Seth Andrews Interviews Richard Dawkins
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- On September 24th, Richard Dawkins' new book, "An Appetite For Wonder: the Making of a Scientist" released worldwide.
Four days later in Washington DC, Dawkins sat down for a one-hour conversation with Seth Andrews, host of the online community and radio show "The Thinking Atheist," to talk about a variety of subjects...including childhood, music, evolution, apologist "fleas," Christopher Hitchens and the memoir itself.
Thanks to The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science for making this interview possible. (www.richarddawk...)
Really refreshing to see an interviewer letting Richard complete answering questions, rather than butting in half way through.
Seth is really good. Very nice voice to listen to also. Best thing might be how he is so quick to emphasise that he is not the expert but someone still learning. That is probably ther reason why he let Richard finish He was so eager to learn. I think it's also the best I have ever heard Dawkins since he wasnt being stressed.
i wanna give Richard and Seth a high five for being so awesome.
Dawkins seems like such a nice, humble guy. It's a shame Christians portray him as arrogant.
Christianity poisons everything
Às if some Chtidtians are not arrogant?
When they have no valid evidence with which to respond, they resort to name calling. Thus, anyone who questions the existence of anything supernatural, is called a fool by believers. Their beliefs are so fragile that they become reactionary at the drop of a hat (or a hint😂).
Oddly enough, Santa Clause is how I realized that the bible was just another fantasy. At 13 after I told my dad I was an atheist he asked me to read the bible. When I was done he asked me if I was ready to accept Jesus. I told him it's an interesting story, but it's fiction just like Santa Clause.
Theists don't realise that reading the Bible AFTER your "Bible Glasses" have slipped off is a really good way to push you further into disbelief.
But the thing is, St. Nicholas aka Santa Claus was a real person. He was a monk who actually did make gifts and leave them for people in the village outside the monastery walls. So really Santa claus is more real than Jesus.
@@joebaxley1503 just like a jesus a mere man bolstered to a mythical state that was combined with so many other figures to create what we call them today
This was a terrific interview. Great job, Seth.
It's always been strange to me that Dawkins is pitched as a mean person out to insult and berate people. The man is as gentle as they come. He's as biting and vitriolic as a jar of mayonnaise. But when you dismantles another's worldview, no matter how gently and politely, a narrative is invented about you to convince others that staying away from you is prudent. "Dawkins is mean-hearted and wretched" is a great excuse to not listen to the man. So sad.
Indeed. Truly, the only one of the four horsemen that could even seem that way would have been Christopher Hitchens, hence the Hitchslap, and he is dead. Dan Dennet is soft spoken, Sam Harris is always so calm and rarely raises his voice, speaking rhythm, or intonation, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali isn't too intimidating. The only one alive that could be considered confrontational and kinda a jerk would be Matt Dillahunty, and even he isn't necessarily. He just doesn't let BS carry on for too long, isn't afraid to cut someone short, and dishes back to people the respect they give him.
The more I've been exposed to the same sort of *people* Dawkins has been, some of the most horrible, conniving con artists in religion, the more I can see where that sort of cynicism comes from. It hurts to be attacked by people you're simply trying to convince have been mislead.
Have you seen mayonnaise? It is *evil* .
Did you know that mayonnaise is the 3 largest killer in Latvia
...is a fact I just made up?
BenjiThomaz : Honesty sometimes can be brutal to ones ego..
Richard is such a sweetheart, I don't see how anyone can dislike him :')
Remember... Those people are completely, and utterly INSANE!
A Brilliant Man! Seth is also great to listen to. Excellentt reasoning.
I love it when Richard Dawkins smiles, it makes me happy :)
Dawkins is such a great example to us all, both in his intellectuality and honesty, as well as his bravery - his willingness to put himself out in the public representing a fairly unpopular, though hopefully growing, position. I love the guy. He would be a great one with whom to sit down to a dinner conversation. I hope he fully recovers from his recent stroke.
What a awesome interview. One of the best Ive ever seen
3:00 I went to a religious funeral recently for a relative and it was downright disappointing. Her name was mentioned once, copy+pasted into the most generic sermon I had ever listened to (and being religious for 18 years I had heard quite a few). It wasn't an event about her at all. I finally had to excuse myself and hold my own "memorial" of reflecting over her life alone. It just didn't feel right otherwise.
what a wonderful interview, I have been listening to all of Seth Andrews past podcast and he said he had recorded this to video and I just had to watch this.
Richard seems like such a cool guy
Until he feels the heat of hell, he won't be "cool" no more
Leyo Salsero that's right. only religion can make someone say that someone else needs to burn to death forever. im sure your so proud to say that about someone just for having a different opinion than you. What a sick person you are to think that about others. No atheist would say you are going to burn forever. that takes religion.
They don't have to burn for ever, it's really easy to avoid hell my friend, this is nm to a matter of opinion, this is not a matter of philosophy, this is a matter of a true deity, the real God, the power of God to save, transform and heal! This n it a matter of what you think is right nor what you think is wrong it's a matter of what the word of God says! This is not about religion nor being religious! This is about Jesus dying on the cross! Believe and you will be saved and spared from eternal condemnation. ..
Leyo Salsero The doctrine of Hell is one of the main reasons why Christianity is a mentally unhealthy religion. Realise that there is no evidence that the metaphysical tenets of Christianity are true, and that faith is without virtue or utility, and you have taken a big step toward freeing yourself from the Bronze Age shackles of your mind.
Leyo Salsero any more dumbass
I kind of hate the fact that this interview at: 5/19/2015 only has 48,414 views, while videos with eye-catching titles have hundred of thousands to the millions of views. This NEEDS attention TBH. People love arguments and violence rather than calm, peaceful, and collected interviews/discussions. It's a bit weird, but as observable through human history, I guess it's an evolutionary thing to lean towards the violence. Survival Instinct IMO. I mean look at fights: people swarm over the fighters and try to see the action. An argument in the room, people look and crowd those involved.
+Ferroh The views will come in time.
What a great, informative and warm interview. Thank you Seth and everyone else involved.
Probably one of the few times he's been interviewed by a sane person. :P
A huge "fangirl" moment for me, and this is at least as interesting to me as the Four Horsemen discussion.
The two people I would want to meet most in the world, are Richard and Seth.
// 'nuff ass kissing.
Dawkins rules!
Humbling how smart some of these people are.
Wonderful interview Seth! Watching Richard's animated response was very endearing.
A truly delightful interview. Thank you.
Excellent interview. It was great getting to see an interview that talked to the man himself rather than simply the man's works.
Absolutely agree. I think this is a superb interview due equally to the parts played by both interviewer and interviewee.
Such a cool, well spoken and intelligent guy! I hope he gets well soon so that we can hear more from him.
My goodness, that smile at 59:23! I love that!
59:23
I wish I had the chance to speak with Dawkins. The guy is so smart
Yep. A brilliant mind. We disagree on very little (I found the term "Brights" rather horrid, and don't appreciate him using the term "Darwinist", but otherwise find him to be spot on)
I would hope so.
What a fantastic interview! I loved every moment of it.
Finally got to listen to this. Job well done Seth!
I just noticed that the cover art for 'The Selfish Gene" was painted by Desmond Morris, the author of "The Naked Ape" (1967) that described humans as fitting the spectrum of evolution with our similarities to existing apes! Desmond Morris worked for Nobel Prize winner Niko Tinbergen, Dawkins' mentor at Balliol College, Oxford. Morris & Dawkins are both PhD Zoologist/Ethologists ; )
My brother, who was studying in his under-graduate biology courses in '67, gave me a copy of the 'Naked Ape', and had already done a fine job of teaching me about evolution. That book really opened my eyes to the amazing elegance of genetics, and to it's expression in the startling similarities we share with our furry cousins. The first time I learned about evolution, it seemed perfectly plausible to me because I didn't have the yoke of supernatural belief blocking my mind; I'd already been an Atheist (skeptic) for a decade. It made perfect sense.
For 50 years now, I've been fascinated with life sciences, and worked in that field along with biomedical sciences, though mostly as a mechanical engineer. I only became aware of Richard Dawkins about 7 years ago, but have been an admirer ever since!
I really enjoyed the interview!
Prof Dawkin's seems like such a charming fellow.
29:43 "The oxygen of respectibility". This phrase beautifully describes what creationists are craving.
VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND ,HOW CAN A MAN WITH SUCH A HIGH LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING/KNOWLEDGE CAN DEBATE WITH LUNATICS ,WHO ARE STILL BOGGED IN BELEIF.PROF DAWKIN IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN AVOIDING THESE FREAKS OF EVOLUTION.
muhammed shafiq I AGREE! WHY ARE WE SHOUTING?
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT! BUT I AGREE ALSO!
I disagree with Dawkins about the fairy tales. I always loved the fantasy genre the most and am extremely rational and skeptical. My children will grow up knowing that these things are just fun stories and games. “No, dragons don’t really exist, but aren’t they fun to imagine sweetie?”
Sensational interview! Don't know why it took me so long to come to it, but how lucky I am to have done so. You're the best sort of interviewer, Seth, one who asks succinct questions then let your guest talk uninterrupted. Glad you asked him a lot of personal and science questions! Bravo to you both.
When I was a kid I learned a lot about the greek myths, they are very useful as a general education because they are referenced everywhere in ways I can't begin to list. More importantly though, learning about these gods who were clearly believed in by an entire civilization before the supposed birth of christ made it much easier to discount christianity when I was eventually faced with it.
I was thankfully not raised religious at all, if you have kids and aren't a believer please consider teaching or telling your kids myths, it might help them understand religions more easily.
You should look into Canaanite myths. You'll come to see how the Canaanites and early Hebrews were originally polytheists and henotheists long before monotheism became fashionable. It's a bit ironic in a way how Christians and Jews deny evolution and yet their Yahweh worshiping religion seems to have evolved over the centuries.
As a child my family never told me that god does not exit however I quickly picked up that divine superstition is a pathetic explanation for the unknown. Though as a child there were many aspects of evolution such a how a hairy primate becomes a homo sapien I did not understand I did not find divine explanations to be a satisfying answer. The most exciting rush you can get is when you finally find suitable explanations such as small random variations and deep time. As one of Richard Dawkins’s book apply says ...there is a magic in reality.
two of the nicest chaps you'd ever want to meet. i chose intellect over religious hope everytime.
Great guy and always has been. The Christians create a false narrative of arrogance with Dawkins. Nevertheless he is always a gentleman..
My hero Richard dawkins long life and good health
That was a pro interview Seth! Theistic detractors will accuse atheists of being cloying over yourself and Dawkins, but it was nice being able to see him relax a little into a safe and intelligent environment. As you have done for so many of us, I think you provided him a little oasis of rationality and understanding which he is not often afforded in the media. Love ya work!
I love anything DAWKINS but his hate-mail readings are the best! Just another way he turns someone's stupidity into joy for others.
That was a brilliant interview with Richard Dawkins, what a charming man he truly is. I could listen to him talking forever. Every word he speaks makes total sense to me, he makes me feel more in tune with the reality of our world and universe. I hope his Theist adversaries see this, and get off their high horses about him. Thank you Seth. :-)
He's right people putting all their energy into the supernatural miss the mystery and wonder of this natural world.
The last part almost made me cry. I was already an atheist but I used to feel so alone, until Richard Dawkins arrived, and then I felt so empowered and I no longer felt fear of hell. Richard Dawkins changed the life of this tormented mexican.
I was reading fairy tales from a young age, followed by Bullfinche's Mythology. I wasn't allowed to read the Old Testament. IMy Mother didn't feel a young person should be exposed to some of the things in it. I have a feeling you also didn't want to explain the things I would have asked about. I was given a childs picture bible which I read along with my fairy tales and comic books. I do think this freed me from Shackles. NO Santa Claus or tooth fairy either. We did elebrate Christmas as a family time.
*celebrate, you wrote elebrate.😁😂
I agree entirely with Richard Dawkins when he says he finds the whole prospect of eternity frightening.
It's more than enough to think of the universe being so vast and growing vaster at such a rate that we humans could never hope to explore more than a tiny, tiny speck of it. That Humanity could set foot on Mars in my lifetime would be sufficiently gratifying.
But to think of being in Heaven, any Heaven - forever! - grovelling before a deity, being careful of everything I said and did, always scared to criticise or offer opinion, wandering around a garden (probably without being able to change a thing - which would be torture for me as a gardener) and - if the Jehovah's Witnesses are to be believed - eating nothing but fruit. Good grief - fruit forever? Grovelling, praising and fear forever? No thanks! Oblivion at the end of this life would be preferable to any deistic alternative!
Richard Dawkins is awesome!
Do you know him personally? or is it that he agrees with your views?
Its so easy to get you atheists angry rather than having a conversation Please go and buy a bar of soap for your mouth
***** AHAHAH Look at his profile ! What fucking moron !
Human stupidity is fucking amazing... :)
John Riley Don't you think we have all tried to have a decent conversation with religious people?
Of course most of us have, only to figure out that their brains are so fucked by all the brainwashing they've received since they were 3 that we are wasting our fucking time and sometimes our fucking patience!
FUCK!!!
I repeat why can't atheists stop getting angry you shout and ball swear and basically add nothing to any honest conversation or debate. Listen Battery9876 if you are a representative for atheists is it any wonder an honest talk could ever be achieved? NO You forever wanting evidence for the existence of God and yet lack the ability to believe anything that comes out of your own mouths except swearing? Why don't you just say any evidence would be unacceptable even if God were to appear you would still deny it as proof why don't you be honest and say we don't want to be accountable to God for our wrong doing
It's called a close-up. It's called the Rule of Thirds. And I'm not interviewing the top of his head.
Two brilliant people in a brilliant interview, hope the world would bring more people like them in the future!
The end made me cry. Richard Dawkins is so sweet there when you thank him for his part in your deconversion. ;)
Dawkins is a genius. In no way scientists should debate creationists. It's a waste of time, and it should add points on the creationists side, as if they had something interesting to defend.
I've listened to the interview three times now--can't wait to take the time to watch this and absorb it all again! Both of these men changed my life for the better.
27:41 "Her desire to believe is simply greater than her desire to know." Good quote Seth. I'll carry that one around with me.
I love this! I left religion at 40 and am catching up like crazy.
Fantastic. I've been listening and reading Richard for a year or so, Hitchens before that, and recently found Seth Andrews website, and this is just fantastic.
Richard Dawkins is a gem on this planet ....he should be well taken care of
At the end of the day if you want to be remembered after death respect other people.
Hey seth youve got a great phrase to plug your book at 60:13 Great interview keep working like this
I'm just now waking up to all the BS I been taught. But its comforting that I have the support of my family and friends to rely on.
I just keep educating myself and I'm excited about all the things ill discover.
Discussing consciousness is behavior it causes and discussing the brain isn't. This means atheism is a lie. Do you have any idea the number of papers God hating so called "scientists" have published on their beliefs "the brain produces the mind"? I knew my brain embodied my intentions instead of causing them when I was about five years old. Stay away from God haters, they'll destroy your intuition.
1. Evolution and science by definition are not religions because they do not follow faith-based mantras.
2. How do you know that non-physical things exist without presuming they do beforehand? A properly thinking person doesn't declare anything to exist unless there's rational reasons to support it.
3. Nice straw man fallacy.
4. The religious are equally as obsessed with other people's beliefs. You readily dismiss other faiths as nonsense and try to convert them to yours.
I teach English as a Second Language, and I shall use this video to show my students perfect examples of British snd American English pronunciation. Andrews and Dawkins are a PLEASURE to listen to.
Like Donald Nadeau in the comment below I also think that all those people, and many others not named are brave and honest. I particularly admire Seth Andrews though. After all he was once a typically American 6000 year old earth Fundie "lunatic" himself. He was very deeply enmeshed in it being a preacher himself. To have worked out for himself that his indoctrination was wrong and to learn the basics of science is a pretty remarkable thing. But to come out as an atheist is truly remarkably brave of him on many levels. He is interesting, funny, honest, a well known atheist and fights against Christian fundamentalism and religion very vigorously. He's a very interesting person as this interview with Richard Dawkins shows. It's very good to see that some of the leaders of American fundamentalism can actually get themselves out of it and it bodes well for the future. All of his talks, interviews and so on are very interesting and show his great strength of character. I really enjoyed listening to his interview of Richard Dawkins here.
Why can't people who give lectures hand out notes? Never understood why that wasn't a Thing!
Music at the begining: The Prodigy - Wild Frontier
i feel like richard is on a different level.this interview had to be a bit intimidating and its hard not to read dawkins coming off as condesending.i love everything you do seth.its 2023 where are you??!!!
Love any interview with Richard Dawkins. He should be in the #BritishKnighthood by now. It's overdue and well deserved.
@ thesuperjohn57 As a scientist, more specifically an eminent evolutionary biologist Proffessor Dawkins is well within his field to state that factual claims made by religions are total bollocks (specifically supernatural creation ones). And as an intelligent, well versed and compassionate human being he is perfectly justified, in fact obliged to speak out against the harmful influence of religion on society.
A wonderful and fascinating interview.
Seth is a great interviewer... because he *listens and doesn't interrupt,* which is rare in today's media.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Richard Dawkins has expanded my mind and it will never go back to where it was before.
I've read several of Dawkins' books. Even believers can learn a lot about biology from this dedicated man to evolutionary biology. A true academic
It's sad that Christians think Dawkins is an arrogant man just because he's bold enough to challenge them. The real Dawkins seems like a pretty humble guy.
I do have a problem with politicians claiming religious views it shows how stupid they are our country was running from religion so we could have freedom of religion and separation of church and state that's what we was founded on freedom first
What a beautiful interview.. So honest and true. Thank you for sharing .
So often, atheists are speaking to or with passionate theists. It's really refreshing and informative to watch an exchange between two confirmed atheists who are incredibly educated.
I love his concept of what a professor should be to a student. I'd love to go back to college just to have him as a biology prof. I suppose that's why I thoroughly enjoy reading his books -- he's great at inspiring people to learn about the wonder of the subject at hand.
A perspective often overlooked is the second-person projection encountered in I-thou relationships. In such relationships, we relate to others not as an object, but as a subject. Experiencing the other as a subject is incompatible with the notion that others could be mindless zombies. Dynamic relationships need specific foundations in their relata, and the required foundation of I-thou relationships is both parties being subjects.
Richard Dawkins radically encourages his legions of followers to mock & ridicule the sacred, divine & holy people of this world. I've never heard him say one intelligent thing, not a single note of intelligibility "That raises the larger problem of who designed the designer?" No, God is immutable and has no before or after. A cursory understanding of the Summa Theologiae destroys all claims of greatness in Dawkins rants.
Sounds to me like you've only read his works on religion (which, I might note, is NOT his area of expertise) but never once looked at his writings on biology, ie "The Blind Watchmaker" or "The Ancestor's Tale". There are two aspects to the man, and when you read his writings on biology, this is where he really shines because 1) he knows what he's talking about, and 2) as I said before, he's great at explaining it to people and sharing his wonder and joy in the subject.
Choose to see what you want. I'm sure whatever else I show you, you'll see nothing else.
Thank you for the warm & honest reply. I have a Holy Cross on a mountain (111 years), and it means more to me, your forthrightness, than I can express in words.
It's Dawkins' positions on biology that form the foundation of his religious beliefs, and that's where my focus begins. The last page of The Blind Watchmaker:
However improbably a large scale change may be smaller changes are less improbable. And provided we postulate a sufficiently large series of sufficiently finely graded intermediaries, we shall be able to derive anything from anything else, without invoking astronomical improbabilities.
Your penny analogy does not match what happens with evolution, which is more like a game of Yahtzee or 5-card-draw. If you were to play a hand of either of these and randomly roll dice (or draw cards), then you'd rarely end up with a winning hand, to be sure. But, as are the rules with both games, you can *keep what works*, but discard what doesn't. Evolution works in the exact same way -- the genes that "work" (in this case, are able to survive and have offspring) are the ones that are kept, but the ones that don't work are discarded and rerolled. This is a common misperception of evolution -- some aspects are random, but some are not. A mutation may be random, but it's predictable if the genes for white fur will benefit a bear in the forest vs a bear in the arctic regions: The white bear in the forest will be easily spotted and killed when young, but the one in the arctic will blend in well with the snow and survive. It's not all random as you make it out to be.
Oh, and by the way -- As for religion influencing Dawkin's point of view, this may be the case, but it's not necessarily so for many atheists. For that matter, there are plenty of Christians who've learned to balance their faith with the reality of evolution (most notably the Catholic church). Ergo: If you intend to convert people by disproving evolution, you're barking up the wrong tree.
It's great to hear/watch someone interview a person they respect as greatly as Seth respects Richard Dawkins. This was fabulous. I usually have to roll away (I'm in a wheelchair lol) from long videos and come back basically breaking them down into smaller "chunks." I have sat here for the entire 62 minutes without rolling away one time.
GREAT INTERVIEW WITH SETH AND RICHARD ! YES, WE NEED TO SEND THE MESSAGE TO OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE THAT MANY OF IS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THEIR ERRONEOUS BELIEFS IN GOD ( S ) AND THAT THOSE THAT DO AND BROADCAST IT ARE SUFFERING FROM SOME KIND OF REALITY DISONANCE THINKING AND BELIEF IN FABLES AND FAIRY TALES AND OUGHT NOT BE ELECTED AS A LACK OF THEIR CRITICAL THINKING !
WHY ARE YOU YELLING.😕😀
Richard Dawkins is such an idol to me. Fantastic video and Seth you look great man stop being so hard on yourself and how you look.
Dawkins has a Havanese. He's even smarter than I knew.
We kind of know where reality is... Richard Dawkins... Talk about a quote of the century
I really don't see why people are bothered by the perspective. Humans love to complain about the silliest stuff.
He's the one that brought the word meme into our vocab, that's so cool
What a wonderful interview, Seth!! I listened to every word. Much love and many thanks to you for doing this interview, asking thoughtful, respectful questions and sharing this video with all of us.
Great man
This is great. Thanks for the pro job and excellent interviewing skills. I am almost the same age as Dawkins and figured out the lie of religion at a young age just like the Professor. I was collecting fossils from the Niagara Escarpment in my preteens. Now as a bio teacher, I am in my dream job helping youngsters discover the wonders of Nature. Thanks for this treat.
A humble sweet man whose orations are second to none. 🤗
A wonderful interview and I admire both men so very much.
How wonderfully endearing Richard is. I adore his "Britishness" , his eloquence, his concise delivery without arbitrary fanfare; allowing the facts to speak for themselves without seeking the attention. He's a gift to the rest of humanity and to my mind, the opposite of the oft- accused arrogant.
I love Richard
Awww, it's too bad the framing on Prof. Dawkins was crappy, the reverse angle was disturbing
Limitations of a tiny room.
1:00:00 I converted from Islam to secular humanism after reading the Magic of Reality. Great interview
I hope you live in a country that doesn't kill you for that.
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Brilliant! Well done, Seth! I just got An Appetite for Wonder so this interview is the perfect prelude to reading Professor Dawkins' latest masterpiece!
Tipping point for the non’s....
I’ll use that.
Thank you for an excellent interview.
thanks richard and seth. wonderful.
Excellent interview. Dawkins is an extraordinary man and represents the best of humanity, in my humble opinion.
What an *excellent* interview that was. And it made me smile to see how relaxed and comfortable Seth made him feel throughout the interview.
One of the best interviews of Richard I have seen yet.
And to this very day, I still feel that the Selfish Gene and the Extended Phenotype were the two most influential books I have ever read. They gave me a depth of thinking about biology and ethology that is unparallelled in value. Sagan gave me deep reverence but Dawkins gave me depth of thought.
Thank you Richard.
Was Richard's time at U of Berkeley, in the Marcuse era, in any way formative?
Thanks you Seth for this.
That was a great interview. Cheers Seth :)
Dawkins is right. Open your eyes. Realize your life.
I am no longer an atheist. God does exist and his name is Richard Dawkins.
No. His name is Sagan, Carl Sagan.