to them. Emotions are basically a filter for every decision we make. We are capable of seeing the objective state of things, but in the end, we always take the decision which was influenced by our emotional state. I think that intelligence is also overrated, I mean it is important, but I think it is mostly a knowledge build-up over the generations, possibly even across the species as we evolved... and we just got a lot more social at some point, leading to more interactions, cooperation, and therefore faster exchange of information. It is quite possible that intelligence is just that, knowledge that we retained in memory, and depending on the experience we just happened to have, what we know and how has it shaped our moral hierarchy, we become more or less accurate in depicting and acting on reality.
Your intelligence is so comforting and informative.
Thank you for educating people.
Wonderful, thank you Professor. Most enjoyable as your mind always is.
My question: what is that the skull of behind you on the shelf?
A transgender human
Might be of Homo Erectus
Maybe its an Australopithecus. I would also like to know. :)
Just wanted to send you a quick "thank you", Richard. In this (terrible) post-factual world, we currently live in, it gives me hope to listen to a factual and smart person like you. Maybe we are not entirely surrounded by idiocy...
In the real world, in the world we live in, outside of his intellectual bubble, Dawkins has little idea of reality. To condemn Julian Assange is unforgivable, not to mention his 5 years of promoting the dangerous RussiaGate hoax. It's Dawkins who is the idiot.
42:07
Great questions along with high integrity driven answers. Happy New Year
Great way to start the day
I definitely believe in everything Dr. Dawkins says or believes in especially when it comes to god or religion
Don't believe someone who is biased. Dawkins agreed he " does not want there to be a God/Mind...he prefers the universe be based on the Darwinian Principle".
Question for the next QA: Moving 100 years forward what do you think we have found out in biology? Could these findings debunk our current understanding?
debunk what? some detail somewhere? Or some major part of biology?
I can't help but tremble when I hear Richard talk about how our species has evovolved intellectually, and how we stand on the shoulders (the magnificent achievements) of our preceding intellectual giants. It is such a true and powerful statement. In addition, and on a more fundamental level, I'd like to mention our ability to form a plentitude words and complex grammar and document knowledge to convey our collective knowledge and make it persistent and growing.
It was nice to see Taryn’s reaction (19:10) on Richard’s answer on the question about meaning of living without religion. It looked like it was especially satisfying for her as perhaps like for many of us it is a question people will struggle with. For me the answer lies in being aware of how special it is that we are here and think about how everything came to be. We will never know everything but if we did it would perhaps take away the motivation to keep learning. Like Carl Segan said ‘we are the only thing for the universe about itself’. Isn’t that reason enough to live in harmony on this fragile planet for the tiny moment we are here.
I think that when you think about aliens visiting the Earth you have to factor in how likely is it that they are biologically compatible with our planet? Even if the nucleotides or amino acids are different how possible will it be that they could metabolise materials here., Let alone atmospheric gas balances. Would they have to bring a huge food supply and air supply etc. When it comes to historic claims of landings etc then what is the likelihood of materials or waste products, microbes etc proliferating into the environment and being discovered.?
Yes, the air we breathe is remarkably different from what the dinosaurs breathed. I can't imagine what it was when life on earth began. There are countless variables. Yet we all, aliens and ourselves, must be made of stardust.
Get a Clue. The Aliens are here, and Disclosure is coming soon. I suggest you read Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's monumental UAP Amendment, which passed unanimously in the Senate. Voluntary ignorance like Dawkins' is cognitive dissonance.
I am a lucky chunk of biomass, nothing more.
Gratitude for this amazing conversation
What a pleasure to watch.
I like & agree with Richard's point that God should be in the same bracket as Leprechauns & Fairies. If you heard the voices of Leprechauns or Fairies you'd be considered crazy, no doubt. So why is it when a pastor preaches about hearing the voice of God, the same logic isn't considered for them? I guess it's just all to do with money which is why generally the belief of God is normalised.
It's mind boggling indeed. We are nothing more than particles, molecules and brain chemistry and yet people invent flying spaghetti monsters, we should do something about it
It's important to remember that when Dawkins refers to an omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient 'God', he is referring to the God of Religion. He has said that the 'universal fine-tuning argument' is a "good argument" ( for a non-interfering creator) and belief in that God, given the evidence, is a "preference". He , of course, along with Dennett and Krauss, does not WANT there to be a God of any description. ( 'Unbelievable' talk with Francis Collins).
@@briansmith3791 Don’t see why that’s important but okay.
@@r4h4al It's important to differentiate between the false Religious God and a non-interfering Creator.
You can’t hear me speak. I guess I should be in that same bracket as fairies too. Great logic.
At 42 years of age, I am “crossing” my fingers that the “woke” ideology will die naturally and that the simplest and most effective/sensible approach to life’s challenges/expressions of life will unfold naturally and swiftly. Generations to come need our help! To have our evolution bogged down for our children, is a very, very sad possibility! I miss Hitchen’s and I am so, utterly thankful Dawkins is willing to speak forward in these topics……..grateful!
I disagree. Just because some individuals who consider themselves woke (aware of social and political injustices) label and dismiss other individuals or ideas, doesn't mean that the ideology is flawed.
just their selfesh reaction
@@brotherjohnnyxXxX Sure, but sometimes woke ideology is more than awareness of injustice. It’s becoming destructive in some aspects.
@@Babesinthewood97sure, woke to the extreme can be destructive. But practically anything to extremes can be destructive.
"Woke" at the moment is just a boogeyman label for those attacking progressive thinking.
@@Babesinthewood97could you tell few exemples? And what about the old racist or very right ideologies which are raising? They could not ve the best alternative in my opinion
Richard Dawkins helps me to deal with stress because his down-to-earth, scientific answers reminds me that the Universe is the way it is and human life is the way it is and having problems, struggles, difficulties is a part of human experiance.
As always R. Dawkins and his reasoning, logic is clear and in the end quite obivous (what is good in this case), what should be for every healthy mind clear ! I wish much health mr Dawkins !
The universe is mind-bogglingly huge. I think it's safe to say that other life forms may exist on other planets. Them looking exactly like us is extremely unlikely, because our appearance is the result of billions of years of evolution.
is mind-bogglingly empty as well
Yet its contained in a bubble
@@JP-xd6fm much more empty then 99.9999999%
@@mikemiller659 That's a theoretical concept that is difficult to prove or disprove.
The Universe is huge, thus time is huge.
42:22 - "One should honor that and respect that. But, that doesn't mean they really have become the other sex."
But, then they argue that sex and gender are two separate things, one is physical, the other psychological, and it feels like they're trying to find wiggle-room, where there is none, because even though we can scientifically make that distinction now, even when their dysphoria makes them feel not like a woman or not a like man, not like either, in-between, fluid, back and forth...etc. it still doesn't change that they cannot completely become one or the other, or neither, no matter how much they feel like it.
And even more than a cis woman saying they're a man, a cis man saying they're a woman, completely, and everyone should treat them as such, in all areas of life, is not only absurd, it is disrespectful to cis women, who have to go through a different sort of puberty, with lasting processes that cis males, even after surgeries, on blockers, through therapy simply don't have to experience and endure, to give just one crucial area where there are unalterable differences, to speak nothing of lasting physical attributes, evident, even after all the surgeries, blocking, therapy and treatment they can have, that can still give them an advantage in sports.
Those who continue to ignore this are so "woke" they're willfully blind and dogmatically so.
Humankind needs more people like Him.
tq for existing. pls stay with us a little bit longer.
Humans... Always thinking that everything in the universe is about them. On an individual basis...
so damn true!
Wherever you go, there you are. We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
Dinosaurs lasted 1000 times longer on earth than us. They would still be at the top of the food chain if they weren’t wiped out.
Therefore if there are aliens (spoiler alert - there aren’t) they are much more likely to be dinosaurs, rather than humanoid.
Aliens are more likely than not. What's not reasonable is to think they have visited us.
Spoiler alert - It is absolutely certain, beyond question, that there are aliens. The question is how far away from us are they and at what level of development are they. If they have not mastered the level of science and technology that will allow them to travel between star systems, then exactly what their physical form is could vary considerably, though there are some convergent types of evolution likely to occur in which ever species on some alien planet evolves into a race technologically advanced as we are.
Once any technologically developing race achieves the ability to travel between stars, with that will come a mastery of nanotech cybernetics and all that such a mastery includes. Thus, any aliens traveling between star systems, including future evolved humans, will pretty much look like whatever they want, being able to grow custom designed nanotech cybernetic bodies which blend living and nonliving systems from subcellular scales to macro scales and be able to switch between bodies as they want or even use multiple bodies at once.
So, if an extraterrestrial alien showed up on Earth now and presented itself to humanity, it would be virtually certain to appear to be a human who is superhumanly intelligent, knowing all languages like a native speaker, understanding all cultures, all religions, all political groups, and in general understanding humanity as a whole far better than humans do.
Fortunately for humanity there is no evidence of such extraterrestrial aliens being on Earth, because if they were here it would be very bad for humanity. So, while there is small chance such aliens are present and keeping their presence secret, more likely we have yet to encounter such aliens and hopefully will not until we have at least colonized most of the galaxy.
He didn't actually say humanoid. His meaning was more like: We would expect eyes, ears, legs and so on in some form rather that other solutions for these. I think he would still consider a world of dinosaurs to be like ours.
love the spoiler alert, like he said no one actually knows or can know, but glad you managed to travel the universe to figure it out for us all
@@Accolonian I agree and I for one would not dismiss a space velocoraptor as inferior
One of the benefits of the Internet is lectures, Q&As such as this which were previously only available to University students or those who could afford the cost and/or the travel expence to attend.
Thank you, Prof Dawkins, for taking the time to address questions! I second the above comment, please live forever!
42:10 She didn't ask a question about sex (male/female). Man/woman is about gender. He's considered among the best scientist in the world on these matters. As astonishing as it is disappointing. Edit: He clearly knows the difference between sex and gender but refuses to be precise. Just sowing confusion.
I'm glad he's speaking facts
@@MissGigglesdotcomhe's not. He's just viewing "gender" through the lens of biological sex and excluding psychology and social cultural perspectives on gender.
How can you define gender without reference to sex? Aren't they pretty inextricable?
@@adalette That's a good question, but still an open one. In scientific discourse (of which this podcast is a part), "inextricably linked" is far from being the same. It's simply unethical for an authority in biology to not clearly dileneate basic concepts like sex and gender. Dr Dawkins, a scientist I respect, seems to think otherwise, and I can't figure out why. /smh
@@JaxWylds In commonsense, everyday understanding, gender is simply the social aspect of sex. Doesn't any discussion of social issues need to start from the status quo and move from there? I can understand the desire for radical change-I'm certainly not someone well-served by gender as it currently is-but that will never happen by denying our social reality, like trans activists seem wont to.
❤ Richard Dawkins. Thank you so much for speaking. These conversations are so interesting and inspiring
A thouroughly wonderful Q & A. Thank you
Great as always! A bay of reason and thoughtfulness.
Very interesting. Great questions.
It's always interesting to listen to RD and this format is welcome if a little safe. Show me the evidence!
I hope Mr Dawkins continuous to share his views in this effective format.
This was fantastic!
We are so blessed to have someone of such super geniusness figure out lifes questions for us
If you listen to what he actually says - he believes there are no answers except maybe Natural Selection - which is agnostic as to meaning or a purpose. A human life is a mere collection of impulses as the brain perceives and then the life simply ends.
i very much enjoyed that. thank you for sharing.
Anyone classy enough to have Dr. Dawkins on their channel gets instant respect from me. Good job 👍
Taryn Southern is really charming and fits well to Richard Dawkins