The Evolution of Religions

[smuggecko]

great video thanks

[MartianSanta]

at 1:01:20 any animal living in social group has it's form of social moral cods...

[robertus911]

He assumes that people have no common sence.That religion is about control of the massess, He assumes that everyone believes in the big bang theroy when even as a child i could not believe that an explosion caused all this harmoney.There two kinds of people in the socialty and that is one that identifies them self as part of the religion in a sociaty and one that believes in thje religion and practices the religion in a sociaty. just because some one say the kill in the of religion doesn;t make

[totoaklan]

is there a printed version of this lecture?

[soulinthewall77]

Interesting, and compelling. But, the way he pronounced "societies" was a bit distracting. Am I the only one who noticed this? I jest. Yes, moot, and trivial. I know. But, he said "societies" a lot!

[earinsoff]

@soulinthewall77 He is from out east. He sounds like JFK.

[roadkill1001]

I see mohammad at 53:41 on the blackboard on the left hand side.

[nachorox1]

Omg this is boring :( but have to watch it for class

[ThisSentenceIsFalse]

@nachorox1 lol...what a person finds boring or interesting is relative to the internal dynamics of said person...and who knows why whatever has led to your particular internal dynamics has led you to find this lecture Omg-boring and why my own has led me to find this talk extremely interesting. It seems to all be flukes of birth and environment, but life is funny that way, and diversity is good. Good luck in class.

[RussianAssassin21]

@nachorox1 I don't doubt you find this boring after looking through the videos you favorite. The Green Lantern and LED taillights are far more intellectually stimulating.

[gobberpooper]

@nachorox1 lol same. kinda weird how he starts the thing talking about a dude who's balls were so big he had to sit on a tree to let em hang

[VitoJLaBella]

He is like the "Derek Jeter" of intellect: A joy to listen to and watch.

[pugilist102]

I've always been a fan of Jared Diamond.

[Metsada007]

Evolution is religion.

[Mahoivlich]

@Metsada007 You rode the short bus to school didn't you?

[theswimmingfrog]

@Metsada007 true, in way, such as the example of social Darwinism that causes social class conflict.

[Area51UFOGynaecology]

@Metsada007 No

[thursdayschild83]

Amazing how Jared Diamond takes the seemingly disparate and glues it all together so neatly into one package. A package that makes you utter something along the lines of, "How on Earth have we missed that for so long?". What an inspirational thinker.

[thirdimage]

I like how he explains his observations in an objective manner. He excludes his moral opinions in examining the subject matter and is quick to remind his audience to do the same. He's quite a grounding individual. He takes no sides. He makes no claims of right or wrong. He just points out religions' intentions, and lets us decide for ourselves. He's just real.

[thebrainfan]

Thank you very much for posting this.

[eddie2042]

jared diamond is awesome. if his IQ is anything less than 250, i'd be suprised

[mystisme]

einstein did not even have that he had 242 and do not forget knowlege do not say high iq althow it helps

[jnevilled]

@eddie2042 IQ is not a measure for intelligent.