Lawrence Krauss Discussion (1/12) - Richard Dawkins

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Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss sat down for a public discussion at Stanford University on Sunday, March 9th 2008. The focus was on Science education, but the discussion also covered religion, physics, evolution and more. This video will be released on DVD soon at RichardDawkins.net , along with other unmoderated discussions with Richard Dawkins.

Credits:
Filmed by Josh Timonen and Wayne Marsala
Edited by Josh Timonen

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Richard
• Dawkins
• Lawrence
• Krauss
• Teaching
• Science
• Evolution
• Quantum
• Physics
• Religion
• God

[xBlackEditionx]

@1tabligh The big bang didn't create itself, it was quantum fluctuations from dark matter that created the big bang. And yet again you say non-existing, when I blatantly told you there is no such thing as nothing and there is evidence for that. I'm done arguing with children.

[xBlackEditionx]

@1tabligh That's because it's proven that the universe did come from nothing. And when I mean nothing I mean dark matter. That's because literally there is no such thing as nothing. If you take away every particle and all the radiation you get dark matter. And quantum fluctuations from it can in fact create a universe known as the big bang.

Religion is making this world worse and there is no need for it. Educate yourself and actually study the universe rather than relying on mere faith

[seansalvador1]

@48acar19

What's that got to do with anything? Do you often comment on conversations you have not read?

[48acar19]

@seansalvador1

Yet evolution is still a fact, no matter of what are you thinking.

[seansalvador1]

@SpencerBenedict2nd

I have no Jesuit inclinations and i do not take it on authority that evolution is a fact.

[Doyleified]

3:03 Hahaha

[RoCk4LiFe90]

@seansalvador1 Sorry excuse the typo. It should be "We discern truth from not, when . . ." I forgot the comma.

[RoCk4LiFe90]

@seansalvador1 Yes. Debates, first and foremost, are meant to raise awareness or consciousness of certain issues and to discuss them. We discern truth from not when we do our own investigations, we read books and papers on the issue, then we weigh the evidence and come to a conclusion.

I love debates for their ability to raise people's consciousness and get them to ask questions. I just wish more people did their research instead of shrugging things off and going back to religious doctrine.

[peter17dude]

make no mistake! following science and reason will make the world much better. it will make the society warmer not colder, and ironicly enough less darwinian than it is today.

a society based on the resource based economy, reason and science would be a great place to live. but the fact that this vail of ignorance still cover so many people makes me pesimistic.

[peter17dude]

I want a society were politics are based on science and good Atheistic moral.

our society today is based on darwinian principles like survival of the fittest or the Rich may step on the poor all in the name of our free market system.

is it not then ironic that in this society 45 percent doesnt believe that the world is over 10.000 years old. (refering to the survey on americans qouted by Dawkins in his book)

[ScienceWars]

4:00 "Educationist?!"

[xBlackEditionx]

@lordcodicus I just want to get this "nothing" talk out of the air. You can't get something from "nothing" and it's more than obvious. Common sense really. That's why people are still so clung to the idea of "god" because they can't get the speculation of "nothing" out their heads. No such thing as "nothing".