Richard Dawkins at Origins Symposium (6/6)

[w13d3rgEb0r3n]

This series is awesome. So happy to be alive at the same time as these GIANTS!

[andyx1205]

Everyone is dressed all formally and Dawkins comes out with the Hawaiian shirt lol classic

[w13d3rgEb0r3n]

@andyx1205 lol, He's a biologist. What do you expect?

[babyshambler]

@andyx1205

To be fair, the Krauss-monster is in a polo shirt. Thanks for the upload!

[prestonscott73]

great video series- thanks for posting. great to have AC Grayling on the panel- he hits the nail on the head every time.

[Entertainmentwf]

About 3:05 : Alan Turing by far. His first ground breaking model pretty much gave us the most powerful computational model ever and showed in a single swoop the limits of Mathematics in a very clean way off of Godel, Cantor, and many others basis. :)

[andrewtheman19]

Good post!

[GrantSmithBass]

I will recommend this to all my friends....great post!

[Iambecome]

Very interesting video. Would have liked to hear more from Pinker and Dawkins though. :)

[cjunk351]

The thing is the obvious fact is, people idolize people. no need to be apossed to it. We all know that other people are mere humans no matter how much we idolize them. make scientist superstars. Personalize their lives. this is what will reach people. The thing that sticks out the most is Einstein was 'just a patent clerk' school drop out, or that Stephen hawking is really fucked up physically. we like to hear personal stories also. familiarity doesn't breed contempt, it breeds familiarity.

[fortress7373]

I can see your point, however, I believe that personal stories can be fickle. How many celebrities are broken down in their credibility through scandal or controversial personal events even if they are private? There is a danger than many scientists will endure additional stresses from papparazzi and some may lose their credibility on personality alone. Imagine if it were reported that Richard Dawkins had divorced and remarried a 25-year old ex-stripper... from a gay club?

[cjunk351]

LOL. I see where you are coming from. You made me laugh, i was thinking of richard Dawkins having the papparazzi chasing him with cameras. i can see him now with sun glasses on, flash outfit and security detail stanging in the way of the cameras etc.

I dont mean make them too much like pop stars. these guys get their undue attention because of their movie characters largely, and they hide their lives as much as they can, hence the paparazzi.