Freethought Matters - Richard Dawkins

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5 ай бұрын

This week on Freethought Matters, FFRF Co-President Dan Barker speaks with world renowned scientist and atheist Richard Dawkins. Dawkins is the author of over 60 books, including The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion and the Selfish Gene.
Learn more about the Freedom From Religion Foundation at ffrf.org.

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@lmelin1959 5 ай бұрын

Ever since I read "The Selfish Gene", I've perceived Richard Dawkins as an intellectual hero. His observations on how the concept of evolution affects so many things around us, not just biology, but entire paradigms of thought in form of 'memes', are profound.

@ericr4785 5 ай бұрын

Thank you FFRF for all the legal help you have given us, and thank you Richard for all the education you have given us. Also, is was great seeing you guys jamming! Awesome!

@mitchkahle314 5 ай бұрын

Thank you to Dan and FFRF for sharing the interview.

@drumcircler 5 ай бұрын

Richard is a personal hero of mine! Thanks for this wonderful interview! Plus a rendition of Londonderry Air! What a treat!

@jamesschneider2091 5 ай бұрын

Hear, hear! 👏👏👏

@user-wp4ju4hp5w 5 ай бұрын

Richard Dawkins is a National Treasure

@coreybakerteachingstudio8858 5 ай бұрын

international

@cleftturnip7774 5 ай бұрын

What does National treasure mean?

@ProjectCreativityGuy96 5 ай бұрын

@@cleftturnip7774 It means that He's loved and valued by a nation of people, or in the case of the Internet, international!

@cleftturnip7774 5 ай бұрын

@@ProjectCreativityGuy96 the whole nation?

@sujoygupta2922 5 ай бұрын

If the aliens ever learn about him, galactic treasure might be more appropriate

@suekocher3274 5 ай бұрын

Two of my favorite people, playing music, talking, and making sense. Richard, you are just as clear, erudite, and humane as ever. I’m glad cancel-culture has failed to cancel you. Please keep writing and sharing with us! And you too, Dan!

@Aymenadhami 4 ай бұрын

Damn it. Of course, someone beat me to writing this comment, but at least you worded it better than I ever can!

@MaziEmdi 5 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@jamesschneider2091 5 ай бұрын

Today's interview with Professor Dawkins was a genuine treat ... a famous leader in the field evolutionary biology, Richard is an eminent authority and resource in understanding the subject of Darwin's history and contribution to bioscience and human origins. I recommend his three-video series, The genius of Charles Darwin. Dr. Dawkins is truly a treasure and I hope he's with us for many, many years to come!😊

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

200 total years would be fine.

@LimitlessThinker 5 ай бұрын

This was a very enjoyable interview. You are both heroes of mine. I read your books and listened to many videos. You are wonderful to help others and share your wealth of knowledge. Very nice music, as well!

@ngutngut40 5 ай бұрын

Richard just makes so much sense. Thank you for this interview.

@ChaoThing 5 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you very much FFRF and Dr. Richard Dawkins!

@robinhood20253 5 ай бұрын

Just fell in love with Dawkins when i became an atheist. His contribution to biology is worthy of wonder. Unfortunately his comments on trans people have been used by the anti trans community for harm, in spite of the fact that these same people have often compared him to th devil. Lol. Just shows how fickle they truly are. I understand Richard isnt in that specific field and i dont think he realized the impact his musings would have. I am certain he has been attacked rather severely and all of that is unfortunate. Richard is a wealth of knowledge about biology and culture. It must be such a great priviledge to know him and speak to him one on one. Thank you to all of you who have paved the way for those of us following your footsteps.

@peterb4926 5 ай бұрын

Thank you Dan for all that you do!

@user-lx7rr5to8x 5 ай бұрын

Your videos are helping. Thank you, from the Humanist Desert (Oklahoma).

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

"Ev'ry night my honey lamb and I, Sit alone and talk and watch." We are in the middle of the Bible belt which takes a dip up North for Indiana. Trying to embrace friends and family who still believe is a skill I am working on.

@user-xl3do8ou9c 5 ай бұрын

the legend is in the building, Richard Dawkins the true great

@JaCeeMusic 5 ай бұрын

thank you dan and richard!

@mavrosyvannah 5 ай бұрын

Imagine a world with no cults. No one to sell the lies that destroy the logical mind.

@quakers200 5 ай бұрын

It is an illusion that smart people ( like us?) with logical minds chose the truth while the simple, easily swayed people (them) chose falsehoods. I know it seems like that but the truth is that if I had some religious persons DNA, been born in the same time and space , shared his entire life experiences etc. I too would have chosen religion. It is not just the beating of our hearts or the coordination of muscles that make us walk and talk that we don't control it is everything being controlled biochemistry reacting to changing environments.

@dianahill5116 5 ай бұрын

The words cult and religion are synonymous.

@ahmetdogan5685 5 ай бұрын

Richard Dawkins is Darwin of Today.

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

I have just started reading the collective works of Charles Darwin. He is amazing. I advise everyone to start with The Voyage of the Beagle and ease into Origin of the Species. I doubt anyone has done as much footwork and dissection as he has. He was so passionate about learning.

@danf7568 4 ай бұрын

One's existence becomes even more profound with knowledge. It starts with curiosity and expands with knowledge so well reflected by Richard Dawkins.

@diewithavengeance 5 ай бұрын

I have a great deal of admiration for Dawkins and all he's done in the fight against religion/theocracy in this world. That said, it's so sad for him to shit all over that legacy with his anti-trans bigotry. His arguments are being used to take away rights from people. This is not okay, and it really is heartbreaking to see

@whigmin5436 5 ай бұрын

HI, hope you don't mind the engagemetn. What exactly is it that he said or did that wa anti-trans? I've read all his comments and am still puzzled by this assertion. He doesn't seem remotely against people pursuing self-realization as a trans person. He's even voiced that in many cases he's actually for it (forgive me I can't recall the exact interview). He seems to take issue the seemingly forceful repurposing of gendered/sex-based language in such a way as to allow male-typical bodied individuals into spaces intended for female-bodied individuals, and he pushes back on the consequences of such initiatives trespassing into scientific literature; he seems it happening not as a producct of something organic, but born out of something political and sociologically dubious. Thoughts?

@user-wp4ju4hp5w 5 ай бұрын

Oh Danny Boy was the tune Richard and Dan were playing at the beginning of the video

@quakers200 5 ай бұрын

Thank Gof for freethought. I pray that it grows and multiplies.

@DexterDexter123 5 ай бұрын

two of my favourite people.

@bisbeekid 4 ай бұрын

Extremely enjoyable discussion. Thank you Dan Barker and FFRF for sharing.

@JordanCabrona 5 ай бұрын

Richard one of the great minds living in the world right now

@wayno5655 5 ай бұрын

Love him!

@williamwalker3774 5 ай бұрын

Excellent interview!

@dedpichto5548 5 ай бұрын

Awesome conversation! Из России с любовью!

@Raydensheraj 5 ай бұрын

Just re-reading all the Dawkins booms i have....The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The Ancestors Tale 2nd edition, The Greatest Show on Earth and The God Delusion....and everyone is written phenomenally. Trying to find "The Extended phenotype" which i have as epub file....but prefer books. He has done so much for science communication concerning evolutionary theory....and who knows how many people were inspired by his books and went ahead becoming themselves biologists.... He is the modern day Thomas Henry Huxley and his fight against the evil of religious fundamentalists were and are important....but for me personally it is his tireless love for the Genes Eye view of Evolution, The extended phenotype, Memes and his very particular style of explaining evolutionary theory to the public deserve admiration. I consider Richard Dawkins a great man....and im thankful he is foing again a lot better after his health issues.... Hope he will continue writing books...i would love him writing a book mainly on human evolution applying the gebes eye view of evolution, sexual selection, cultural evoluty and his ideas concerning memes, extended phenotypes etc. Edit: lol....he starts talking late in the video about his sequel to the Selfish Gene 😂 excited and a automatic buy.

@whigmin5436 5 ай бұрын

Haha, I thought I was so clever finding epubs of his books...and then defaulting to find physical copies in the library Cheers Physical books. They ain't goin' anywhere

@oldgeezerproductions 4 ай бұрын

I can't wait for the availability of "The Genetic Book of The Dead."

@lovetownsend 5 ай бұрын

Richard Dawkins, the man not the scientist or activist, is so commendable.

@CrazyKitty428 4 ай бұрын

Richard Dawkins can't wait for the new book!

@SUPREME-SCIENCE 3 ай бұрын

The above voices are not threatening at all, they are very civilized. The basis for kind communication. Atheists are very humble persons

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Richard Dawkins!!! Love listening to you. Miss Christopher Hitchens. Forgive me but I feel the compulsion to take a "Bible" scripture out of context, "You are a light to my roadway, a lamp unto my feet." (can I be so self serving as to insert an lol) :)

@tylerjones3025 5 ай бұрын

Does anyone know where the picture at 0:50 was taken? What is the name of the goddess statue?

@nathancranford6369 5 ай бұрын

Great to see Dawkins looking so well!

@jarodcarnarvon5198 4 ай бұрын

One of many things I always had a hard time understanding in Christianity even when I was in Church all those years, was the premise that we all are responsible for Adam's sin in the Garden Of Eden simply by bring born... I really like Richard Dawkins.....

@eblake626 5 ай бұрын

These two men lead me away from Jesus, for which I'm "eternally" grateful.

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

Amen!!!

@donkeyparadise9276 4 ай бұрын

Funny@@kleenmaint

@crimony3054 4 ай бұрын

He accomplished such great esteem and then squandered it promoting hatred of religion. His accomplishments will eventually be attributed to other men, lesser men.

@eniggma9353 5 ай бұрын

i bet all the seamen are pissed off at this.

@robertmcclintock8701 4 ай бұрын

( ﾟдﾟ) The sun is dire. It makes some people feel dread. They are the fallen ones.

@edwardanthony8929 5 ай бұрын

Darwin was dead a very long time ago, more interesting is how influential was a book in its time. In that case Origins is up there even though most people have never read it.

@DaddyOfTheSugarVariety 5 ай бұрын

I'd like to see Richard Dawkins in a debate with another biologist that opposes his views on gender dysphoria and the trans community.

@Joeljaboy 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, if he wasn’t so transphobic, i bet this video would have more views

@BUSeixas11 5 ай бұрын

@@Joeljaboyembracing reality is not hateful

@infinitemonkey917 5 ай бұрын

@@Joeljaboy So if people don't agree with you 100% of the time just shut them down, eh? Ignore all of their accomplishments and berate them as well.

@christopherhamilton3621 5 ай бұрын

@@infinitemonkey917Is that what he did though?

@infinitemonkey917 5 ай бұрын

@@christopherhamilton3621 Perhaps not, but that is what many people do. I assumed he is with them.

@robertmcclintock8701 4 ай бұрын

( ﾟAﾟ ) Natural selection is the character flaw in evil that is integrity is more important than life otherwise evolution is tragic circumstances with nothing intelligent happening. Almost everyone survive until they reproduce. Nothing is getting selected except for the character flaw in evil. I found a replacement for the character flaw in evil that I liked but God makes me forget things that will cause me trouble.

@robertmcclintock8701 4 ай бұрын

((ﾟ□ﾟ;)) if someone makes the Bible your disability you become the most interesting person in the world.

@luizr.5599 4 ай бұрын

He is very conservative and anti-woke and that is silly

@robertmcclintock8701 4 ай бұрын

(/--)/ with a television you don't have to be supernatural. God prefer that because it's more social but we have to use it correctly. Right now we have anarchy blindness. Despite the anarchy blindness I figured it out. That proves we can be God like. Only a person getting crucified would suspect something greater. They crucified me with exact same disease that in pink Floyd the wall. Victor said it's all good. It should be possible to make everything all good.

@lostfan5054 5 ай бұрын

While I admire Dr. Dawkins work, his anti-Trans stance is a bit alarming.

@NonyaSmith 4 ай бұрын

Yes. He's been chumming it up with transphobes, and people should take notice.

@NomDeGuerre96 4 ай бұрын

he doesn't say people can't act or dress how they want. Just that this nonsense about men can be woman and vise versa is well absurd....

@lostfan5054 4 ай бұрын

@@NomDeGuerre96 Yes that's what is alarming. He's hung up on labels. Don't worry what someone else calls themselves.

@NomDeGuerre96 4 ай бұрын

you can call yourself whatever you want. Me and Dawkins could care less. That doesn't make a man become a woman. That doesn't mean that I have to pretend that a man can become a woman@@lostfan5054

@user-mh2hr5qr4v 4 ай бұрын

These two are on borrowed time.. so close to meeting their maker. Old, slow, weak!

@chrisgriffiths2533 4 ай бұрын

"Freedom From Religion, Freethought Matters" Oh and By the Way We want to Ban Religious Free Thought from Government because Our Freedom Matters and Everybody Else's does Not. "A Talented Musician", Thanks for that Comedy. Let's Maybe Just Freely Say Richard Plays Music Every Now and Then.

@robertmcclintock8701 4 ай бұрын

(゜ロ゜) hell is not for punishment. Hell is beautiful and mysterious intelligently designed to do a breaking and entering of the universe. It makes paranoia beautiful God's greatest gift. Spy pink Floyd careful with that axe Eugene.

@robertmcclintock8701 4 ай бұрын

( ; ﾟДﾟ) The demon in sunshine movie is Jesus. It's not reality but people's perceptions. The churches have failed Jesus. Fighting over the star makes more sense than the horrible prophecy Fighting over who knows what.

@JohnnyCarthief 5 ай бұрын

Free thinkers that all believe the same thing…

@AnneMcKinley-fs8jp 5 ай бұрын

Why is FFRF promoting Dawkins, who has expressed some terrible views in recent years? He gets plenty of press. You don’t have to platform his bigotry.

@whigmin5436 5 ай бұрын

Hi, can you clarify what you mean? bigotry towards whom?

@centaur7607 5 ай бұрын

While I agree that Dawkins is terribly misguided in his views on transgenderism, in this case platforming Dawkins benefits FFRF and doesn't do anything at all for Dawkins. Dawkins is doing this interview as a personal favor, and to help out FFRF, but it doesn't benefit him at all. Dawkins gets no worthwhile exposure from this. He gets far more exposure from many others that will platform him and his own podcast. This exposure is essentially meaningless to someone of Dawkins' celebrity status. It doesn't benefit Dawkins, but it does help FFRF to have someone with his level of fame on their video.

@whigmin5436 4 ай бұрын

Hi. I've seen the backlash against him because of his views on Trans issues. Can you spell out for me in what ways you find him misguided? Cheers@@centaur7607

@autisticberserker1807 5 ай бұрын

Dawkins has gone MAGA (or maybe he always was). I am very disappointed to see him highlighted here. Is FFRF pro capitalism? I thought better of FFRF until now. Ugh.

@christopherhamilton3621 5 ай бұрын

I’m not running out to buy the new book and I appreciate hearing about it directly here. Why do you assume that to be the case?

@herbieshine1312 5 ай бұрын

In what way has he gone "MAGA?"

@whigmin5436 5 ай бұрын

really confused by this assertion

@herbieshine1312 5 ай бұрын

@@whigmin5436 yes. I want to know in what way the claim is framed! I thought there may be something he said during the discussion but couldn't pick out anything.

@roylcraft 5 ай бұрын

Stick with the facts Richard, your thoughts on gender are outdated. Don't be as cruel as the church has been for thousands of years.

@toaster4693 5 ай бұрын

Outdated? He understands biology.

@mavrosyvannah 5 ай бұрын

Apples to oranges. He knows biology and you know the media cult narrative.

@roylcraft 5 ай бұрын

@@toaster4693 People are not robots. He does not understand PEOPLE then. No god, I get it. No strange or different people, nope. Plenty of those.

@roylcraft 5 ай бұрын

@@mavrosyvannah ..People are fluid. "media cult"? ..that's a new one. Watch out for the Fox cult.

@whigmin5436 5 ай бұрын

In what way are his thoughts outdated? (Hope you don't mind the engagemetn)

@Ai-he1dp 5 ай бұрын

Freedom from religion to another religion?

@alex.8067 5 ай бұрын

What do you mean

@Ai-he1dp 5 ай бұрын

@@alex.8067 what do you mean ?

@UsenameTakenWasTaken 5 ай бұрын

@@Ai-he1dp I know you are, but what am I?

@DB-qw6xq 5 ай бұрын

Listen to John Lennox who is the antidote of Dawkins pseudo-scientific ideology.

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

After reading the disparaging comments about Richard Dawkins below in reference to some comments he said in concerning trans women, I am appalled that anything at all was made of this nonsense. The remarks he made were purely scientific. He didn't deny anyone's right to ID as they wish. So childish!

@BUSeixas11 5 ай бұрын

Wow, your channel is finally publishing content about atheism, instead of, you know, trans activism and other unrelated stuff

@exceptionallyaverage3075 5 ай бұрын

Do you have a problem with trans people?

@robinhood20253 5 ай бұрын

Some groups really need support at this time. Transgender people are especially under attack , specifically by religious fundamentalists.

@FaiaHalo 5 ай бұрын

Funny how you're the opposite of a critical thinker.

@dwolfcoach 5 ай бұрын

@@FaiaHaloHow so? Enlighten me. I'm not being facetious.

@FaiaHalo 5 ай бұрын

@@dwolfcoach literally look at the latest ten videos by this channel. Nothing near what OP is claiming. No critical thinker would LIE like that.

@jeremymr 4 ай бұрын

Too bad Dawkins went full transphobe at a time when Republicans are introducing hundreds of bills against trans people. I don't see much backlash against him for this from my fellow atheists, either. Not even pointing out to him his anti-trans views are unscientific. I admire Dawkins' accomplishments as much as anyone else, but he so often gets treated like a pope or royalty by atheists in interviews and coddled too much.

@NomDeGuerre96 4 ай бұрын

Saying a man is a man and not a woman is unscientific?

@UsenameTakenWasTaken 4 ай бұрын

@@NomDeGuerre96 That's a new account with a name that implies an alternate identity. Funny that folks like you often have one of those...

@NomDeGuerre96 4 ай бұрын

@@UsenameTakenWasTaken reply to what I say instead of changing the subject.

@Bostonceltics1369 5 ай бұрын

Yeah he has some good books but what about his terrible takes on gender he's a biologist and he doesn't know that sex is non binary? Dawkins makes us look bad and he's a disgrace until he renounces his terf ideology. Please stop platforming him.

@TaimazHavadar 5 ай бұрын

Ortodox darwinian atheism Creative 👍😂 Your famous books are fundamentaly wrong I tell you one of important reasone UNIVERSE ,EARTH AND LIFE CREAT BY THE RANDOMS IN LONG TIME WITH NO CREATIVE MIND NAMED GODTHAT YOU BELIEVE IN BUT IN OTHER SIDE WE HAVE A PERFESIONAL WATCH MAKER WHO LEARNED SO MANY THINGS BEFORE AND HAVE MANY EXPERIENCES OF MAKING WATCHES . AND EARTH CREAT LIFE WITH LOTS OF FACTORS IN NATURE AND NATURE IS EXTEREMLEY CREATIVE SO TO CREAT MAN WHO TALKING WRONG OR RIGH ABOUT EVOLUTION THEORY , THEN, THIS CREATIVE MECHANISM MUST HAVE A CREATOR BECAUSE IT CAN CREAT HUMANS MIND AND BODY BY THE (0/00.......01) EMPTY SPACE OF ATOMS 😂 AND QUANTOM TUNELINGS ENZYMS AND QUANTOM PHOTOSYNTIZING PLANTS THAT,SCIENTISTS BIGGEST MYSTERY TILL NOW😂😂 ... AND SECOND IS WATCH MAKER HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS OF WATCH TO BUILD THAT BUYED THEM BEFORE LIFE NEED ELEMENTS OF MAKER COMPARE TO WATCH ELEMENTS LIKE MARKERS,SPINDLE ,QUARTZ ETC..AND WACTHMAKER MUST FIND AND MAKE ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS HE MUST MUNED METAL MAKE SPRING AND MAKE WATCH GLASS (Mine quartz to finishing proces) AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS A ABSOLUTELY WRONG COMPARING .... AND ALSOO BLIND WATCHMAKER CANT MAKE WATCHES AT ALL 🙏🙏

@KeithOtisEdwards 5 ай бұрын

Your Caps Lock key is stuck on.

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

Invoking a magic cause is certainly no better. At least science continues to learn, explore and admit when something doesn't match the data anymore. Religion and theism tend not to do this, and when they do it is often in response to an error they've had exposed in their dogma/doctrine/etc.

@EllasPOSEiDON 4 ай бұрын

Wake up frommthe deep delusion. Stay away from religion. Don't be that childish. 😅😅😅

@UsenameTakenWasTaken 4 ай бұрын

Please speak to a professional. You need help. With basic grammar, at the very least.

@EllasPOSEiDON 4 ай бұрын

May you should learn some REAL SCIENCE, instead of dune magic. 😀😀😃😃😃

@antitheistatheist5463 5 ай бұрын

🗣️🧠 DAN AND ANNIE - YOU SHOULD MENTION TO RICHARD DAWKINS THAT HE SAYS - 'UM' - TOO MUCH .. IT IS VERY ANNOYING AND - POOR COMMUNICATION..... ONCE IN AWHILE IS OK BUT NOT OVER N OVER N OVER... F I X I T R I C H A R D .........

@whigmin5436 5 ай бұрын

The dude is in his 80s It's likely to happen to all of us to some degree.

@kleenmaint 5 ай бұрын

some of Dan's questions may be difficult to answer with a definitive science based answer. I get this.

@regularguy3202 5 ай бұрын

I could not be an atheist. The evidence for a creator is too overwhelming. The fact that we can use our minds to create thought and engage in debate is enough to convince me.

@hotelmag-a-lardo 5 ай бұрын

You seem to be the one in eight. Citations needed for " the evidence for a creator".

@toaster4693 5 ай бұрын

There is zero evidence. How is that overwhelming?

@regularguy3202 5 ай бұрын

@@hotelmag-a-lardo I’m from Texas USA. I don’t understand what you mean. Too clever for this old country boy.

@regularguy3202 5 ай бұрын

@@toaster4693 Not sure what reality you are taking up residence in. A Salvador Dali painting perhaps? Some of the greatest minds have been theists. Your statement is more emotional than thoughtful.

@herbieshine1312 5 ай бұрын

You believe a god which shows no sign of existing is "logical" What evidence is there for a "creator?"

@Cacacos 5 ай бұрын

nice

@TheJohnMak 5 ай бұрын

Athiests and reason mentioned in the same sentence??? Hillarious.

@herbieshine1312 5 ай бұрын

Go on then explain!

@revwillyg6450 5 ай бұрын

Yes, because belief based on faith is so reasonable 🙄

@MaziEmdi 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely… they go together like white on rice.

@EllasPOSEiDON 4 ай бұрын

Atheism doesn't mean that the person who's atheist is rational in every aspect of life. Definitely rational and reasonable regarding empty, baseless religious claims.

@solarsamatyahoo.comsumthin2416 5 ай бұрын

It must be nice to like life instead of viewing it as an opportunity to see how horrid the world is, as it is for most animals and people.

@UsenameTakenWasTaken 4 ай бұрын

Try saying that again, but try to separate the two parts into individual coherent sentences. You've muddied your own point enough that it isn't really coming across as anything but a vague complaint about the world.

@solarsamatyahoo.comsumthin2416 4 ай бұрын

@@UsenameTakenWasTaken Life sucks, it's a horror show whether you're human or animal. All life gets to watch for a bit. Reading is hard if you don't try, as well, lol.