240p we meet again!

I was sad to hear of Daniel Dennett's passing. Although I never met the man I am left feeling a loss. He was my teacher, he made me think and he made me smile. I am very grateful to his contributions he made during his lifetime. A great philosopher, a great teacher and a great man! You the man Dan!

I feel it is a privilege to share this planet with Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett.

RIP Daniel Dennett. Brilliant mind.

these two men are demonized, attacked, misquoted and vilified by religious apologists. If that doesn't piss you the fuck off, I don't know what you're talking about. They are nothing but wonderful people, curious about the universe, and educators in their own right. And they get death threats. Who's side are YOU on?

I've shared this today as it is very sadly appropriate. We will always have Daniel Dennett's books, talks & interviews, but I will miss hearing his opinions & takes on new ideas & events. A sad loss of a man with a great mind, who has helped us all understand a little more of the great puzzle that is reality. R.I.P. Daniel Dennett, March 28, 1942 - April 19, 2024

My gratitude to Dr. Dawkins. I am one of your followers and have read some of your wonderful books. My greetings and appreciation. Eddie. I love you both. Best of the best.

Usually I don't like to talk about death, but this is really nice. "I was dead for billions of years and never suffered the slightest inconvenience" or "Think about the improbability of our existence". Brilliant!

stunning hi-def

I met Richard in the Peter Singer's video with him. Thank you for reminding us how marvelous life can be.

I'm trying hard to hold back tears. I love these men so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Interesting when Dawkins says 'it's astonishingly unlikely that you and I exist, and yet we do.'

I don't really agree with how an understanding of the universe helps remove grief and fear of death. The more beautiful I find something, the harder it is to lose. If we were brought into a terrible universe where no one could come up with a single reason of why it was worth living in, it would be easy to leave it. The more beautiful the universe, the worst death is. Sometimes I think that because our Universe is so beautiful, I would have rather not existed in the first place, because then I wouldn't have to say goodbye to it all forever. It's like a cruel joke, being brought into something so amazing and fascinating, only to leave it after such a short period of time, forever.

I usually agree with everything Richard Dawkins says, but I have a problem with telling people to "stop moaning" if they're dying or fearing death. It seems a bit patronizing, especially from someone who has had the good fortune, genetics and healthfulness to have lived to age 74. "Stop moaning and be glad to have lived at all" is awfully arrogant for a successful senior citizen to tell a 17 year old on their deathbed.

It is truly a privilege to exist... but to exist in this era among countless others... an era where collective knowledge from the greatest minds are at the disposal of our fingertips... being able to hear, to understand, and to process... the universal language that is English... to learn, to grow, and to appreciate... our very existence... we appreciate the teachings from the two of four horsemen featured in this video... RIP Christopher Hitchens... a privilege to learn from Professor Dawkins... may you and Dan Dennett stay healthy and content.

Two great minds scraping what positivity they can from a belief that offers precious little comfort in the face of death. We are not here by chance, and we were not made for oblivion. Blessings to you both ❤🙏

this is beautiful

RIP great mind.

Daniel Dennett died today. 😢. He was a wonderful influence for me. Maybe he lives on in the ones he influenced, like me. I’ll miss him nonetheless.

What model potato was this recorded with?

AWESOME VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also never met Daniel Dennett but came to know him through his books, and now the internet. He was one of the Great Ones and I was very sad to hear of his passing......but what a life he lived!

Beautiful

Richard, It would be very interesting to see you have a conversation with Aubrey de Grey about death.

I lost my dad a couple of months ago, and watching this brought a tear to my eye. Less than a minute later, my doorbell rang - it was Jehova's Witnesses!

I think these two intellectuals are somewhat to optimistic about the existence of life. Perhaps some philosophy by Arthur Schopenhauer is needed... "Our existence is based solely on the ever-fleeting present. Essentially, therefore, it has to take the form of continual motion without there ever being any possibility of our finding the rest after which we are always striving. It is the same as a man running downhill, who falls if he tries to stop, and it is only by his continuing to run on that he keeps on his legs; it is like a pole balanced on one’s finger-tips, or like a planet that would fall into its sun as soon as it stopped hurrying onwards. Hence unrest is the type of existence. In a world like this, where there is no kind of stability, no possibility of anything lasting, but where everything is thrown into a restless whirlpool of change, where everything hurries on, flies, and is maintained in the balance by a continual advancing and moving, it is impossible to imagine happiness. It cannot dwell where, as Plato says, continual Becoming and never Being is all that takes place. First of all, no man is happy; he strives his whole life long after imaginary happiness, which he seldom attains, and if he does, then it is only to be disillusioned; and as a rule he is shipwrecked in the end and enters the harbour dismasted. Then it is all the same whether he has been happy or unhappy in a life which was made up of a merely ever-changing present and is now at an end."

I cant believe all the negativity this video has attracted! Much Love All!

its sad knowing how few people truly understand this. PS, i can say im bored sometimes because sometimes ill be almost nodding off asleep and then what seems like a lightning bolt of pure dread hits me. my heart rate speeds up and i feel like i am about to die. but it is just the fear of unconsciousness itself, eternal sleep.

If people can treasure life as these two, there would be more peace and love in this world

I have no problem with the idea of being dead forever, just as I never worried about the billions of years I wasn't alive. And, to tell you the truth, I don't think that life is such a wonderful thing. Perhaps I felt something like this two or three times when I was a child, but since becoming an adult I have found life to be monotonous, tiring and repetitive. Mainly because "it's impossible to be happy alone" and I don't like to depend on anyone. I learned very early on that people lie pretty much all the time (myself included) and, for some unfortunate circumstance, I hate lying. This took away my taste of living under the same roof with other human beings. Animals are the only company that never tires, bores or disappoints me. That said, the only thing that terrifies me is the DYING PROCESS: a slow, painful death is my only nightmare. A quick and painless death would be the greatest gift of all.

RIP Daniel Dennett 🕊️

The ideas about the billions of years we weren't alive shared from 2:33 onwards between the two resonate with me. I had the same epiphany years ago.

BEST VIDEO ON KZfaq!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's the title of the poetry? Thanks

Thank you Daniel. You did good while you were here.

it's great privilege that we are here and can enjoy the beauty of our universe and it becomes more beautiful if we know that there is no after life.

"Stop moaning". Peak British.

So intense.

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Professor Dan died today 😭

I seem to find myself viewing this video regularly. Being able to see the magnificence of even existing, as my recently passed love said, wow, just wow. These guys always bring me back to thinking again.

Oh man

Peace and good health to these two great educators.

RIP Dan Dennett.

That beard is so fluffy☺

It is a Huge privilege to be here. And Spirit, Eternity, Consciousness exists and that is it really, after all this Life, things go on.....and if you live a creative life that is quite something too.

His cider is the best I've ever had

A thought: If everyone in the universe died and then there was somehow only one life-form born in the entire universe after you ceased to exist - that one new life-form's experience would be the experience that comes after your death because it'd be the only experience there is.

How to not be afraid of death? Whenever I heard about someone that died in a horrible accident I'm afraid to die with suffering like them. And how you accept that there will be nothing after you die? How you accept that you will be nothing? help me

I'd rather die than live forever

Death still scares the shit out of me. I don't think people truly know the fear until they get put in the situation of having to think about eternal oblivion because they know it's coming... Terminal people know that fear.

Can"t wait to see you again.

fuck!I'm jealous that i don't know English too good,to clearly understand the great conversations between the great people like this.

I'm not afraid to die anymore. It sounds like peace for a while from this crazy first heaven

In Japan it can be the opposite. Fear of being alive and for some it is more honorable to visit death than to continue being alive. Justified suicide, keeping your inconveniences out of the way of others.

We were travelling in the desert and suddenly we found a nice big house which has many floors and wonderful garden and many animals. We entered this house but no one was inside. We found that house was containing all utilities such as water, electricity, light, food,...etc everything was well organized and well prepared. We were divided into two groups: 1- Some of us started to think and say of course this nice house exist because of the Mother Nature and there is no one built this house!! Or maybe the trees exploded and formed this wonderful house. Anyway this house is here just by luck! 2- Others said that of course this house was built by a very clever architect or designer who organized and designed this wonderful house in this beautiful way and he should built this house for reasons. The second group started to look around the house, then they found a mailing box. They opened it and found a letter. when they opened the letter, they found someone who claimed that he is the owner of this house and he knows everything on it and he says in this letter that each visitor will stay for a certain period of time and then he will be enforced to go out and continue his/her trip with no return back to this house. but u have to keep in mind that if you want to utilize all of the facilities on my house and spend good time there and when you go out to continue your trip, then u have to follow some easy instructions. And if you stuck in any trouble just tell me. (But why? the second group asked :) ) Because everyone will leave my house sooner or later, he will be accounted for all what he did in the house. the visitors who followed my instructions will get the real happiness in this house and when they went out and continue their trip they will gathered what all they need to continue their trip and they be rewarded a lot, the owner said. Actually, the first group who said this house was built by luck, they started to do many things in this house. They were feeling that there is big lack in their spirits and they don't know why, but they spent their time anyway until their time finished. Now, if I pick up two persons from the two groups. Both of them spent their entire life making shoes, then which one you will consider good and succeed in their stay at this house?? The one who don't know why he is in this house or the other one who knows exactly every step in his journey in the house and when he leave the house and gathered what he need when he go out from this house?? Let me introduce to u the heroes of this story: 1- The house is the universe and each person's life on it. 3- The letter is the Quran (before Quran it was the bible and Towra ) (this statement needs more explanation ) 4- The owner of the house: Allah, the creator of the universe 5- The second group are the believers or the right followers of prophets 6- The first group are more than half of the people on the earth now.

what book is richard dawkins reading from?

I would say this about Dawkins's reflection on dying: What seems so logical about becoming rotten when we die is not so logical within a dimension higher than that Dawkin thinks he exists in. In a few words, suppose that we exist as excitations of an existential field (as the fields of quantum physics, something beyond a quantum gravitational field) so that dying in that dimension is very different from dying in the poor and limited dimension we believe we live in. I do believe we must rely on something beyond crude matter!

Yo Dawkins, keep postin up the new videos ma nigga! U da man

Daniel Dennett finally got to meet Emanuel Swedenborg to get his real education

I am someone who doesn't really sit well with the whole "the odds on you being here are phenomenal" approach. You are alive and always would have been. It's impossible to look at it from somewhere where you weren't born. It's hard to put this into words really

THIS "IM LUCKY TO BE BORN" SHIT HAS TO STOP. I WAS THE STRONGEST OUT THE PATCH, I HAD MAD NIGGAS ON MY TAIL, BUGGING ME OUT, BUT I STOOD MY GROUND AND ELEVATED TO THE HIGHER LIGHT. FUCK WITH ME

There is no doubt that consciousness is one of evolution's remarkable gifts. I find that glib statement comes even more to life when I realize that I am experiencing some of this consciousness. And I fully agree with Richard that before I was conceived everything was fine since for me it wasn't. After my time passes everything will also be fine since for me it will not be. Not a big deal. But here we are and it is up to us to make our lives and the lives of others as positive as possible. Here again we can set the switch between appreciation or despair. My best to Dan and thanks for what both he and Richard have done to raise my own consciousness.

When curiosity and wonder on the mystery of existence come under attack by ANY ideology, this species has no hope left. These two are great inspirations for me. Thanks for the upload. Oh, and fuck the trolls. Don't even respond and feed the fire of their ignorance and need for conflict.

We will miss Daniel. Rest in Peace !

That look Dawkins gave at the end...

Rip Daniel D.

3:44 when they ponder over nature even Dennet couldn’t help it

I still can't wrap my head around that the odds of us being here is like a tornado that blows through an old junk yard and out comes a fully built flying Boeing 707. These are unfathomable odds.

And now Daniel can experience It himself

Lost, and whistling loudly in the dark.

This video more now than anything

When it comes to death, I find that having faith in an afterlife (as I did up to the age of about 5) serves as a hindrance in accepting loss. I think that believing in an afterlife causes people to deny that their loved ones are truly gone meaning that they will never get over the death. Understanding that the most probable result of death is the decay of the body rather than ascension to heaven allows people to know that the deceased individual has gone forever. Admittedly, at times it would be easier to just use the easy answer of "they are in a better place", or "when I die I will see them again" but it is damaging in the long term. It causes people to base their lives on superstition and false hope. It's like refusing an education and a career on the basis that you could win the lottery. It's just not worth the risk as the chance for reward is so slim.

Wow, I never thought that Atheism is so close to Hinduism and Buddhism, and also Kabbalist Judaism. And like what Osho teaches. Incredible.

Dawkins is reading from his own book, Unweaving the Rainbow, at the end. It strikes me as being similar to the ending of Olaf Stapledon's Star Maker.

Which pixel is Richard Dawkins?

Thank you, Mr. Dennett!!!!!

i have lost my slavish admiration for dawkins 'though i continue to support his foundation. his approach or affect does not endear him to a schlub like me. i do not have a legacy of books or a family but i still don't have trouble with the notion that death means lights out. i would not want this life to go on forever. even if the species makes it for 100 years or so (which i don't think it will), the dawkins/dennett/ legacy will not go beyond that so it's not like their existence is more significant than mine. we are all subatomic specs in the universe. man is another animal BUT that doesn't mean i can't enjoy each day to its fullest by doing the things that nurture me and my community.

Life. Joy, sorrow, hurt, healing, like, dislike, love, hate. Being a human being being human. Death None of the above.

Gostaria de saber se esse otimismo abstrato em relação à civilização ocidental continua dentro da "caixa" onde guardamos nossas ilusões ou se se já foram transferidas para a "bolha" das nossas auto ilusões.

I had no idea Daniel Dennett was so tall😮

3:10 lol, my first time hearing this Dawkinism.

This is a difference between an American and a European looking at the vastness of the cosmos. An American sees how big and uncaring the universe is and feels small and insignificant, while a European looks at it and feels special to be one of its only parts capable of reason and wonder. I think that this difference is largely cultural, though I can't find exactly what.

It's a privilege to exist IF one lives healthy and in safety. It's hell to exist IF one lives in pain and suffering.

Who else is here after his death? Now he is in the DMT realm and realizes death is an illusion.

Great footage, but cannot help but feel like they are both preaching to the choir to each other.

The world will miss him, whether it knows it or not

So scientific, yet so spiritual!

Was this filmed on a potato? Why is it 240p

Is this the Dennett who wrote his theory of intentional systems

He'll Know what I mean

3:10 Richard Dawkins said "Sky Daddy" LOL.

We're living in a massive death simulator

For some, life is an act less preferable to death. For others, life is a gift which must not be squandered. What I think, is that the realities of existence are subjective, personal, common only to the beholder. Perhaps it is true that a majority of the living cannot see the beauty, the sheer dumb luck of their own existence, but for some we must acknowledge a difference in view. Suffering is not always a transient, temporary period, it can be permanent, unendurable. So let us not forget that life is both the beauty and the beast.

I don’t know, but I’m inclined to believe that both of them are wrong. I tend to think there is not just matter, or that matter is far far beyond anything that has yet been discovered, conceived, or understood by anyone except the deepest mystics, and I don’t believe we “understand what has brought us here” in the least. But the thinking here is brilliant, and uplifting and profound. These men, modern Zarathustras, are to be saluted for their embrace of life.

Such brilliant men!

May GOD Rest Him.

I like these ideas. I totally can imagine that you can feel a porpose in that all as an atheist. One doesn't need a religion! It's just not my cup of tee - it's not enough for me. And also: what would you say to people who are born into existance just to suffer? What's life's purpose for them? Can they appreciate the beauty of the universe and nature? Can they feel happy to be there and see it all? It disturbs me to think that for some poeple life is simply suffering....and that's all. I can't take that in....I NEED the hope that this wasn't everything to stay sane and happy.

I cannot be so presumptive as tell people to stop complaining about life. We do not know what's in the mind and experience of another. I would llke to think I would start of with a recognition and validation of the others rights and experience and then go in on the reality of experience and existence. Yes, to be alive is great and rare and to be aware as we are above that is perhaps the most beautiful thing I've ever contemplated, but we also have our histories and we are still alive and human. Don't tell them to stop winging. Respect them, love them and then help them to see existence better. I love Dawkins verve but Dennett has this wonderful calm about him. How will we handle dying? We won't know until we do. But I'm very Ok with the moment my brain activity ceases, I cease. So far the reason for life is just being alive. And that is incredible. Words can't actually describe what it looks and feels like. Dennett in this video tries to express it but he knows he can't. This is the only truth we know about life and existence. And it is more than enough. To risk sounding silly, it's supercallifragilisticexpeallidocious. All the descriptors for joy, beauty wonder, awe, gratefulness, .. all put together in the right sequence hardly does it justice. And there doesn't appear to be any diety that fits into this beauty.