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Richard Dawkins on the strangeness of science: TEDTalks



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http://www.ted.com Mind-expanding talk that probes the limits of human understanding: Why can't we see atoms? Why can't we hear color? How can we understand randomness? Dawkins suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us because the human mind has evolved mainly to understand other humans -- and to look for human motives even in natural processes. Thus, we create a humanlike God to explain phenomena we can't otherwise comprehend; right or wrong, we're simply wired for it. Dawkins is Oxford's Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, and the author of the landmark 1976 book The Selfish Gene and the 2006 bestseller The God Delusion. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK)


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First he never ... ( 2 weeks ago by icognito01)
First he never affirmed 100%, just that it was highly unlikely. And saying something is highly improbable is more realistic than saying something is 100% real. Hey, a flying spaghetti monster exist 100%, do you have proof that it doesn't?
What would Jesus do? Jesus would tell us to use our brain!
Err, no. There is ... ( 2 weeks ago by hackenbollox)
Err, no. There is simply no need for god in our current model. No good scientist would ever discount the possibility completely, because that would be bad science. However; it is clear from the model we have that any being with complexity enough to design a universe could only come into being through a process of evolution by natural selection. That would make a mockery of the whole concept of a deity. Ergo: there almost certainly is no god.
After the success ... ( 2 weeks ago by kjyq4782)
After the success of the Cromwell bit, funny how he paused, expecting laughter at the Iguanodon joke but no one laughed.
jebus would die on ... ( 2 weeks ago by Nowekian)
jebus would die on a cross! but not before lighting someone on fire and sending them to hell! Go jebus!
Jesus would tell us ... ( 2 weeks ago by Godlesscod)
Jesus would tell us to use our brain! <<
I assume that's before Jesus tells us that drinking deadly things won't harm us ;)
The Ted Talks are ... ( 2 weeks ago by jaqzzzz)
The Ted Talks are fantastic, Dawkins is a brilliant man. Yet, this is the most diluted meaningless ramblings of all the Ted talks. Occaisional good qoutes only. Perhaps he pleasures himself with his rambling mind as much as his other body parts as he mentioned.
This guy worships himself. :(
Check out the other Ted Talks/ Great stuff
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Check out
LOL ( 2 weeks ago by AVFCbones)
LOL
The Text Comments ... ( 2 weeks ago by andrewjohngordon)
The Text Comments are fantastic, jaqzzzz is a stup man. And, this is the most diluted meaningless ramblings of all the Text Comments. Occaisional good qoutes only. Perhaps he pleasures himself with his rambling mind as much as his other body parts as he mentioned.
This guy worships himself. :(
Check out the other Text Comments/ Great stuff
yw
Check out
There are alot of ... ( 1 week ago by Zigiwy)
There are alot of great TED-talks for sure. This is one of them. The idea of Middle World, for example, is brilliant. Try to listen to this talk without prejudice and see if you can fathom Dawkins' genius.
beatiful concepts, ... ( 1 week ago by iurak6868)
beatiful concepts, a great TED talk
Array ( 1 week ago by ItsTheWooo)
excrement = funnay
extinct creatures = NOT FUNNAY
I personally thought the "vile monster jail is too good for you" human-reasoning part deserved a chuckle.
OMG dawkins uses a ... ( 6 days ago by hassiand)
OMG dawkins uses a mac
I love these TED ... ( 6 days ago by arcticfox1)
I love these TED talks. Great brainfood.
atheism. think ... ( 5 days ago by Raedan23)
atheism. think different.
Dawkins is superb, ... ( 3 days ago by tectonic08)
Dawkins is superb, yet again. He is articulate, understandable, intelligent, and what he says is so true.
pseudoscientific ... ( 3 days ago by bisbas3232)
pseudoscientific lies!!!
for all th I.D. ... ( 2 days ago by Bertranddegaul)
for all th I.D. People out there
Intelligent. Design. In. Our. Time = I.D.I.O.T.
perhaps a nice abriviation for your movement?
Dawkins is ... ( 2 days ago by skmenon23)
Dawkins is articulate. But I wonder.. If all beliefs r all reduce-able to a few chemicals passing through the neural synapses,and all memory or the mind is a sum of certain stored proteins in the amygladys and hippocampus in the brain, then isn't atheism also thoughts and therefore chemicals that can be changed somehow, say by an electric shock;then what is the guarantee that Dawkins will not deny all this atheism one day and becomes a believer, like many other darwinians have done in the past?
Wherever Dawkins ... ( 2 days ago by vilxan)
Wherever Dawkins goes, there seems to be a band of atheists that follow him.
I'm not trying to be funny because it's true!
Well what I like ... ( 2 days ago by Kovaji)
Well what I like about Dawkins is that he is always willing to admit the limits of his, and all knowledge. For example when asked in an interview with Bill Maher if there was a chance that god does exist, he admitted that while he is fairly sure he does not, he is not certain, nor can he be. So yes, it's possible, though unlikely.
All religions claim ... ( 1 day ago by MajorPoles)
All religions claim to see miricules, shurly they cant all be right? Believing is imagining.
Array ( 1 day ago by drakionx)
Vilxan:
It is true.
I dare say he is a modern legend. He brings "new" ideas, and implores us to toss out the medieval shackles of religion. Mind you I'm not one of his followers (yet). Heck, I don't even have his books.
He fights on the behalf of Science and Atheists, why wouldn't he have groupies? He's the intelligent, rational man's rockstar.
Array ( 1 day ago by drakionx)
Skmenon23:
So you're saying that you hope his fear of death overwhelms his rational thought process and engulfs him?
Some have had this happen, yes, or something similar.
But I ask you, why do believers become Atheists? Maybe they just stopped pretending? I for one hate lies, and to lie to myself is beyond comprehension.
Irreducible ... ( 1 hour ago by whatwasjimthinking)
Irreducible complexity is not a hypothesis, because it is not science. If you can't test it, it isn't science. Science seeks to understand how something works, and by just stamping 'god did it' on things we learn nothing. All I.D. does is replace a question mark with another question mark. We all know the goal of I.D. is to try and undermine science and shoe-horn god into schools. Funny that the 'designer" could be Zeus or Odin, or even an alien too. I.D was disproved in court as not science.



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