Richard Dawkins - CHRISTMAS LECTURES 1991 - Growing up in the Universe

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The world-famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins presents the Royal Institution CHRISTMAS LECTURES in 1991.
Original broadcast live on the BBC, the series explored "our own growing knowledge of how life grows up in the universe."
This is the first lecture in the series entitled "Waking up in the Universe".
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@meetghelani5222 Жыл бұрын

I'm from India and a graduate student studying physics. I just wanna say that if we had people like Richard Dawkins come and lecture us when we were children then the life ahead of me and other children would've been more better in terms of doing science and instilling the right curiosity in our minds. Thank You @TheRoyalInstitution for providing these lectures to us, means a lot.

@quinoline3865 10 жыл бұрын

That baby in the front row is now at least 24 years old. I would like to hear his/her views about this lecture.

@eerievibes6854 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure whoever it is would say I WAS A BABY I DONT REMEMBER YOU MORONS!!!lol

@cursivespeaking 3 жыл бұрын

I got you, fam. “Ma. Ma. Goo. Aghhhh. Eh.”

@wnderer4365 3 жыл бұрын

anyone saw cosmos possible world.. in the last episode Neil deGrasse Tyson holds a baby and tells it stories of the Cosmos..... i wonder what these two baby thinks about their childhood

@DiegoSita 3 жыл бұрын

30 years old and counting

@jamesoverholt878 3 жыл бұрын

Too much clapping, not baby-centric, no puppets, I liked the talky guy's shirt. Personally, I think 0-24 months is too young to really understand a Dawkins lecture.

@Hr1s7i 6 жыл бұрын

This dude knows how to keep people interested. Reminds me of my physics professors in uni. The dude would stop at nothing to keep students' attention on point. Once he even went as far as to balance on top of his desk, on a chair that was balancing on one leg, with him balancing on one leg on top of it. The old dude had his game plan worked out.

@TheRoyalInstitution 11 жыл бұрын

The full series of Christmas Lectures are available in full and for free on the Ri Channel.

@jimadamson8563 Жыл бұрын

NOW you tell me!?

@CHRISDABAHIA 8 ай бұрын

@@jimadamson8563No. They told you ten years ago….

@patriciapandore4052 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 2004 but i didn't met someone more educator than richard dawkins i hope i can meet him face to face someday

@33Crazydude Жыл бұрын

Richard Dawkins was 50 when filming this, I think he looks 10 or 12 years younger

@bashkillszombies 10 жыл бұрын

The Royal Institution Please, please, please dig up the rest of this series of lectures if you could! I'm sure I speak for millions of us when I say that I could sit through Richard Dawkins (who you ought to nominate for a knighthood, I might add--for his service to science--for those of us not living in the UK) talking about anything indefinitely.

@ZER0-- 10 жыл бұрын

Go to the Ri Channel and you can watch all of them.....including Faraday's (I lie)

@EvulDali 8 жыл бұрын

I would love to see professor Dawkins do one of these in present day :)

@sambrewer2306 5 жыл бұрын

@Swipei Kool I was going to say the same. Videos are a way to look at the past in the present

@KaitainCPS 5 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't happen now, because the theists and postmodern anti-science brigade have hijacked the public sphere of discourse to recast Dawkins as a villain.

@ShadowLink108 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing lecture. It's truly wonderful and humble to learn the truth of our origins through science and biology. Much to be learned from this Christmas Lecture of Richard Dawkins

@kavorka8855 2 жыл бұрын

Richard Dawkins, my all time teacher & hero.

@calicosky9863 4 жыл бұрын

God damn, i've never enjoyed a science lecture in my life until this one

@robinkhaira1 6 жыл бұрын

just when i thought i had a good knowledge of evolution, Prof. Dawkins you taught me more. this is the beauty of science, you can never know all but you can always know more than you already know.

@JohnnyMagorish 10 жыл бұрын

looks young for 50!

@ZER0-- 10 жыл бұрын

Now you mention it....yes

@ActionJackson669 2 жыл бұрын

Very true, his age has caught up with him these days though 😅😅😬😬😬. Although it makes a lot of sense, after all he is really getting old these days. If he was 50 here in 1991,;that would mean he is 80 now, or perhaps , 79 if he hadn't had his birthday yet. But he still kicking and active today, still giving lectures and going on podcasts. He recently went on Neil DeGrasse Tyson's podcast, "Star Talk," which is definitely one of my favorite podcasts, other than Joe Rogan's podcast. I like them for different reasons, I mean I love when Joe brings in scientists

@daveboyd2271 Жыл бұрын

Must have good genes!

@JohnnyMagorish Жыл бұрын

Haha, well, of course he has a lot of connections in the industry

@Terrestrial_Biological_Entity Жыл бұрын

@@daveboyd2271lol

@deepakramkhelabanyadav4712 Жыл бұрын

I love Richard Dawkins lectures. He always teach me something new.He thinks very different from everybody.

@mrkeefor 7 жыл бұрын

Always look forward to these lectures at Christmas.

@victora.delima415 10 жыл бұрын

This was amazing. I would've given him a standing ovation had I been there.

@nkosinathilinda904 3 жыл бұрын

Same. I felt like the kids knew how special the lectures were because you could see how captivated some of them were but were just not part of that culture of giving standing ovations. Amazingly done by Dr Dawkins 🙌🏾 I wasn't born when these lectures were given, but I'm glad I found them too.

@alexisjuillard4816 2 жыл бұрын

i'll probably give him a standing ovation alone in my room at the end of the series lol the man has that effect on me he is one of the most talented orators i know and when he speaks of things he is passionate about he is mesmerising. the only speaker who is clearly even more gifted is hitchens, the guy could get a standing ovation from me after reading the notice in a box of pills

@unname8486 6 жыл бұрын

This is underrated.

@TheRoyalInstitution 11 жыл бұрын

The series was called "Growing up in the Universe" and the first Lecture was called "Waking up..."

@user-rq7hv6lf8c 6 ай бұрын

The music is loud, the voice is silent - why?

@kolombijec 5 жыл бұрын

Such a privilege to listen to mr.Dawkins’ presentations...so well spoken, educated, articulate, just smart..

@PinoyWestLondonBoyEscapes 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Dr Richard Dawkins.

@blake6636 8 жыл бұрын

Utterly fascinating. :)

@beth6787 11 жыл бұрын

Glad to see these old lectures broadcast again. I was a graduate student in those days. Richard Dawkins was and is a brilliant evolutionary biologist and rationalist. So glad he's getting a You Tube platform

@MahimaSaxena 11 жыл бұрын

I love the way young Prof. Richard Dawkins gently holds the baby. It moves me.

@VIpown3d 2 жыл бұрын

I hope when Im his age, I'll still be referred to as a young man

@akshat9252 2 жыл бұрын

lucky baby lol. Now 33

@louisehaley5105 Жыл бұрын

How I envy that baby !

@glutinousmaximus 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing to think that this presentation is now more than a quarter century old!

@LetsPlaywithBronies 9 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be watching these unless it was for Cosmos :D

@papaversomniferum5247 7 жыл бұрын

Lmao same here! I saw forest background during that episode, and found it the most intriguing to watch first!

@rav8149 3 жыл бұрын

I found it way before cosmos

@Rico-Suave_ 3 жыл бұрын

Watched all of it, great lecture

@davidevans3227 11 ай бұрын

such a fantastic resource thankyou

@ronhoek69 Жыл бұрын

I was just 22 when we got BBC tv in The Netherlands and I remember watching this.

@annefrank7820 7 жыл бұрын

WHAT A HANDSOME MAN, almost as handsome as hermione granger

@kosmar 11 жыл бұрын

evolution for christmas. brilliant.

@jadeyfamous 8 жыл бұрын

My favourite man. so privileged to have met him a few times! The people coughing REALLY annoys me.

@herauthon 2 жыл бұрын

it feels like they think they are in Church... and dare not to breath more it might be vanity to do so..

@varnamohan2629 2 жыл бұрын

How handsome he is😍😍😍😍😍

@TheRoyalInstitution 11 жыл бұрын

Hi. Let us know what problems you are experiencing (and where you are based). We are keen to bug fix for viewers based away from the UK.

@JesusSavesBro 11 жыл бұрын

That baby is about a year younger than I was am. I wish Dawkins would have held me when I was a baby.

@barrysmale8060 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@sundeutsch 2 жыл бұрын

Richard Dawkins is one of the most evolved humans ever.

@feldinho 10 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about ham and eggs! Richard Dawkins is clearly a psychic!!! @ 53:30

@alejandromartin1414 6 жыл бұрын

Pure Gold!

@benstevinson764 Жыл бұрын

❤ RICHARD DAWKINS and SCIENCE 🧬🔬⚗️🧪🧫📡

@Illstatefishing 11 жыл бұрын

Amazing Lecture!!

@dayzgameplayz 11 жыл бұрын

I beg you put this on iTunes so I can watch these more interesting lectures while in my crappy lectures xD Pleaseee!?

@yankumar5280 9 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing The Royal Institution

@alancarlossilveirapinto5143 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing!

@MajorazMasta 8 жыл бұрын

Is there any reason why the other past lectures haven't been uploaded to this channel in full? I understand they're on the Royal institution website but don't you think it's more important that the content is available for viewing where it will reach the largest audience (i.e. here on KZfaq)? I simply do not understand why they're not on here, the Christmas lectures are the main thing I was expecting to find when I found this channel.

@karlbridge6842 10 жыл бұрын

Who takes a baby? A woman who's been asked to do so because the infant is part of the lecture! Perhaps you should watch the lecture before commenting?

@papaversomniferum5247 6 жыл бұрын

Karl Bridge he still should suffocate the baby regardless, along with the inconsiderate mother. If u want a baby in the show, put it in a sound proof cage and leave it until ready for the show

@sultanumer590 6 жыл бұрын

Karl Bridge Why not keep the baby in the back until needed like other prop's.Fcuking ruined it all.

@sultanumer590 6 жыл бұрын

You must be dad!

@EleanorPeterson 5 жыл бұрын

@@sultanumer590 - You miss Faraday's point entirely. The Royal Institution Lectures aren't supposed to be super-slick media presentations for smartarse twenty-something dickheads who spend their time playing online computer games. They're pitched at school children who like asking questions. They're also for people who aren't afraid to be left alone with their own thoughts and who aren't put off by distractions and who don't have the attention-span of a gnat; they're about content, not packaging. If they were presented from America there'd probably be teams of experts grooming the presenters on their 'people skills'; there'd be no children in the audience; there'd be flashy graphics and glossy props and all kinds of stage-managed distractions. Oh, and wall-to-wall US flags. I'm delighted that people like you disapprove of the ancient format. It shows that it's still doing things right.

@shabana7650 6 жыл бұрын

I love you Dr. Dawkins....❤️

@user-rq7hv6lf8c 6 ай бұрын

So he failed. He wanted you to get a crush on science.

@Dazzletoad 11 жыл бұрын

I just love it. Professor Dawkins is an inspiration.

@saurabhsingh1255 3 жыл бұрын

what an intelligent man.

@nkosinathilinda904 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if any of those kids became scientists 🤔 I wasn't even born then🤣🤣Wow, these lectures are special 🙌🏾

@gsmadmax100 7 жыл бұрын

A worm fuzzy Dawkins ! LOVE IT :)

@realjuancho 7 жыл бұрын

I bet the baby bit isn't staged at all, and Dawkins just winged it

@geraldhills41 4 жыл бұрын

A genius of our time !

@jamescarroll5215 3 жыл бұрын

Pure genius.

@sbellaharris 11 жыл бұрын

Professor Dawkins is about the same today, 20 years did not leave too much signs on him.

@alexisjuillard4816 2 жыл бұрын

true... but it pains me to see how he has aged and weakened since you've written that comment... vhis mind is still sharp but his body is failing him, his health decreasing, when he dies i'll probably cry... the only thing that comforts me is the though he could have been born 50 years earlier and we wouldn't have his legacy in such an easily accecible way

@Bobsend 4 жыл бұрын

If they ever make a movie about Professor Dawkins the actor Matthew Rhys should play the part, he looks the double of him.

@Viniter 11 жыл бұрын

This is the first Christmas Lecture given after I was born. :-)

@jwpekin 5 жыл бұрын

Are entries still open for the competition?

@Tularis 8 жыл бұрын

Where can we see all of the past Christmas Lectures?

@TheRoyalInstitution 8 жыл бұрын

+Tularis You can watch lots on here, and we're hoping to add more soon: richannel.org/christmas-lectures

@Tularis 8 жыл бұрын

+The Royal Institution Thanks! I love what you do! And I loved the 2012 Christmas Lectures. There needs to be more Science on the TV especially Chemistry!

@weldin 8 жыл бұрын

+Tularis Breaking Bad.

@Tularis 8 жыл бұрын

Breaking Bad isn't very educational (Scientifically) and doesn't explain much in way of chemistry, Scientifically ...

@milkdoubt8837 3 жыл бұрын

whats the name of the title music

@perkeyser2032 7 жыл бұрын

"I felt the wind of it!" That's exactly what I will say, in the future, to anyone who's just flapping he's gums. Brilliant! :)

@Ziigey 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, Richard looks so young!

@mahmoudabdu4365 2 жыл бұрын

I am very curious to know where is Hananh now (min 17:30).

@EleanorPeterson 5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to be able to say, "I'm Hannah!" but I can't. I'm not. One thing's for sure: Faraday would have been THRILLED to know that she was in the audience. The Christmas Lectures are intended to be child-friendly, not dour presentations for full-time adult students with looming exams. Distractions and diversions are all a part of the experience; audience participation is encouraged, things can go wrong, but the overall lecture isn't meant to be a slick multi-media sales-and-marketing presentation. Such a 'Disney' approach wouldn't work. Gurgling babies may not be 'professional', but Hannah would certainly have got kids asking questions; and THAT'S what Faraday would have cared about. Yay, Hannah.

@Tonjevic 11 жыл бұрын

For me, it doesn't even play. It fails to begin and complains: "Server not found: rtmpt://theri.bc-s.cdn.bitgravity (dot) com:80/cdn"

@MsJavaWolf Жыл бұрын

That canon ball experiment at the end still requires some guts. It's true, that in an ideal setting the ball will never hit your face, but if there is human error involved, meaning that you give the ball just a little push while releasing it, it will hit you.

@TheMysticshroom 11 жыл бұрын

it plays for a minute then freezes for a while, Pausing does not make it buffer ahead. it doesn't seem to play smoothly through. although i did find the videos on youtube from another user so if anyone wants them they are out there for non uk users.

@sundeutsch 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like visiting Oxford to see him.

@lhoussaineelyousfi8691 7 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@StaticLinuxpro 11 жыл бұрын

I love the computer in the lecture.

@NeuroPulse 4 жыл бұрын

I was about the age of that little audience member in the front when this was done. Yes, the one crying there.

@Anicius_ 2 жыл бұрын

4:56 him smiling at the baby is cute..

@miscellaneous.7127 8 жыл бұрын

That was a great lecture. Professor Dawkins is a genius. unlike creationists.

@typingcat 8 жыл бұрын

If it were a Creationist lecture, it would have taken a few minutes. "The Bible says god created all animals in current forms. The end. What, you don't believe me? You are going to hell. "

@migattenogokui1306 Жыл бұрын

I religiously believe that if we actually had this kind of Christmas tradition worldwide we would be presently at peace ✌

@lhoussaineelyousfi8691 7 жыл бұрын

Good video

@CursedCommentaries 11 күн бұрын

Time stamp guy your my only hope!

@yoshtg Жыл бұрын

for those who think: "why does she bring the baby to the lecture" well, back then there was no internet, not smartphone, not an easy way to rewatch such a lecture. so if you wanted to see it you had to go there yourself

@osephdotnet 7 ай бұрын

This was broadcast on television and VCRs existed. Give your head a wobble...

@myunghm 11 жыл бұрын

The tape mode makes me appreciate the digital era! KZfaq

@Homo_sAPEien Жыл бұрын

Why did the animation at the beginning make it look like humans evolved from dinosaurs?

@sundeutsch 2 жыл бұрын

His voice today is the same as 30 years back.

@polanve 2 жыл бұрын

Love how the girl rolls her eyes at the corporate sponsor!

@atticusjones 4 жыл бұрын

That baby is 30 now. 20 years younger than dawkins was in this video.

@ModestNeophyte 5 ай бұрын

Wow I was in the first grade and I remember having the best Christmas that year. I was missing one of my front teeth as well. Heh.

@YashKMusic 2 жыл бұрын

"Put your faith in the scientific method" 🙏

@lennutrajektoor 11 жыл бұрын

I like the baby objecting :)

@warbo3611 6 ай бұрын

Who brings a baby to these lectures

@RhysWW1 2 жыл бұрын

Loved these! It's sad how they are so dumbed-down now. They used to be interesting to older children and adults alike... Now they seem to be aimed at 5yr olds. Says a lot about the way society is going I think.

@Antzehel 11 жыл бұрын

Only the Doctor can speak babies! Dawkins is also a timelord!! i knew it all along.

@Cronuz2 11 жыл бұрын

why not?

@richardgates7479 7 жыл бұрын

Wait! Did he actually say: the first Christmas, naught BC?

@FelixDaHousecat11 Жыл бұрын

Unintentional ASMR right here

@leonarderasmus6119 3 жыл бұрын

24:26 she is today almost the same age as Dawkins was in this video.

@LettersAndNumbers300 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, a JSM 5300LV, cool!!

@Stormlordau 2 жыл бұрын

That screaming baby grew up to be Bill O'reilly 😅

@johnratcliffe6191 3 жыл бұрын

The baby is very fitting, for the subject matter.

@TheAnonCritique 11 жыл бұрын

I like his work more before year 2000, where there are less idiots wasting his time in "debating" whether evolution is true or not, but doing more presentations of HOW evolution works and the research we can do to find out more. That's why the Selfish Gene is by far his most important book (actually about biology) than The God Delusion, wasting his valuable time on correcting ignorant apologetics.

@mookiemu 11 жыл бұрын

He was very good looking back then. Looks like a movie star.

@sorryifoldcomment8596 2 жыл бұрын

I love this, but what BBC Exec let an infant that close to the mic? I hope that infant was like, related to one of the people in charge lol. I can't imagine any other conceivable reason they'd compromise their own recording like that...

@louisehaley5105 Жыл бұрын

48:00 - I love how even then, the Professor was taking a jab at religion.

@user-rq7hv6lf8c 6 ай бұрын

I'd rather see it as a car driver who's view through the windshield is obscured by BS or IS (Insect Sh!t) and he has to switch on the wipers.

@HDitzzDH 2 жыл бұрын

People say he's very young here but you gotta remember he's around 50 years old here lol.

@SweepHead32 2 жыл бұрын

'here is something really confusing, but don't worry here are some other words that will confuse you enough forget about how confused you are. Oh I hope you weren't confused, because if you are here is why you weren't, it is probably because the words I'm saying are confusing enough to confuse you. Does that make sense? Of course it doesn't because we don't make sense enough to confuse each of us so don't even worry about it unless you think you weren't confused does that doesn't make sense? Of course we aren't.'