Why Are We Here? Exploring The Mystery Of Existence

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  • The origin of our universe is one of the greatest mysteries we face. Why is there something rather than nothing? How did we come to exist in a world with such precise laws of nature?
    How we answer these questions determines everything, from the meaning of our lives to the secrets of our futures.
    This episode of The Poetry Of Reality features Jack Symes in conversation with Richard Dawkins, joined by Jessica Frazier speaking on Hinduism, Silvia Jonas speaking on Jewish philosophy, and Richard Swinburne defending Christianity.
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  • @rain_down_
    @rain_down_ ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Richard Dawkins is an incredibly patient man. Admirably so.

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I believe he was forced to here.

    • @electricmanist
      @electricmanist 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Richard Dawkins didn't understand (or accept) that this (his) level of consciousness, is but one of many.
      Death of the body enables the human spirit to move on into another level of 'awareness' (or consciousness if you prefer).
      We are all part of the same eternal spirit which creates (has created) all that is.
      There are thousands of accounts relating to NDE's (Near Death experiences) (on You Tube) which illustrate (explain) the levels of consciousness we all (repeat ALL) experience when the physical body dies.
      Instead of merely denying (ignoring) this aspect of life, investigate this REALITY for a greater understanding of existence and consciousness. (And of course your own life !)

    • @cousinbuzzin9060
      @cousinbuzzin9060 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@electricmanist Bravo. Exactly.

    • @alexf1179
      @alexf1179 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      evidence?

    • @electricmanist
      @electricmanist 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alexf1179 You exist. You are here . Now if you consider yourself more than a meaningless accident, you are part of this life (on earth) for a purpose.

  • @S24W2
    @S24W2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I could have listened to Richard Dawkins all night, but when the second guy started speaking, I tried, I really tried , but I just 😴 💤

    • @patrickfeehan6975
      @patrickfeehan6975 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Same here, he was tortuously tedious

    • @johngrundowski3632
      @johngrundowski3632 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      YEP

    • @redsonya3088
      @redsonya3088 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah that guy is so boring I forgot to listen 😂

    • @robertbarry8338
      @robertbarry8338 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It’s still rock and roll to me! 1:09:37

  • @janiceshogaa3960
    @janiceshogaa3960 ปีที่แล้ว +117

    I was eyeball deep in the Pentecostal religion for the first 37 years of my life. Then I came across Mr. Dawkins, Mr. Hitchens, Mr. Barker and Mr. Krauss. My eyes and mind were opened thanks to these great minds. They helped me obtain a peace I had never known. I will be forever grateful to and for them.

    • @bryn3652
      @bryn3652 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What exactly did they teach you? because the only answer they have to the biggest question 's is that they "Don't know"

    • @gameaddictz327
      @gameaddictz327 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Sam Harris too - in case you haven’t already :)

    • @AlexFillios
      @AlexFillios ปีที่แล้ว +1

      you live in a world that creates ourselves.... the search for knowlrdge ends with the journey keep the fires and adventure before the discovery ie. the end of the journey

    • @redwatch.
      @redwatch. ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@bryn3652 They teach that there is no evidence for religious dogma. Richard Swinburne's characterizations of a cosmos creator are empty assertions.

    • @lindasaby2738
      @lindasaby2738 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Richard Dawkins you are so inspiring,

  • @isabelhernaez4617
    @isabelhernaez4617 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    We can see that Professor Richard Dawkins is intellectually three universes away from his fellow guests and that is why it pain us to witness, but he doesn't feel the same way and that is what makes him even greater.

  • @kingslydevadas3952
    @kingslydevadas3952 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I didn't have the patience to watch all except sir. Richard Dawkins. People of his stature should have been around in the panel. Thank you Richard Dawkins sir.
    Greetings from Tamil Nadu India.

  • @omarmerlos5861
    @omarmerlos5861 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Never get tire of listening and to Richard Dawkins

    • @alexanderkielczynski2437
      @alexanderkielczynski2437 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      but definitely find the others, mostly the other Richard just plain wrong!

    • @johnlucisani673
      @johnlucisani673 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dawkins is so wrong he is a lost soul 😮

    • @theself-helpconnection3731
      @theself-helpconnection3731 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Of course...you are one of the 7% on this planet 😊

  • @mineshpatel5677
    @mineshpatel5677 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Richard you are a true hero. Standing up for truth in a world that has gone mad and in a way that should be used as a template for rational thinking and debate. Defiant, eloquent, open, repectful, and educational. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

    • @AlexFillios
      @AlexFillios ปีที่แล้ว

      richard gives generously to make us seek the wisdom which was imparted to us by the greeks in their islan ds and athens the ancient greeks lived in the meditteranean valley the did not k now that geology in the past had drained their ocean 3 or 4 times by drying up millioons of years ago

    • @ronharris7335
      @ronharris7335 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think Richard began to get a bit bored.

    • @anni730
      @anni730 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Throughout humanity there has been madness, it's nothing new. There are reasons for madness. What is interesting is that there are reasons for virtually everything.

  • @callistomoon461
    @callistomoon461 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    Highly admire Dawkins to be so patient with these fools.

    • @nancyrobertson8661
      @nancyrobertson8661 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      He's the very essence of a gentleman.

    • @alison8817
      @alison8817 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My exact thoughts too!

    • @vaclavmiller8032
      @vaclavmiller8032 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You may disagree with Swinburne (I do too), but he's no fool.

    • @Lavabug
      @Lavabug ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@vaclavmiller8032 He said incredibly foolish things. Being well spoken and erudite doesn't change that

    • @PanoramicPhilosopher
      @PanoramicPhilosopher ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. As the decades pass, he is much more calm and willing to allow people to blather on. It's respectful and diplomatic.

  • @aqeelkhurshid4860
    @aqeelkhurshid4860 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Dawkins must be nominated for Nobel prize for patience!

    • @johnlucisani673
      @johnlucisani673 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Joke of the century 😅

    • @aqeelkhurshid4860
      @aqeelkhurshid4860 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And you are a clown of the century ;)

  • @JonBishopSkate
    @JonBishopSkate 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My three take aways -
    The majesty of Richard Dawkin’s mind.
    The patience of Richard Dawkin’s the man.
    The failing of the host not to stop proceedings to straighten the puckered rug 😂

  • @MikkoVille
    @MikkoVille ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I love it how people quote old scriptures, wave their hands elaborately and clearly think that they are saying something of interest and value.

    • @Lopfff
      @Lopfff ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “Let him who hath still hands keep also still his lips” -Rodney, Ch 3 Verse 9

    • @robweeks1453
      @robweeks1453 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And still have no answer to the simple question asked.

    • @manifold1476
      @manifold1476 ปีที่แล้ว

      meaning: "if ya don't work at anything, who should listen to what you have to say?@@Lopfff

    • @razony
      @razony ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Bible quotes. Nothing more irrational and ignorant than quoting scripture. As if they came up with it in the first place.

    • @ericlawrence9060
      @ericlawrence9060 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      No kidding. Some voices are just loud and babble nonsense. It is blatantly obvious that they are just making shit up and have very little actual information of any value that they could even conjure up. Got to vet the speakers. I just walk out when they put dummies on the stage.

  • @spaarkingo102593
    @spaarkingo102593 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    Thanks Richard Dawkins for your patience....

  • @lxpwsk139
    @lxpwsk139 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Poor Richard Dawkins, being surrounded by nonsense. Already checked his watch twice and keeps breathing in heavily... can feel you, bro.

    • @spaarkingo102593
      @spaarkingo102593 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      True. I skipped others and watched his talk only.

    • @symmetrie_bruch
      @symmetrie_bruch ปีที่แล้ว +21

      it´s hard to agree more, that´s exactly how i feel suffering through these clowns as well. gave everyone a fair shake with their initial statments but it´s just nonsense or meandering talking but saying nothing. i feel my time on earth beeing sucked out of me listening to these npcs, who sound like an ai wrote their dialogue. so skip to dawkins when possible for your own sanity

    • @Polyphemus47
      @Polyphemus47 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."@@symmetrie_bruch

    • @excelsior31107
      @excelsior31107 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Richard Dawkins has been reunited again with these kind of people who believe in magic.

    • @frilansspion
      @frilansspion ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Richard died inside for our sins

  • @geoffreywilliams9324
    @geoffreywilliams9324 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Richard is correct; we are living creatures in the here and now, but when our bodies die and decay we are gone forever. So many people are unable to accept this . .

    • @roberthannah7983
      @roberthannah7983 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      We are unable to accept death because we are animals with a survival instinct

    • @remigio7515
      @remigio7515 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I don't agree with that, what's is the meaning of your life

    • @Alpharabius99
      @Alpharabius99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      its the reality and its the truth hence this is why its sad and people fear. people fear what is real because reality doesn't care about your feeling and its usually harsh

  • @mihaelanegut6588
    @mihaelanegut6588 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    To me, Richard Dawkins is the human being that I love, cherish and appreciate the most of all the human beings I know on this planet ❤️
    I desperately wish we'd had more Richard Dawkins on earth...

    • @TBOTSS
      @TBOTSS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dawkins is also a fast runner. Look how quick he moved when William Lane Craig.

    • @richardatkinson4710
      @richardatkinson4710 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can there be any loving or cherishing in a universe of “blind, pitiless indifference”? Answers on a postcard.

  • @ollietrickett
    @ollietrickett ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Seeing Richard welcome the medium of podcast and take on the big conversations of our time is inspiring. Thankyou!

    • @Zleec
      @Zleec ปีที่แล้ว +8

      For Hitch!

    • @64Sq
      @64Sq ปีที่แล้ว

      NO, HE TALKS SHIT@@Zleec

  • @jameswright...
    @jameswright... ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Imagine this chat without Richard Dawkins 😂

    • @dimercamparini
      @dimercamparini ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Yeah...they could have started to speak about unicorns maybe... :DDDD

    • @AlexFillios
      @AlexFillios ปีที่แล้ว +2

      imagine this chat without richard dawkinns the search for truth shines in a beam of light the photon is equivalent of the phantom the ghost who walks

    • @161cjl
      @161cjl ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlexFilliosare you psychotic

    • @lisaalexander1824
      @lisaalexander1824 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Turtles upon turtles to infinity and beyond

    • @fio-pz9ze
      @fio-pz9ze 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      They would have started talking about magical T pots

  • @milankhangamchapotshamba-sg8cc
    @milankhangamchapotshamba-sg8cc 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I really thank Frazier for putting the ancient Vedic view of the question of origin so well. She could not have stated better

    • @pyarahindustani8553
      @pyarahindustani8553 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its surprise that Vedic Philosophy explained something that modern physicists struggle to answer today.

  • @fisky911
    @fisky911 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thank you for your work Richard in continually trying to debate these kind of people. They seem so educated but speak so much mumbo jumbo. You speak with common sense and clarity.

  • @IAMAUSER
    @IAMAUSER ปีที่แล้ว +22

    For those who are interested in saving their time and energy you can fast forward the other speakers and lesson to Richard Dawkins

    • @opinion3742
      @opinion3742 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One day you will be extremely embarrassed by this remark.

    • @sharkamov
      @sharkamov ปีที่แล้ว

      @@opinion3742 _Please_ elaborate!!! . . .

    • @opinion3742
      @opinion3742 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@sharkamov No thanks. You go ahead and worship Dawkins to the point of stupidity if you want.

  • @TMPreRaff
    @TMPreRaff ปีที่แล้ว +40

    Why do people need a "reason" why we're here, as if we have a mission to carry out. If you have one, you created it.

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect ปีที่แล้ว

      Such ignorance.

    • @thulyblu5486
      @thulyblu5486 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well, if there is no reason to be here then it doesn't make a difference whether you live or die which is extremely demoralizing. I'm sure you have counter arguments to that, I'm just answering your "why" question.

    • @opinion3742
      @opinion3742 ปีที่แล้ว

      On what do you base your belief?

    • @zoramaxus
      @zoramaxus ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@thulyblu5486it doesn't make a difference wether you live or die if our entire galaxy where to vanish without a trace the rest of the universe would not even notice it, The sooner you Come to terms with that the happier you Will live

    • @VesnaVK
      @VesnaVK ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Reality doesn't shape itself around what might or might not be demoralizing.

  • @nikolaiiscoolguyproduction4807
    @nikolaiiscoolguyproduction4807 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Richard is an evolutionary biologist by trade, but he's a trooper in spirit. Patience and self-control in abundance.

  • @alvarocervantescamacho1979
    @alvarocervantescamacho1979 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That reminds me of something I read on a philosophy book back in my high school times, "Nature doesn't have the obligation to work based on our capricious thoughts." In other words, it does work even if we don't understand how, and definitely we shouldn't be inventing explanations based on thoughts rather than what nature present us with (evidence).

  • @ezra3776
    @ezra3776 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I agree with Richard Dawkins when he once said that asking, "Why are we here", isn't very meaningful.

    • @VesnaVK
      @VesnaVK ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yet he must have been asking himself that while sitting on that stage

  • @mbuffym
    @mbuffym ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Please, Richard, we need more conversations like this. Thank you!

  • @Richard-hv5hh
    @Richard-hv5hh ปีที่แล้ว +543

    As always Richard Dawkins is the only one talking common sense and debunking nonsense. The others are embarrassingly non scientific and wishy washy.

    • @helles246
      @helles246 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Absolutely right!

    • @josmith9662
      @josmith9662 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They should mathematically define wishy washy, divide into ancient indian texts and then have Richard S accordingly manipulate his chair particle. Shame Dawkins got in the way with his realistic nonsense

    • @MzeeMoja1
      @MzeeMoja1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is not "the only one" Mr I-am-ready-to-kiss-ass-tonight-and-henceforth

    • @Richard-hv5hh
      @Richard-hv5hh ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @MzeeMoja1 My response to your rather personal comment is that those that support the viewpoint of Dawkins see belief in a god as delusional. It's, therefore, hardly surprising that we would be dismissive of those who try and claim the contrary.

    • @fredbmurphy
      @fredbmurphy ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Richard was introduced as the "atheist view". Though I don't have a problem with that, the "science view" would have been more accurate and productive.

  • @lukasp6917
    @lukasp6917 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    The older I get the stronger my atheism becomes. Thank you Hitchens, Dawkins, Darwin, Thales, and many many more.

    • @trinitymatrix9719
      @trinitymatrix9719 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I think u will be very surprised once you die.....

    • @shazanali692
      @shazanali692 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And Russel brand

    • @martinravell6561
      @martinravell6561 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pascal has entered the chat.@@trinitymatrix9719

    • @Scorned405
      @Scorned405 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@trinitymatrix9719 I know because that’s very emotionally healthy. It’s so healthy to tell a child if they don’t believe in the Bible they will burn in hell forever. Think about what that does to the mind and emotion well being of a child when you tell them this poison

    • @trinitymatrix9719
      @trinitymatrix9719 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its absurd and total madness to imagine we are something out of nothing. Are you crazy brother?@@Scorned405

  • @jeffstephenson7486
    @jeffstephenson7486 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I love these types of conversations and any excuse to hear Richard Dawkins speak is always a treat. My only critique would be to cut the mic on those not speaking. It was slightly distracting to hear others breathing, clearing throats and clicking pens while another spoke. Please keep this content flowing, it's so important. Love what you do!

  • @yesitsme8702
    @yesitsme8702 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dawkins for the win. These conversations are helping me hone my discussion skills above just being emotional and argumentative. Thanks.

  • @robinghosh5627
    @robinghosh5627 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sir Richard Dawkins ( he should be knighted)....The Greatest Exponent in search of truth, Scientific Rational Thinking, he exposes the people who are unable to think , they only play with superfluous words ..their minds our biased in philosophy and religious doctrine...Thank you Sir for your brilliant discourse ...

  • @nyandejjefranco4806
    @nyandejjefranco4806 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Richard opened my eyes to the world of free thought

  • @graememonie468
    @graememonie468 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I understood what Richard Dawkins said and absolutely agree with him. I did not understand a think the other three were talking about. That says everything!

    • @peaco1000
      @peaco1000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They don't want to commit to one clear idea because of how ridiculous it will sound so they talk in generalities and obscure language.

  • @lalsarun4696
    @lalsarun4696 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I just want to thank Richard Dawkins 🙏.

  • @cavaliothorson7755
    @cavaliothorson7755 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As someone who hasn't been Christian for several years all of this sounds like pure bologna aside from Prof. Dawkins's talking points.

    • @Braun09tv
      @Braun09tv ปีที่แล้ว

      They are all stupid. You should listen to Christopher Langan's conclusions.

  • @joblower4444
    @joblower4444 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I've not always agreed with everything Mr dawkins has said, but he absolutely always has a tremendous arguement, knowledge and set of points. I wonder what arguement, knowledge and points these other folk were trying to make??? It's truely mind numbing.

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect ปีที่แล้ว +2

      On what do you disagree and why?

    • @opinion3742
      @opinion3742 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dr.Ian-Plect How about his take on gender?

    • @rianmacdonald9454
      @rianmacdonald9454 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      their only point has and will be ''trust me, god done it'' and put that into any gap that current knowledge can not explain.

    • @opinion3742
      @opinion3742 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rianmacdonald9454 What you are expressing is not science, it is just the worst kind of ignorance, an ideological stance born out of a narrow mind, zero research, and a generally bad attitude. The fact that you think there is no conversation to be had does not speak well of you. How could it?

    • @Dr.Ian-Plect
      @Dr.Ian-Plect ปีที่แล้ว

      @@opinion3742 Well, I wasn't asking you.
      But go ahead, lay out his take on gender, don't forget to include how he defines it.

  • @fletchy40
    @fletchy40 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You're a great man Richard. You are so healthy and bright for your age. Keep fighting the good fight.

    • @whirledpeas3477
      @whirledpeas3477 ปีที่แล้ว

      He doesn't fight the good fight for free. But yes he's a great guy

  • @discordiannihilist
    @discordiannihilist 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Silvia Jonas brings Philosophy to the table with the word "purpose", making it very clear that she skipped Existentialism, that was when we noticed that purpose and meaning are aspects of human cognition and a storytelling resource that helps us grasp reality. Sartre, Camus, etc.

  • @zaneseligman1313
    @zaneseligman1313 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was one of the most painful videos I’ve ever tried to listen to. I couldn’t finish it for fear of taking a head dive into my wood chipper

  • @CosmicTeapot
    @CosmicTeapot ปีที่แล้ว +45

    What an embarrassing performance for Richard Swinburne, who not only constantly clicked his pen and chuckled under his breath while others talked, but even went as far as not even acknowledging Silvia's name when answering her remark near the end. If his old age is to be used as an excuse, then the contrast of this behaviour with Richard Dawkins' who's only 6 years younger goes to show the difference of effects on the brain and character between a life of science and a life of religion.

    • @operaalexander5222
      @operaalexander5222 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Having studied Theology in the same era as Swinburne, I always disliked that old school mannerism of chuckling as if that alone proves the other person's ideas so worthless as to be laughable. Still makes me cringe!

  • @lenwilkinson672
    @lenwilkinson672 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Richard Dawkins a wonderful of explaining the things he taks about,and he isn’t bombastic.Hope we can see more of him,a great pleasure to hear him.

  • @jamesharvison5535
    @jamesharvison5535 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Kudos to Professor Dawkins for his patience.

  • @joelathiambo4312
    @joelathiambo4312 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Richard Dawkins, where did you get the patience to listen to other speakers? I am very calm but I admire your calmness.

  • @VesnaVK
    @VesnaVK ปีที่แล้ว +6

    25:45 "You probably see what I'm getting at." In fact, i was just then thinking, "What on earth is she going on about?"

    • @arthurwieczorek4894
      @arthurwieczorek4894 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you think that the universe had a cause, as she does, then it seems to me you must be thinking, 'The universe is just another thing in the universe'. And if she answers me, 'No I'm not', I would answer 'I believe you are, because otherwise you would see how meaningless and self-contradictory the idea is. 'What caused the universe?', is not a scientific question but one of semantic befuddlement.

    • @xy4489
      @xy4489 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The woman in white actually had a reasonable point. It is foolish to expect there to be an "explanation" accessible to human brains to such questions as "why is there something rather than nothing," let alone a "causal" explanation.

  • @slavomirmichalenko6283
    @slavomirmichalenko6283 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The difference between clear thinking and a wishy-washy inconsistent twaddle could not be displayed in a more pronounced way.

  • @SamJay7
    @SamJay7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It's quite possible to be remarkably whimsical with sophisticated words, wouldn't you agree?

  • @disct1597
    @disct1597 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It’s important to listen to all respectfully to understand truths, feelings, beliefs and reality. Humanism plays a significant role.

    • @sharkamov
      @sharkamov ปีที่แล้ว

      'Respect' is something _earned_ - not doled out willy-nilly, and _particularly_ not to someone who have nothing at all of _substance_ to contribute to such an important discussion!

    • @christosardjono6016
      @christosardjono6016 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No when people talking bollocks..

  • @judymiles7186
    @judymiles7186 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you, Richard Dawkins.

  • @Vasilefs_Terranorum
    @Vasilefs_Terranorum ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Jew and Christian are spouting utter nonsense as one might expect, the Hindu is vacillating between positions without really offering an argument while Professor Dawkins is the only one to make any semblance of sense.
    I applaud his ability to endure their deluge of rubbish without bursting into laughter at their insanity.

  • @louisehaley5105
    @louisehaley5105 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I remember those wonderful Christmas Lectures back in 1991 when a young Richard Dawkins blew us away with his eloquence and riveting presentations in this very same theater. (especially the one with Douglas Adams).
    It’s wonderful to see him looking so well after 32 years, and that his mind is still as sharp as ever.
    If he’s inherited his parent’s genes for longevity, he’ll be with us for many years to come.

    • @williammorris7279
      @williammorris7279 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember those too. "Blew us away" is absolutely right. I then read "The Selfish Gene", the first non-fiction book I did not want to put down, but equally did not want to end. He is a treasure.

  • @dev4911
    @dev4911 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "The meaning of life is to watch my movies back-to-back." - Chuck Norris

  • @Pickledpepperpicka
    @Pickledpepperpicka 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Only really Dawkins getting to grips with reality there. He is immensely patient.

  • @JamesPOBrien
    @JamesPOBrien ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I would enjoy this more with Dawkins typing the jokes he is thinking as the others are talking.

    • @fio-pz9ze
      @fio-pz9ze 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice hair bro

    • @MarkWhitman-q3l
      @MarkWhitman-q3l 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂 I thought the same

  • @the_luggage
    @the_luggage ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Disappointing debate. Would have loved to have heard Dawkins reply to more of the responses!

  • @edRush-is6rt
    @edRush-is6rt ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The other three just sit there and think well we better just be so mysterious that the audience is wowed. Dawkins is amazing.

  • @eddieheron1939
    @eddieheron1939 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There are many more than 7% atheist, with so many not daring to announce their belief, or lack of, especially in the Muslim world. I've had colleagues in Algeria and Malaysia state "Eddie, I wish I could speak my mind like you do.
    Strict Catholic upbringing are subject to similar dare, though at least official reaction is less severe!!
    Another 'failing' of societies is to identify a baby as of a certain religion - like in my world, though actually very casual in nature - not a religious upbringing, I still got a splash of water on my head before I was old enough to 'tell them what to do with it'!

  • @AbaI333
    @AbaI333 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I enjoy listening to these type of discussions however is always amazed how these so called brilliant people would repeatedly engage or entertain these discussion which always end in disagreement and the questions remains unanswered. Well thats brilliance for you.
    By now we should know that there are some things that we do not know and living every moment the best way we can is the most important thing we can do.

  • @nathangould8328
    @nathangould8328 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for all of your work Richard

  • @Denchanter
    @Denchanter ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That was painful for Richard Dawkins 😊

  • @markmaloney8154
    @markmaloney8154 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When we talk to one another, we expand our consciousness. Let me offer these words as a bridge; "Life is the most precious thing that exists in the universe, and love is the most precious thing that exists in life." What we do know from our personal points of view is that the intrinsic value of life is to be happy and flourish...

  • @samartman3395
    @samartman3395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For 50 years I have been searching for truth and have found that the greatest wisdom is in advaita Vedanta non duality....we can actually experience and be infinite Divine peace and love and bliss....we need to seek deep inside and find the truth... yoga and Buddhism have the best answers to every question....you religious people and atheists should grow up and consider what even Nobel prize winning physicists today are discovering what yogis knew 5,000 years ago 🙏🕉️☮️🥰

    • @schmetterling4477
      @schmetterling4477 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's what happens if you don't read the science textbooks... you end up wasting your life on nonsense. ;-)

  • @buddahluvaz8
    @buddahluvaz8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Whenever Dawkins takes note of something I hope to see a smackdown coming up (haven’t finished the video yet), but I know he’s gotten softer in old age lol

  • @cliddily
    @cliddily ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The meaning of life is to be alive.

    • @callistomoon461
      @callistomoon461 ปีที่แล้ว

      What do you mean by „meaning“?

    • @rianmacdonald9454
      @rianmacdonald9454 ปีที่แล้ว

      to learn the value of ALL LIFE.

    • @kingwillie206
      @kingwillie206 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That seems to be the case.

  • @arthurwieczorek4894
    @arthurwieczorek4894 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "If religion is going to be taking seriously, it must accord with science."

  • @Lanclasscan
    @Lanclasscan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was sooooo painful to watch ! The moderator should have kept the guests to the topics first stated. There was so much waffling and word salad from everyone except Richard Dawkins. He was as usual factual, rational, unbelievably calm and utterly polite. There should have been a Physicist in this panel. Well done Mr Dawkins .

  • @neart2810
    @neart2810 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Got me a PHD in invisible friends

  • @saro3212
    @saro3212 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    There should've been a physicist, philosopher, psychologist, Hindu Yogi, Buddhist monk, and theologian with Richard 😅🤣😂

  • @djgreyjoy1495
    @djgreyjoy1495 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    True randomness, devoid of cause by definition, presents itself as a compelling candidate for the self-existing cause of what we call reality

  • @CircoSalvona
    @CircoSalvona ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It would have been better if this were two separate debates. The two ladies could have discussed things ecumenically and compromisingly, while the two Richards could have had a proper battle 😂

    • @louisehaley5105
      @louisehaley5105 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was waiting to see if we’d have a Jerry Springer moment - Richard S vs Richard D halfway through this lecture 😂

    • @louisehaley5105
      @louisehaley5105 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Richard Dawkins - you are the Jewel in Humanity’s Crown. Utterly irreplaceable !

  • @grahamstrahle4010
    @grahamstrahle4010 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Peculiar how otherwise acutely intelligent people can look like kindergarten children in their differences.

  • @matthewmaguire3554
    @matthewmaguire3554 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That’s why we love comedians who fill up stadiums…when you talk about things that may or may not exist you can say anything you want…relief.

  • @zahraexshiatruthseeker1
    @zahraexshiatruthseeker1 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was a wonderful discussion! Thank you so much. I'm just stuck on Richard Dawkins' 'Wishful Thinking' contemplating if we went beyond the thought and mind, where there is no thought and no wishful thinking.

  • @basseon
    @basseon ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Richard Dawkins is the only one saying real things. To be faire, even Richard Dawkins is not giving well thought out reflections in this format. The other ones are like child throwing up wishy washy word salads. It's painful, and frankly when you've already been through those reflections before, extremely boring. It's weird that a theist is satisfied with replacing an unknown with another unknown and making up special rules for that unknown so it can't be questioned. Why not just do it with the universe.

    • @spaarkingo102593
      @spaarkingo102593 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well said.. continous string of "why this and why that " and stopping questions just at the god's facade

    • @crockmans1386
      @crockmans1386 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very true.
      And ..... the ladys intro category argument : that 7 cant be divided by 3 into equal full parts. That doesnt prove anything ..... thats jibberish.

    • @VesnaVK
      @VesnaVK ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@crockmans1386that wasn't a proof. It was an example of an explanation that doesn't involve causation. Her entire train of thought may have been wrongheaded, but it doesn't help to misunderstand her, either.

    • @VesnaVK
      @VesnaVK ปีที่แล้ว

      The venue needs to pony up for a telephoto lens.

  • @senakadezoysa3759
    @senakadezoysa3759 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Richard Dawkins's case presentation is unarguably practical. A pleasure to listen to. Well done.

  • @oiygfdxssfgg
    @oiygfdxssfgg 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    After many years I've come to the conclusion that we are given life to witness Gods creations.

  • @DanWills
    @DanWills ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I thought this was very interesting but I did think it was sorely missing any mention of a phenomena that in my opinion is extremely relevant in this area which is: Self-organisation.
    I think self-organisation (also known as 'spontaneous pattern formation') is a great explanation for how a system can evolve from following only basic (or 'fundamental') rules/laws to something that has emergent laws and structures when you 'zoom out'.
    Of course that leaves the question of where the underlying laws came from, but those could've also emerged from self-organisation at a 'smaller' level, and so on. What's at the bottom? Maybe just raw-rule-following (ie perhaps something similar to math or computation?)
    Ultimately though, I think the universe caused itself, and why? For the lulz!

    • @NoonianSoong403
      @NoonianSoong403 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed

    • @rianmacdonald9454
      @rianmacdonald9454 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ''Ultimately though, I think the universe caused itself, and why? For the lulz!'' - dude it was a drunken bet from a Saturday night piss up. lol

    • @johngrundowski3632
      @johngrundowski3632 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea ,,, as with Richard science is the grounding principle = facts

    • @DanWills
      @DanWills ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @johngrundowski3632 Sure the last line was half a joke but self-organisation is a scientific fact and I'm surprised that RichardD doesn't mention it more tbh.

    • @arthurwieczorek4894
      @arthurwieczorek4894 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How about this. Emergence occurrences are a phenomenon of a self-organizing system. Existence exists. And nature is the unfolding character of existence. For me what we are are talking about here is the idea that nature has aseity. Aseity is a religious word ascribed to God. Self-originating and self-maintaining. Of such a nature that inquiry into provenance is on it face irrational---or the first line of a joke.

  • @nancybaker3856
    @nancybaker3856 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That was painful! I am sure Richard D., went home and poured himself a good single malt!

  • @BartBVanBockstaele
    @BartBVanBockstaele ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If anything comes out of this, it is Richard Dawkins' politeness and kindness and his seemingly limitless ability to tolerate meaningless babble. These "thinkers" are reasoning on the same level as the people who claim that obesity is not caused by overeating and that failure to eat less has nothing to do with willpower. It comes over as utterly childish.

  • @ninjaspore
    @ninjaspore ปีที่แล้ว +1

    its amazing to see how people can convince themselves that their religion is more logical than science

  • @iyadalbittar2915
    @iyadalbittar2915 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We are the manifestation of the creation of God evolving with doubt and wisdom.. I am so thankful to experience life and thank you for this subject.

    • @Glenn-F-Rice
      @Glenn-F-Rice 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its amazing how far we have come. From being something thinking to being something thinking something else

    • @iyadalbittar2915
      @iyadalbittar2915 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow... you are taking this to another detention. I would love to hear about your thinking@@Glenn-F-Rice

  • @thespy5845
    @thespy5845 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Richard Dawkins, Christoper Hitchens and Carl Sagan, three of the most influential thinkers of our times. Unfortunately we have lost two of them but their impact will be felt, and will hopefully increase, for decades and decades to come. I personally could not show his ability to put up with much of the drivel and gibberish from some of the others.

  • @hankcuccina5260
    @hankcuccina5260 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Whose God? there are so many out.

  • @truwth
    @truwth ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has surely taken several years off of Dawkins's life.

  • @onelove5457
    @onelove5457 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That lady don’t understand that believe is not reality, sitting on the right side 💯science is very serious,it can teach you a lot trust ⭐️💯⭐️⭐️⭐️nuff respect to Richard Dawkins 💯this man really have common sense 💯👍

  • @gulzarahmadturalay3106
    @gulzarahmadturalay3106 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love from Pakistan to Sir Dawkins

  • @dudleybrooks515
    @dudleybrooks515 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When a student asked the famously witty philosopher Sydney Morgenbesser "Why is there something rather than nothing?", Morgenbesser responded "Even if there were nothing, you still wouldn't be satisfied!"

  • @theartzscientist8012
    @theartzscientist8012 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We are here to learn how to love God as he loves us.

  • @michaelmisanthrope
    @michaelmisanthrope ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow. Jessica Frazier's incites really made me think. This universal mystery has preoccupied me for a long time. I am not going to become a Hindi. I am an atheist but that does not necessarily make me reject all religious notions. I also am glad to see women on this panel. I love women and their absence on this sort of panel really bothers me.

    • @SupachargedGaming
      @SupachargedGaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you, I've been scrolling through the comment section looking for anyone else who isn't lumping all the guests together. Jessica was great, possibly even the best part of the debate for me. Grounding beliefs in reality is a pretty scientific belief system.

  • @kayakMike1000
    @kayakMike1000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How could reality be "poetry" without a poet?

  • @SupachargedGaming
    @SupachargedGaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Am I alone in thinking that the host is just flat out wrong here: He suggests that Jessica's Hindu mindset is more aligned with Richard Swinburne's Christianity - when her explanations are vastly more aligned with Dawkins' and science, and here: He suggests Sylvia's views align more with Dawkins, when her understanding of causality aligns with Swinburne - I can describe a computer in terms of its functions, therefore its not causal... But why the computer exists is still causal. As with Swinburne's "why did these people come here today?" "For an 'interesting' conversation." "Why do they find it interesting?" "Because .. Because... Because brain chemistry, evolution, upbringing." And we're back to causality.

  • @sharc61
    @sharc61 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't necessarily have an issue with people who feel there is (must be ) a supreme being or a creator, what bothers me is that somehow this "being" always has a very personal relationship with them...seems not only unlikely, but very egotistical.

    • @starlightgirl8863
      @starlightgirl8863 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It seems more likely actually. The likelihood that someone would spend time designing us and just forget about us is unlikely

    • @kenhalperin3195
      @kenhalperin3195 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ego: Edging God Out!!!💔🔥

  • @basseon
    @basseon ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Three of them are just throwing up word salads: lots of talk, not much being said. Especially the Richard who's on the wrong side of history. He's like child saying: it must be this because I see no other explanation when looking straight at the explanations without understanding it. Or refusing to understand it.

  • @larryparker8677
    @larryparker8677 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I believe in what Richard Dawkins says, the only problem I have is understanding of the complexity of who we are. I do believe the reason that people believe in God is you develop a community of people who think like you do, and your everyday life becomes more tolerable. None of what you have now will be with you once you die, but the feeling of life being better in this new world is a motivator.

  • @themoz2217
    @themoz2217 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you Richard, for your service in the scientific field aswell as a promoter og rationality!

  • @clorofilaazul
    @clorofilaazul ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Poor Dawkins surrounded by nonsense and having to stay there very calm. All of them, and specially... Hinduism? WTF???
    Richard Dawkins could just delete this debate. It's so boring and he almost doesn't speak, compared to the rest of the panel. He had so many more interesting debates compared to this one.

  • @geosmith3436
    @geosmith3436 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh Richard Swinburne, I hope your brain evolves some day, although I fear time is running out for you.

    • @josmith9662
      @josmith9662 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even if a single brain could, I fear the evolutionary direction might not benefit humanity as a wfole

    • @geosmith3436
      @geosmith3436 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@josmith9662 probably right.👍

  • @louisaw8600
    @louisaw8600 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The abrupt ending of this video makes me wonder what we didn't get to see.

  • @thegoodthebadandtheugly579
    @thegoodthebadandtheugly579 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What Christians seem to never understand is that “explanation” doesn’t mean to “explain things away” without any usefulness to it, it means “explaining in a way that is useful and can be used in the future”. By saying “it was God”, you can’t do anything about it. And we all know that just wishing and preying does nothing unless you actually do something about it.

  • @truthseeker6016
    @truthseeker6016 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I feel for Dawkins. He’s surrounded by “bull shit”…

    • @gratefulkm
      @gratefulkm ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and do you know what grows out of Cow shit ?
      which means that saying has two interpretations
      one is utter nonsense the other is an eternal truth
      the ancients did that a lot with what they left
      As above as below As below as Above
      So bull shit can, by the sheep and wolves be understood to mean lies , same as saying cat shit, dog shit, bird shit ant shit, all can be transposed into the phrase to mean lies as the meaning transferred actually has nothing to do with the words used
      So then the shepherds would transpose only with exact meaning,
      So Bull means also cow
      why is cow shit different from other shit
      Well Magic mushrooms grow out of exactly only cow shit or bull shit
      Magic mushrooms are an eternal truth, that will never change, they will always break delusions imagined in the PFC :)
      I love the way the ancients play the game
      So clever so funny

    • @truthseeker6016
      @truthseeker6016 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I said what I said. You know what I meant. Deal with it.

    • @gratefulkm
      @gratefulkm ปีที่แล้ว

      @@truthseeker6016 I have just Proven two interpretations, and you want to imagine there is only one, that everyone understands what one of two you mean lol, have a good delusion :)

    • @truthseeker6016
      @truthseeker6016 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤫🤫🤫

    • @truthseeker6016
      @truthseeker6016 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gratefulkm You’ve proven NOTHING. Saying something doesn’t prove anything. Yes, you definitely are “Delusional”.

  • @Limosethe
    @Limosethe ปีที่แล้ว +7

    About 2 or 3 people could be dropped and it'd be a great video.

    • @xemy1010
      @xemy1010 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Should have been Dawkins vs Swinburne throughout

  • @edgarmorales4476
    @edgarmorales4476 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The purpose behind existence is to experience-and improve upon your experiences.
    Therefore, do not judge or condemn or reject the deficiencies you observe in others but take your perceptions immediately to Divine Consciousness (what many call "God," "Allah," "Jehovah"-etc) and continually ask for a Divine Resolution of the problem.
    Hold fast to the realization that wherever, whenever, Divine Consciousness is drawn into a problem the end result is always growth and development for all concerned.
    Try to bear in mind always, you are on earth to bring Divine Consciousness down into your daily life, relationships and circumstances. You are here to use your minds for this special purpose.