Richard Dawkins on The Late Late Show 180909 1 of 2

[jackthelad101]

I was enjoying what the guy in the audience was saying..

[ronanm9]

Ryan is an absolute disgrace in this interview 

[xxxGOLDENGALxxx]

lol at the audience just sitting there going "JESUS, JESUS, JESUS, JESUS"

[MannyZanny]

The quality of the intellectual content is inversely proportional to the quality of the video.

[KevBGuitar]

This is extraordinary. Tubridy shows no sign of having researched any of Dawkins work and looks entirely out of his depth. Dawkins, whether you agree with him or not, is an influential academic whose arguments are carefully reasoned. Tubridy has not even paid him the courtesy of understanding those arguments even if his intention was, as it seems, to hold them up as eccentric. This is lazy, conceited and wasteful journalism.

[lynottlives]

I don't even like Dawkins, Even as an athiest i think he's a condescending twat that wastes too much time trying to preach to people who are never going to agree to him...but even so. Ryan was just a dick here

[GiveCourage]

Was there even an audience?!

[BatmanOneOhOne]

The tension in that room is so thick you could cut it with a spatula.

[TheSpitz132003]

Tubridy the TOOL!!!!!

[TheFogey17]

om irish and i hate turbidy

[PaMcDonagh]

Ryan Tubridy couldn't be a shittier interviewer.

[leporello56]

I don't like the way Tubridy just dismissed Dawkins statements like that. Indifference like that pissed me off.

[euroman32589]

this nob of a presenter cant ask a deacent question.

[WestTheNinja]

Tuburdy you are such a fucking rat

[daithiocondun]

Very poor interview by Ryan here....

[MrCrowley45]

It seems like Dawkins is going to get shot by the audience after this

[andy08s]

one man hates God so now billions must change their minds?

[JaTochNietDan]

@andy08s I'm shocked by your lack of understanding on the situation here. This man doesn't hate "God", because he doesn't believe in the existence of one. Nobody *has* to change their mind, we only ask that you actually think about it for once instead of blindly ignoring our discussions. We're not trying to convert you, unlike religious people do to us quite frankly, we are merely trying to make you think about it instead of jumping to wild conclusions of the existence of a higher power.

[WestTheNinja]

@andy08s you're a fucking idiot. Of the highest degree.

[sciron42]

go on dawkins! the vatican is an incredibly rich waste of time!

[SierraSierraFoxtrot]

A very amusing interview!

[conorc94]

Turbridy is a fucking twatbag. What an ignorant cunt.

[superdubsolo]

Can anyone explain quantum non-locality? It would appear that space is an illusion. John Lennon was right, nothing is real.

[iFaithless]

@dazzamatic2008 That which is asserted without evidence (existence of god) can be dismissed without evidence - Christopher Hitchens

[JaTochNietDan]

@dazzamatic2008 While your question has been answered by iFaithless pretty perfectly with a quote. I would like to make a more simple example.

Can you prove to me, that my fish is not your God? Prove that my fish didn't create the entire world as we know it.

Now you're probably saying, why that's absolutely ridiculous, how could anyone believe his fish created the entire world? Then I can say what you said, "can you, who disbelieves my fish is God, prove that he isn't?".

[MrCrowley45]

@dazzamatic2008 Can you prove there is no santa/fairies/leprechauns/drag­ons/celestial teapots? No. But I bet you don't believe in any of them either. Why? Because there is no evidence supporting any of those claims. Put god in the mix and it should be no different. No evidence, no reason to believe. Where does it say unorganised matter turned into complex life forms? You're skipping abiogeneis. We pretty much have the answers for how Abiogenesis occured, just one or two steps missing,

[teedzy1]

@dazzamatic2008 Have you read any other books but the bible? What do you mean where is his scientific evidence? These are not his "personal veiws". Do you know what emperical evidence is? You are what makes non-theists so happy with our "personal veiws".

[yvranx]

@dazzamatic2008 "How can [...] unorganized matter turn into complex life forms?"

First by abiogenesis, and science is still not quite sure exactly how this happened. After that, by Evolution, which is among the best evidenced scientific theory around.

[KrackowKid]

@dazzamatic2008 Can you prove there is a God ? Just because Science cannot YET explain everything doe not mean that automatically means there is a God. Look what science is doing and how far it's come. You say it's an interesting debate but deny he should be allowed to sway people ? The church and world religons has manipulated us to believe in there beliefs. Why should the church be allowed make up our minds one way or the other and not Richard Dawkins ? What are you afraid of ?

[KrackowKid]

@dazzamatic2008From birth,I was indoctrinated into a belief system I had no choice in.I was not allowed to develop until a time when I was free to choose.I was baptised without my consent.I was brain washed through a school system since birth.I was brought to church every sunday and manipulated into believing a certain belief system. I was confered in cermonies of holy communion and confirmation without my consent.It baffles me that you tell people not to be swayed by his opinion

[TweekDash]

@dazzamatic2008 Only an idiot asks Why. Intellectuals ask how.

[sprPee]

@dazzamatic2008 can you disprove a giant teacup behind the moon? No? Then it must be true!

[LuckynumberSlevin11]

@dazzamatic2008 owned idiot

[HDaviator]

@dazzamatic2008

"people should make up there own minds,about God and the universe,and not be swayed by one way or the other by his personal views" Dawkins agrees with you, and he has said it many times. The problem is that children are brainwashed into believing in god, and as you know, the basis of god is that which is improvable, so therefore, people are programmed to believe in it even if presented with strong evidence to prove otherwise. That is why Dawkins does what he does.

[dazzamatic2008]

@HDaviator we will agree to disagree sam.anyway thanks for the mobile phone vids very informative.i bought htc sensation dec 31st last

[nuttyboy007]

@dazzamatic2008 please shut up. why should the onus be any more on us as atheists to disprove the existence of God. Why shouldn't it be on you to prove it?

[madladgregor]

@dazzamatic2008 you cant prove there are no fairys. you cant prove that i dont have a 12 inch penis. Just because you cant disprove it, doesnt make it true. Therefore, there is no reason to believe it, ie. there is no point in believing in god, since there is no evidence spporting it

[euroman32589]

tubberty you suck...bring back byrne or kenny. anyone, just not you. you'r at your best interviewing westlife.

[101truthhurts]

There's no need to be embarrassed to be Irish, Gavin. Prof. Dawkins married his third wife in Kilkenny. Plus, you're trying to patronise the smarter end of the globe by suggesting that the audience or its country is backward. I'M ashamed that YOU are Irish.

[TheNormankingdom]

@101truthhurts The catholic Irish need to take their heads out of their ass & stop drinking so much.

[GallagherWellerBrown]

Fucking hell, Tubridy... Since I was 7 years old,a s the only Athesist in a Catholic school, I've put up with questions pretty much the exact same as the ones he's aking here. I feel sorry that Dawkins wasted his time on this cunt.

[TacticalHub]

"What is the Vatican then, toytown?" what a stupid comment... I could say, "If the olympian gods do not exist then what is the parthenon? a dolls house?" There are loads of conventions and monuments left over from our arcane past that have no truth to them. "There are many people watching tonigh blah blah blah" Man up prick and face Dawkins with conviction if you have something to say...

[h0usesparr0w]

"He doesn't exist"

"Not in the slightest?"

What an utterly stupid response, something either exists or it doesn't, something can't exist just a little bit. Thank you Tubridy for being so enjoyable to loathe.

[Jackcreambun]

Tubridy please fuck off you biased cunt. Feel almost shameful as an Irishman watching this.

[MUFC689908]

I dont generally mind Ryan Tubridy but he's not a social commentator by any means and he was out of his depth here, as most hosts are I suppose.

[AlsatiaZevo]

This interview is a joke. And, like the audience, I'm not laughing. Poor Richard.

[martinbondesson]

Interviewer - "So, what happens then, as you see it, when we die?"

Dawkins - "Well, some of us gets buried and some of us get cremated."

Haha, I love that reply from Dawkins! :-) The way he says it is so awesome, and it's true. You can't dispute that.

[Ligerpride]

Interesting to compare this interview to the one he had with Pat Kenny. Kenny's one was far superior and more thought provoking.

[monkeykingeater]

Ryan Tubridy is literally the worst interviewer on television. He has the personality (and physique) of a stick, the intelligence and open-minded of a West-Borough Baptist and is more biased than FOX News.

[billbenblue]

It must be exhausting when the only thing people want to talk to you about are your "controversial beliefs" instead of your work or your profession. But then again, I guess part of the blame rests with Mr. Dawkins for pissing off so many creationists. In any case, I feel bad for Richard. Can you imagine what that must be like? Day in day out, the moment you step outside and talk to ANYONE, you wind up being harangued by a bunch of religious nuts?

[TimLeahy2]

These must be the most stupid and silly questions ever put to Dawkins!!

[anthonywallmusic]

I think it's shocking that Ryan didn't ask Richard about his new book. He just wanted a crack at the Dawkins and made a fool of himself with his childish questions and insulted his audience by asserting that he was 'asking questions that would interest people'. What a dick. I wonder if he even read the book Richard was there to promote.

[moroney1]

Ryan Tubridy should stick to the fluff and light entertainment where he belongs

[Gunyo]

The interviewer really needs to learn how to use his verbiage in a clearer and more understandable manner. He also needs to research and form decent questions to prevent himself from sounding like an absolute buffoon.

[ramiBudemaris]

The interviewer is a dumbass.

[chestypants78]

Toy Town? Dawkins never said that. YOUR words Tubs you plonker twat! RTE are an embarrassment. It's who you know. That's how it works in Montrose.

[22grena]

Turbudys questions are really childish

[OnkelStein]

That priest in the audience seemed fairly balanced

[MsOneiroi77]

most irish people are faithful to a god and most equate Catholic Christianity as being part of the Irish identity. There are atheists in Ireland but most of these are academics, intellectuals and or not the majority of the general public. The church has such a hold on the Irish people its called the rock of the church by pope John Paul. Trubridy is playing to the audience the enlightenment passed most of these people by.

[InsanoGerbil]

I love how offended the interviewer is. Haha, puny human couldn't handle Dawkins point of view.

[NKjetkid]

Tubridy reminds me of an insect that you want to crush with your shoe.

[Tobytrim]

Tubridy is a wanker! - I always thought so , but this interview caps it for me!

I did like the priest in the audience though.....maybe he should have done the actual interview?



[2theAJ]

interviewer is fucking retard

[chainedtotheworld]

6:15 CLASSIC!!!

[freiheitsalv]

lol i luv his opinion of the vatican <3 "a gigantic and very expensive and very rich waste of time" XD epic!!!!!

[WeAllReviewMovies]

Tubridy is giving the layman questions which is the opinion of many people watching such a show.

[growguyuk]

Every day in the western world, people get locked up in hospitals for the protection of themselves and others due to their mental illness. Many of these people think they are god, jesus,a prophet bringing the word of god/the gods/a new god etc etc- their illness is religious mania and delusions in that vein. Knowing this to be so, why should we give any respect to organisations built on these very same claims of individuals who may very well have been mentally unwell

[cmcgrath10]

Worst interview in LLS history. Here we have one of the most intelligent guests ever to grace the show, and he's met with this moron. This single clip shows why Dawkins shits all over theists (as per usual) and why Kenny shits all over Tubridy. Go watch Dawkins on the show in 2006 and see how questions are supposed to be asked Tubridy you clown.

[moroney1]

Ryan Tubridy is being an agressive fool here, shouldnt an interviewer be neutral?

[joe80dmanizanerd]

@moroney1 an interviewer for a news channel, yes. But for shows like these interviewers can be as biased as they want.

[gavinmck]

Ryan Tubridy = Right Twat

[RichieW]

Tubrity is a childish little prick. Irish tax payers pay his salary...

[grimmnekrokvlt]

Ryan you fucking plank, ask something besides. why why why why why why why

[penguinegg01]

The priest should have done the interivew. He seems to be aware of the book about evolution that Dawkins had written.

[stevearmy20]

why was this idiot allowed to interview such a credible academic. It was an embarrassment and a total waste of richard dawkins time. Ryan tubirdy fits the thick mick stereotype that the world has of irish people. And if this is the best RTE can put forward as a credible representative of the irish people and their views to interview dawkins about his book???? then as an irish person I feel there is no hope for ireland we might as well go back to thatch cottages and picking spuds

[Gavinificationness]

I am so embarrassed to be Irish right now .

[MadeInIreland1971]

@Gavinificationness Imagine how embarrassed you'll be when Joe Duffy takes the reigns! I'm emigrating!

[TheNormankingdom]

@Gavinificationness Now you know why the Irish were easily invaded by others & the state of the place now due to Irish small-mindedness & stupidity

[Gavinificationness]

@TheNormankingdom Not all of us are like that. Just the older more country generation, which those in the late late audience are. Irish people as a whole are neither stupid nor small minded. Ireland is better than greece now, and the greeks arent exactly known for stupidity. Britains invasion of Ireland was not very easy and even if it was that would be because of British strength and not Irish stupidity.

[TheNormankingdom]

@Gavinificationness I was in Ireland & I found urban folk just as worse. This tool Tubridy is from Dublin. Here you go with the invasion "victimhood" crap. The catholic Irish are deluded with this persecution myth. Get over yourselves ffs. All your greatest Irishmen & Irishwomen in all spheres of Irish life were & are of British Stock.

[MrLtPink]

this audience is sooo hostile, stony silence throughout.

i love it when jimmy carr comes on later and rips them up.

[TheStrangerInTheRye]

"I am not being smart about it" You sure aren't.

[KSaebinMusic]

How fucking dumb is the interviewer?!

If there HAS to be a god, Richard Dawkins would be THE god.

[bobean991]

Ryan Tubridy is braindead!!!

[centralviva]

This show should have ended with Gay Byrne he was the only one who could do glossy celeb interviews and then topical or controversial issues, Ryan Tubridy seems way too sarcastic up on his high horse

[MunisAwesome]

Just because there is a vatican doesn't mean god exists. It's a freaking building not a fucking holy kingdom.

[yellowcougar18]

@LTDGuitars420 They teach it alot better than the states, where only 32% of people believe in evolution.

Ask an Irish person if they believe in evolution, they will say OF COURSE!!!

As well as dinosaurs. Ask em how old the world is, they will say billions, or even millions of millions, rather than thousands.

They teach Science fine, unfortunately I hit the "1" on the numpad keys when I went to type out 4.6. I have stubby fingers. Comes with being 6' 3". Not bragging.

[MacabreManifesto]

Sorry everyone, but you are completely wrong! That is a scientists job, not to get along with everyone, but to tell the truth, because conforming to the truth is the only thing that has ever granted us progress.

[Irishkeyblade]

I truly pity Richard Dawkins on the late late show, a man of considerable insight and academic achievement is challenged and "ridiculed" in the most ludicrous way by truly lacking Irish people, he must think were all idiots, and in some cases rightly so! That said I hope he continues to challenge and shake the foundations of people advocating ignorance and unquestioning minds as virtuous, in Ireland and indeed the rest of the world! Thank you Richard Dawkins for putting up with us

[irishgandalf757]

@Irishkeyblade Thankfully he doesn't think we are all Idiots as he is attending the WORLD ATHEIST CONVENTION in Dublin this summer. I think it's June or July,

[Irishkeyblade]

@irishgandalf757 I think its the 3rd to the 5th of june! It should be pritty cool! cant wait ^_^

[MUFC689908]

@Irishkeyblade To imply only Irish people are lacking in this regard is most false. Every society has those who have less than fulfilled opinons on these issues.

[Irishkeyblade]

@MUFC689908 true, I didn't mean for it to come across as if I was saying only Irish people could be this stupid, however as a Irish citizen I'm embarrassed that this is how we portray ourselves to the world.

[lac6480]

the catholic church is the biggest money makin scam of the last 1000 years...

arrest,toture,murder, and utter greed...i think if there is god he would be sick at the pope livin in a massive art gallery with a bank and diplomatic immunity from crimes..sick..

[yellowcougar18]

@danny6three Hey, us Irish have advanced alot more than you give us credit for. For one thing, 50% of us do not believe the world is 10000 years old, we understand it to be 14.6 billion or so years old. Evolution is taught in schools, as soon as history and science are taught. To have personal faith is one thing, to be a daft blithering idiot is another. Tubridy, the presenter, is an idiot, and as bland as air. Watch his other interviews, and take note how he bullies people also. He's a twerp.

[truthiness2010]

I am Irish, baptised catholic and now atheist, and I am ashamed of Ryan Tubridy.

[yellowcougar18]

@truthiness2010 Don't have to be an atheist to be ashamed of Ryan Tubridy. We are all ashamed of Ryan Tubridy, no matter the faith or lack of. I mean, he calls himself Catholic, but from looking at the interview, he is far from it. The last pope, despite his many, many faults, told us all to come together despite our beliefs, for the sake of humanity. Wonder if Tubridy got this aggressive with Gerry Ryan when Gerry was high on Cocaine.

[robbugman]

Hey...Is the interviewer an American by chance? He sounds like he's got God stuck up his ass. What a waste of Richard's time.

[brazdamnit]

HAHA I LOVE RICHARD. he explode the guy.

[justwhoarebongorock]

I love Ireland but it's one of the few places where people seemed shocked by the idea of Atheism. The interviewer seems amazed that this man doesn't believe in God. This man is Richard Dawkins ffs.

[jrm33lover]

He asked such stupid questions. He could've learned so much from this educated man if he just opened his eyes and stopped focusing on Dawkins' atheism. Even people who believe in God can appreciate the science behind evolution. Ugh Tubridy is a dope.

[Burn462]

This isn't a professional, educated interview. This is a sad child in a mans body sat asking ignorant questions to a man of great intellect.

[DavidL999]

I'm surprised he came back after the idiots he had to deal with the previous time he on the show!

[drummerkid1993]

These questions had nothing to do with the greatest show on earth.

[Lafo247]

Ryan Tubridy's an awful cunt.

[johnners2981]

Tubridy is an absolute tool, from this interview he you can tell he is either a big believer in god or just trying to win favour with the viewers, 'pretty much everyone watching' believes in god

[chrisdicki]

The interviewer is an idiot. It is like he is trying to goad and back Richard Dawkins into a corner with stupid questions. This has not relevance to Dawkins work or his intellect. The interviewer just makes himself look like a retard.

[loly1969]

love dawkins

[theculchie]

Tubridy is such a lightweight.

[Ejak2021]

We need Dawkins to come on talk shows in the USA.

[yellowcougar18]

@Ejak2021 He's appeared on Bill O'Reilly, and others.

[userwl2850]

i thought he said 14% then he said 40% more clearly. americans never fail to amaze me. i,m english and don,t know one person who would say the earth is no older than 10,000 years old.

[userwl2850]

i thought he said 14% then he said 40% more clearly. americans never fail to amaze me. i,m english and don,t know one person who would say the earth is no older than 10,000 years old.

[RedlineMMA]

Great vid

[lamplighteyes]

Haha! The bit where he starts singing is amazing!

[Think4Yourselves]

My word the interviewer is bloody daft!

[km6xz]

Of course he is, what would you expect from someone who imagines invisible sky people who talks to them?

Would you let your child stay alone in a room with a person who fantasizes about every aspect of their lives?

We need to start treating such people for what they are, psychotic and protect them from more harm to themselves by committing them to the appropriate mental health facilities until cured.

[drewmandan]

@km6xz

They're not psychotic; they're culturally programmed. Their beliefs may be scientifically incorrect, but they're "correct" given the context in which they grew up. To grow up amongst Christians and then suddenly start believing in Krishnu, now that would be strange.

[ednigma12]

@Think4Yourselves yeah tubridys a fuckin TWAT!

[rrippp]

@Think4Yourselves One of my pals one referred to him as 'That magical gimp'...

[MrWeetabixloverx1000]

@Think4Yourselves ryan isn't that stupid in real life it's just the rte and unfortunately ireland itself is veru religiouu