@thekidde63 Au Contraire! True delusion is to believe that something (the big bang, evolution, or anything else) emerged out of nothing (no atoms, no space, no energy, no life). You say believing in a creator is ridiculous, I say the idea of the universe (whether or not you think its perfection is arbitrary) unfolding out of NOTHING (not even vacuum...that's space) is childishly haughty.
That God exists is indubitably logical. Problem is, you atheists can't get over your prejudices.
What is the relevance of this to Richard Dawkins? Are people so desperate to locate objections to Richard that after watching such a video which has no relevance to Dawkins they are compelled to exclaim "Oh look, Richard isn't doing THIS!"
Dawkins owned Collins on several public occasions. I think it is of great relevance that a man who thinks there are gods and fairies should be so highly admired in the scientific establishment. He works 5 days in the lab then goes home and prays at an altar. It is like asking how Bush made it to Presidency.
He's actually not bad! Love that high note on the "their" in the middle.
Don't be so hard on Richard Dawkins. Him and Ken Ham could do an amazing duet! And then, we could follow it up with Christopher Hitchens serenading Kent Hovind!
I'm a guitar teacher, and Dr. Collins can definitely operate a guitar. His voice leadings and technique are pretty much professional level. I also teach on songwriting, ad Dr. Collins has crafted a "My Way" rewrite that beats some of the material I've heard on Dr. Demento. I just hope he doesn't set the human genome to music!
i agree. im a guitarist/bassist and had a bit of vocal experience and i was surprised at how comfortable he was and how he played and sang so effortlessly.
I have never seen an atheist scientist enjoy life like this dude.Dawkins says that he enjoys life,i have never seen a video of him having fun and actually enjoying it.Must be something to do with this Christian thing!!!
one thing is to have a phd , and other is to be scientist. order to be a scientist, you need to investigate, seek , discover, formulate, look at the problem and try to bring up a paradigm witch actually can get us closer to the understanding of it.
dawkins has done nothing for science. read his books and you will see.
his job was (he is currently not working at any university) to promove science . a real scientist is ken miller.
allthought he deserves to be "bashed", im not doing it so, im just telling the truth. im finishing a phd in mechanical and systems engineering and that doesnt make me a scientist.you might be doing a phd as well. thing is , he has not discovered anything. he just focus all his inner hate to religion by writing books that a five year old well-knowed in religion can easily defeat.he is an ignorant, but greater ingorants are those who spend 5 bucks in his poor writings.
listen , if you are an atheist, please, get better examples of one . read bertrand russell, froyd for example. they writtings on the issue are poor (, witch shows the level of understanding they had on the issue), but far more accuarate than dawkins`s. lets say dawkins spends checks with his mouth that his brain and his scientific- theologic knowledge cant cash. if you are intelligent and a litle bit obejtive you will thank me later.
inane? look for inane in a dictionary.the word you are looking for is coherent., o, but wait, if my spelling and grammar are distracting, and you don't understand me fully.. then how can you criticize what i just wrote? never mind. if you like i can express what i just write on Portuguese, Spanish(my official language) or Arabic. think, then write. and im not attacking you.saludos.
not at all. you cant compare dawkins to Collins. dawkins is not a scientist. he has done nothing for science.and that's the truth. he is not a scientist more than i am . if by telling the truth i´m immature, well,so i am. by the way. if you are defending him, you cant possibly know what immature means. and again, im not attacking you, im writing in a friendly way.
They also knew how to spell check. Even though we can understand you, to the educated mind, it causes a little twinge of anger to see Athiest and Freud spelt wrong.
I wish we had someone cool like him to speak at commencement. Our's was a black lawyer who went on a tirade about affirmative action. Commencement speeches are just to be about student accomplishments and their bright futures.
He can justify religion and evolution, he can be an apologist, he can be a scientist and a Christian at the same time, he has basketball-sized cojones to debate against Richard Dawkins, he has a jolly personality, he can sing, and he's NERD! What's not to love about Collins?
Super smart guy, entertaining speech, great song...but he played it 6 years earlier at my graduation from the University of Virginia. New material needed! What, is he too busy sequencing the human genome or something? He must get his inspiration from A-T-C-G repetition all day long.
Although its importance pales in comparison to the many achievements of Dr. Collins, his speech, and particularly this little song that he performed, were simply amazing. I don't think anyone there for the ceremony left unimpressed! Thank you for this upload!
I was in the crowd, and that address was on par (if not better) with Bill Clinton at my own commencement. Best ceremony I've ever had to sit through, hands-down.
I have no idea how you managed to get such awesome quality (the reaction shots, the sound, etc.)... were you shooting it in a professional capacity?
what did he sing on 4:12? I don't really understand...
"you cannot fail to the??? and go do it your way"
btysmile793 1 month ago
Next Collins and Dawkins should do a dance off. XD
H0tkebab 1 month ago
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thanks for sharing this
potpie921 3 months ago
interesting presentation !
ComoAumentarBusto 5 months ago
This is awkward...
ASCampaign 8 months ago
Somebody can write song's text!
Thank you
tetos85 11 months ago
MULTI-TALENTED GENIUS, DR. FRANCIS S. COLLINS, ... :-)
engezbentmh86 1 year ago 6
Bravo!!!
SalLangley 1 year ago
Great picking technique for a Genetic professor! Rock on!
aerycksmusic 1 year ago 2
Got to love Francis Collins :)
MrMohjong 1 year ago 4
What does any of this have to do with the delusional belief in a supernatural being? Liked the song and effort though.
thekidde63 1 year ago
@thekidde63 Au Contraire! True delusion is to believe that something (the big bang, evolution, or anything else) emerged out of nothing (no atoms, no space, no energy, no life). You say believing in a creator is ridiculous, I say the idea of the universe (whether or not you think its perfection is arbitrary) unfolding out of NOTHING (not even vacuum...that's space) is childishly haughty.
That God exists is indubitably logical. Problem is, you atheists can't get over your prejudices.
Kynatics 1 year ago
@thekidde63 Why is belief in God 'delusional'? You could be less of a stereotypical Youtube-Atheist.
thetraceur123 7 months ago 2
I knew God was real
calexculux 1 year ago
What is the relevance of this to Richard Dawkins? Are people so desperate to locate objections to Richard that after watching such a video which has no relevance to Dawkins they are compelled to exclaim "Oh look, Richard isn't doing THIS!"
Driux 1 year ago 13
@Driux
Dawkins owned Collins on several public occasions. I think it is of great relevance that a man who thinks there are gods and fairies should be so highly admired in the scientific establishment. He works 5 days in the lab then goes home and prays at an altar. It is like asking how Bush made it to Presidency.
hyperseauton 1 year ago
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Driux 1 year ago
haha this is fucking amazing
guitarpro42 1 year ago
That took guys & he nailed it. Bravo!
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
@pnutbutrncrackers
um, sorry . . . make that "took guts".
pnutbutrncrackers 1 year ago
He's actually not bad! Love that high note on the "their" in the middle.
Don't be so hard on Richard Dawkins. Him and Ken Ham could do an amazing duet! And then, we could follow it up with Christopher Hitchens serenading Kent Hovind!
Maybe not. I'll stick with Collins hahaha.
adamvanhelsing 1 year ago
Dawkins hasn't the passion to accomplish something as amazing as this.
TheVodkaHaze 1 year ago
pure class
benzie13 2 years ago
you should check out the video where he plays with joe perry from aerosmith. and no. i am not making this up.
apollominor 2 years ago
I'm a guitar teacher, and Dr. Collins can definitely operate a guitar. His voice leadings and technique are pretty much professional level. I also teach on songwriting, ad Dr. Collins has crafted a "My Way" rewrite that beats some of the material I've heard on Dr. Demento. I just hope he doesn't set the human genome to music!
Panufo 2 years ago 2
i agree. im a guitarist/bassist and had a bit of vocal experience and i was surprised at how comfortable he was and how he played and sang so effortlessly.
apollominor 2 years ago
Hilarious
Carinitube 2 years ago 5
this man is much more civilized than the intellectual bully, a.k.a Richard Dawkins.
farouqnimer 2 years ago 2
because he's religious???
DSD1v57BG32 2 years ago
Because he isn't an atheist?
vp1981ad 2 years ago
yea. let's see richard play and sing better than that. XD
apollominor 2 years ago
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he should stick to science lol
wobblyjellys 2 years ago
One of the greatest minds of our time, ladies and gentlemen...ROFL, what a song!
isin17123 2 years ago 4
Add musical talent to intellectual genius.
bigboyvernon 2 years ago 3
awesome
Jackiepicky 2 years ago
Yo what the hell, he spoke at VCU's 2009 graduation and did the same song. He could have at least come up with something new!!!!!
kazagirl 2 years ago
I have never seen an atheist scientist enjoy life like this dude.Dawkins says that he enjoys life,i have never seen a video of him having fun and actually enjoying it.Must be something to do with this Christian thing!!!
DTRUTHbTOLD 2 years ago
you are wrong. dawkins is not even close to be a scientist.
ygustavo 2 years ago
I don't like dawkins either,but why do you say he's not a scientist.
DTRUTHbTOLD 2 years ago
one thing is to have a phd , and other is to be scientist. order to be a scientist, you need to investigate, seek , discover, formulate, look at the problem and try to bring up a paradigm witch actually can get us closer to the understanding of it.
dawkins has done nothing for science. read his books and you will see.
his job was (he is currently not working at any university) to promove science . a real scientist is ken miller.
ygustavo 2 years ago
Yeah! Let's all bash Dawkins.
happyjihad 2 years ago
allthought he deserves to be "bashed", im not doing it so, im just telling the truth. im finishing a phd in mechanical and systems engineering and that doesnt make me a scientist.you might be doing a phd as well. thing is , he has not discovered anything. he just focus all his inner hate to religion by writing books that a five year old well-knowed in religion can easily defeat.he is an ignorant, but greater ingorants are those who spend 5 bucks in his poor writings.
ygustavo 2 years ago
listen , if you are an atheist, please, get better examples of one . read bertrand russell, froyd for example. they writtings on the issue are poor (, witch shows the level of understanding they had on the issue), but far more accuarate than dawkins`s. lets say dawkins spends checks with his mouth that his brain and his scientific- theologic knowledge cant cash. if you are intelligent and a litle bit obejtive you will thank me later.
ygustavo 2 years ago
What does any of this have to do with your inane comment?
Your poor spelling and grammar are quite distracting. I don't understand you fully...
happyjihad 2 years ago
inane? look for inane in a dictionary.the word you are looking for is coherent., o, but wait, if my spelling and grammar are distracting, and you don't understand me fully.. then how can you criticize what i just wrote? never mind. if you like i can express what i just write on Portuguese, Spanish(my official language) or Arabic. think, then write. and im not attacking you.saludos.
ygustavo 2 years ago
"you are wrong. dawkins is not even close to be a scientist."
No. I really think that was an immature and inane comment.
You have yet to make any sense at all.
happyjihad 2 years ago
not at all. you cant compare dawkins to Collins. dawkins is not a scientist. he has done nothing for science.and that's the truth. he is not a scientist more than i am . if by telling the truth i´m immature, well,so i am. by the way. if you are defending him, you cant possibly know what immature means. and again, im not attacking you, im writing in a friendly way.
ygustavo 2 years ago 2
I agree with you 100%.I don't believe he is a real scientist(dawkins).
DTRUTHbTOLD 2 years ago
They also knew how to spell check. Even though we can understand you, to the educated mind, it causes a little twinge of anger to see Athiest and Freud spelt wrong.
xPhilosopher89 2 years ago
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ygustavo 2 years ago
well, let the educated minds feel the way they want about it.
ygustavo 2 years ago
You don't need to hold a guitar and sign to enjoy life....
happyjihad 2 years ago
Please somone can wright what he says in the song...i'm italian boy and i don't understand all the words!!!
Thank you very much....
tetos85 3 years ago
Pure inspiration! Thanks for posting the Video.
your0ass0is0grass 3 years ago
rock on collins!
ndjarnag 3 years ago 3
What a great man he is:)
I Like him
hrisnec 3 years ago 3
I wish we had someone cool like him to speak at commencement. Our's was a black lawyer who went on a tirade about affirmative action. Commencement speeches are just to be about student accomplishments and their bright futures.
djdoc 3 years ago
lol, this guy is such a nerd yet at the same time I respect him so much for just 'being'
indacod 3 years ago
He can justify religion and evolution, he can be an apologist, he can be a scientist and a Christian at the same time, he has basketball-sized cojones to debate against Richard Dawkins, he has a jolly personality, he can sing, and he's NERD! What's not to love about Collins?
Th3Lanc3r 3 years ago 3
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he is a moron, a shame to scientific world
ferrariModenas 3 years ago
He shouldn't quit his day job, but it's great to see anyone having fun.
BloggerMusicMan 3 years ago 3
Super smart guy, entertaining speech, great song...but he played it 6 years earlier at my graduation from the University of Virginia. New material needed! What, is he too busy sequencing the human genome or something? He must get his inspiration from A-T-C-G repetition all day long.
Qusa14 3 years ago 2
collins FTW!
paxfiat 3 years ago 2
He really is good at guitar and singing. Hes better then he thinks i guess
LazySheepProductions 3 years ago 4
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Craig Venter tops him in every way.
niulang 3 years ago
I agree..dawkins don´t have the personality fot this...
lewisstuartmill 3 years ago 3
Although its importance pales in comparison to the many achievements of Dr. Collins, his speech, and particularly this little song that he performed, were simply amazing. I don't think anyone there for the ceremony left unimpressed! Thank you for this upload!
DoeDeHeleDagNiks 3 years ago 3
I'd like to see Dawkins try to top that one.
dunamis7 4 years ago 5
Dawkins ain't got the personality for this.
Stitchman3875 4 years ago 19
I was in the crowd, and that address was on par (if not better) with Bill Clinton at my own commencement. Best ceremony I've ever had to sit through, hands-down.
I have no idea how you managed to get such awesome quality (the reaction shots, the sound, etc.)... were you shooting it in a professional capacity?
In any case, thanks much for the upload!
lullabyisblue 4 years ago
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Why are scientists nerdy? hmmm....
deaneden79 4 years ago
Wow ! Simply amazing...thanks for the upload
kjarvind 4 years ago 3