The Annual Lecture in Memory of Charles Darwin 2/2 | Prof. Richard Dawkins | Darwin's Five Bridges

The First Annual Lecture in Memory of Charles Darwin by The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities hosted Prof. Richard Dawkins, Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford, in Jerusalem.
Darwin’s Five Bridges: The power of a scientific theory may be measured as a ratio: all that it explains divided by all that it needs to assume in order to do the explaining. By this measure Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection is arguably the most powerful theory ever. It needs to assume so little in order to explain so much.
But was Darwin the true originator? The lecture will argue that five conceptual bridges had to be crossed in order to arrive at the modern theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin crossed four of them. Other claimants such as Patrick Matthew and Alfred Wallace crossed two or three of them. The fifth bridge led to the modern genetic theory of natural selection. And is there, perhaps, a sixth bridge? כולל תרגום לעברית בכתוביות

[@venkataponnaganti]

What a profound lecture.
I always admired RD for his genius and guts and commitment to Evolution.

[@studioelb]

Well accomplished as always Mr. Dawkins. ❤

[@notanemoprog]

Thank you for sharing!

[@venkataponnaganti]

🎉

[@user-ex1fq6oz4p]

למה אין תרגום לעברית

[@whatabouttheearth]

There is now

[@asaiira]

0:25 exactly why israel is very important. Like a gem in coal mine.

[@amendlowitz]

Evolution, said Prof. Dawkins in the Q and A, is "the explanation for our existence and the existence of all life..." and he said he preferred to be a bit militant in that regard "with all guns blazing" . But his statement is not very precise. It may be an explanation for the evolution of all life, including human life. But it is far from an explanation of the existence of "life". That has yet to be scientifically explained.

[@kaiserkhan9832]

Its a hypothesis that stands against many sciwentific tests but not other. So it is not a fact yet

[@nadjiguemarful]

Funny how this world renoun athiest can give a lecture in one of the world's only theocrasies and not object at all.. Similar to how Sam Harris criticizes all religions except for one of them. I find it interesting

[@kaiserkhan9832]

Of course he does. You are delusional

[@nadjiguemarful]

@@kaiserkhan9832 Show me his criticism of the Zionist state and their atrocities, which is 100% based on their tribalist racist religious book. This lecture is literally given inside that state you clown.

[@kaiserkhan9832]

@@nadjiguemarful zionist? Arabs sold that state . Google his criticism of israel . Plenty of stuff

[@nadjiguemarful]

@@kaiserkhan9832 Shtup Rabbi