Richard Dawkins - Age of Reason - Faith Schools Menace? (4/4)

[sgal88]

I find it ironic that he tries to answer the question of how the dinosaurs died yet finishes off with...

"but no one really knows." He puts faith in an answer that is not concrete. 

[DieRightNowPlease]

@sgal88 how else would he have answered a question that no one for sure knows? O_o

[Cheezyspam]

@sgal88 It's a much more sensible answer than "BECAUSE GOD" isn't it?

[sgal88]

@Cheezyspam No...if one answer is lame then the other is just the equivalent.

[evilagent]

7:24 It's so heartwarming to see these curious children asking Dawkins such great questions about science.

[unanumus2]

2:25

I wish Richard Dawkins was my dad....

I am going to play this over and over, until i go to sleep

[socraticproblem86]

I love how the end is about childrens fascination, curiousity and asking questions to learn new things. Great ending :o)

[WAZZA1235]

I don't agree with his answer to how the dinosaurs died

[thenewrapstyle]

is that richie boy tickling the ivories?

[Gamekingz0r1]

Ooh man Dawkins is awesome

[thomasey2]

LOVE this , EXCELLENT !!! induction from observation does not mean causality.

[XxXPolskiXxX]

6:50 I waved back. Like a boss.

Great video by the way, thanks for sharing. :)

[ivar3145]

if only richard dawkins had come to my school...

[epicnidhogg]

this is the basic difference between craig and dawkins.

Dawkins: the magic of reality

Craig: On guard: how to defend your faith with precision and reason

[jmlew]

Secular thinking for the win!

[michaelcjordan]

I wish Richard Dawkins was my granddad!

[Derwind]

Dawkins is a wonderfully inspirational human being. I really want to meet him one day so I could shake his hand and thank him for being so awesome. :)

[Punkeloco]

Beautiful video...there is nothing more beautiful than to teach our children with facts..makes them think..

[TymesRhymes]

Richard is great with children.

[TheLiberty53]

If you listen carefully to this video she isn't asking the children for their own explanation, but carefully orienting them to their explanation. In both questions the answers the girl comes to is the interviewers answer. This is as bad as asking a leading question in the court to get the answer the lawyer desires even though the answer does not give us truth.

[durane42]

@TheLiberty53 I don't really understand what you mean by this. She says "one person says..." and "another person says..." and proposes the answers in a different order each time. Where is the distinction between "her" answer and the other one?

[mmmmmarcus]

Haha@ all the kids clapping while having the look; "The fuck did this guy just say? I'm confused!!"

[westside1love]

@mmmmmarcus Hahah, I was thinking the same thing, before I read your post when the vid ended.

[mmmmmarcus]

6:53 O HAI THERE!

[honeyblossom17]

This man is really awesome he changed my views on science and evolution!

He also made me realize how important it is to ALWAYS QUESTION EVERYTHING in religion, and in life as well, so we as the human race can move forward and KEEP moving forward in truth with the help of science, logic and REASON!

[learning112233]

Richard Dawkins has changed my life he really does

[gulllars]

All teachers should be more like this, especially primary school teachers.

One of the worst things there is as a pupil is being denied the possibility to ask questions, an answer to a question, or a reason for the answer. It kills curiosity.

Giving children tools for logic and skepticism at a young age is a great gift, and doesn't require too much work.

[iluvsystemofadown]

Darn that Dawkins... Indoctrinating our children with the truth. How dare he. The nerve.

[dawkinschannel]

@iluvsystemofadown

L.O.L.

[DarkTwin567]

@iluvsystemofadown and the nearve of him giving tools for children to reason

[goratrix1799]

@iluvsystemofadown No my friend. He is doing something far more vile and evil: He is teaching them to think critically and find the truth for themselves! Without asking permission from god! This evil murderous idea of his, that we should look to better ourselves and our understanding, must be stopped! Unchecked and there might actually be....HOPE for the next generations! AHHHHhhh. It burnses us the nasty reasonableness!

[sushanalone]

funny that the first video had about 1400 views and only half made it to the last one!

[hipp6y]

@FreboyDT thank you, i may be heavily biased, but i think he's very smart. ;P

about your point though. i agree that kids have a very important need to trust their parents when it comes to knowing about the world or themselves and all. but kids are also naturally inclined to ask about everything they find interesting. every parent has been embarrassed at least a couple of times by one's child asking an innocent question, like: 'mummy, why is this man so fat?'(out loud :D) . so i think both...

[hipp6y]

@hipp6y ...being able to trust parents and to inquire are children's needs and rights. i try to combine them myself by answering and presenting some evidence. i also think that if i show my son something to back up my point, he might get a feeling of a wide community with all the people who know the same things as he gets to. that talking and sharing evidence somehow brings us all closer. at least i hope. there's just one catch in this- if you lie, your kids will eventually catch you on that.

[hipp6y]

@hipp6y but then again if they do-justice served. to me and all the parents.

and yes, we could use a psychologist to join us. XD any volunteers?

[Saktoth]

There are deep flaws with the methodology of that experiment on the children. It is not (and really, cannot be) double-blind, so the tone, inflection and even phrasing ('tiny piles of stuff', thats not a very convincing explanation, what about 'they were broken, which made them pointy', which has the added advantage of being more accurate) massively influences the outcome of the experiment.

I am not saying the conclusion is incorrect, i suspect it is true. But the methodology is flawed.

[hipp6y]

@FreboyDT i have to disagree, while being inclined to believe has an important function as far as safety of kids comes. i think questioning can improve the way they grow up much better. for example: when my son asks me why some things are the way they are, i try to either ask him to figure it out(which works perfectly, because an explanation stays with you when you think of it yourself), or i explain. in which case he sometimes asks, how do i know. then i can aide myself with outside...

[hipp6y]

@hipp6y ...knowledge and evidence. he gets to see the source of my own knowledge, and trusts me more. i have to update and check my knowledge all the time, which can't be bad for me either. this way, we both grow.

we watch carl sagan's cosmos together, i have a very cool kid. :D

[sdeevooo]

LOL at around 7:10

[mickeypopa]

I have a complaint. Quality of 720p is no better than 360p. I suspect it's due to post processing of videos where you add intros and outros, and that "RD" in the top right corner. You may want to consider changing your video editing software. I love this channel and it's videos, but now that I've compared your upload of this documentary to the same documentary uploaded on AtheistMediaDotCom channel, I can see the other one has only 360p quality, and it's better than your 720p. Cheers

[NewAgeReason]

Did this video almost make you cry? I did me because I realized how blinded I was growing up, but now that I am a senior in High school I have woken up so I'm good and still have plenty of time to learn. Just the fact that Dawkins at the end is answering these kids questions is just so beautiful, he really is good with them. It is time to make open minds so we can progress.

[tirsden]

@NewAgeReason Bravo! There are so many who will stick with the "but I know I'm right" version and ignore all else. I escaped religious fundamentalism so I totally know the feeling. It's like starting over, but starting properly this time. You get to start that path much sooner than I did. Bravo. ^_^

[NewAgeReason]

@tirsden

Thank you! I grew up a strong Christian. In middle school I became a skeptic/agnostic. Just recently I have finally grown firm in atheism.

[bodhisatfa]

Don't you just genuinely love this man. Keep it up. Mother Earth needs you.

[wolfmasterOokami]

If this doesn't change peoples minds about religion, I don't know what will...

[Loyal2Liberty]

6:50 Hello right back at you.

[maniacchris]

lol these kids don't give a shit about what he's saying! XD

[maniacchris]

If I was gay I'd have butt sex with richard dawkins.

[DatSkinnyWhiteGirl]

this sort of makes me emotional. i love RD

[MauricXe]

I like watching him answer those questions @ the end.

[jeanfou1]

Maybe the reason some adults don't want their children to question their beliefs is that they would not have time to do anything else but answer their never-ending questions! ;-) Thank you very much for posting!

[Destroe1]

I wish he was my teacher growing up things might be a little different for me today.

[neilloooo]

AWESOME .. I hope to see a day when all children have these choices

[StLennyBruce]

In response to his question at 4:21 , I disagree with her assertion that children have a natural sense of things being designed. I think after a few years of being in the habit of explaining the use of man-made objects, they mistakenly apply the creationist view onto things in nature as well.

[benzagel]

@StLennyBruce not sure if u were listening well...but thats the conclusion of the experiment lol. :)

[StLennyBruce]

@benzagel I thought that would happen. I started typing before the video was done. That happens.

[paulmagnnum]

keep up the good work with the channel

[SabahAlev]

i love this channel. this man is awesome