John Cleese - The Scientists - 2008

John Cleese Podcast #32 The Scientists

John Cleese Podcasts are available at http://www.johncleesepodcast.co.uk

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Comedy

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• john
• cleese
• 2008
• god
• scientists
• quantum
• monty
• python
• fawlty
• towers

[AceObrin]

"...and we scientists now know that it's closely linked to this gene, here, which gives you such a weak sense of self that you hang on to anything that makes you feel more secure emotionally whether it's fundamentalist religion or a reductionist view of the universe." lmao x 5. This is fantastic.

[lickmylovepump12]

Gene-ius...

[bramlegend]

@14sJakeB190 kay sorry about that then but my point is just that religion has been the cause of a lot of injustices including racism, the crusades, torture, witch hunting, abuse and disregard towards women, etc...

I don't think however that one should outlaw religion in general, any religion. As long as you don't give spiritual leaders ACTUAL power, because that's just a recipe for disaster.

Just a month ago, there was this video of priests attacking each other, imagine that with armies.

[Metastate12]

I've seen atheist meetings with a striking resemblance to church meetings. It's not the Bible and Jesus, it's the selfish gene and Dawkins. In either case, they themselves rarely understand either. It's two sides to one coin.

People develop their opinion according to the local norms. It is only when a person is marginalized, they break that rule. And usually, they just end out in the opposite ditch.

People quote science to appear 'brighter' and people quote religion to appear more 'pius'.

[marklenthecool]

So funny since Michael Palin is heavily into science, namely astronomy.

[kooora18]

*punch* Thank you. I needed that.

[warpnin3]

@Md2802 Fortunately that's only a small percentage.Stelin wasn't that bad after all, right. What a relief!

[Pukutusi]

Amazing... I never grow tired of watching it. It is also a powerful dispeller of dawkinists foruns... surely because it is disconcerting to be confronted with true geniality.

[ThisOneIsTaken]

@GermanOperaSinger

True... everyone has a blind spot he refuses to aknowledge.

[GermanOperaSinger]

The real problem is that as humans we have a tendency to harden our opinions into dogmas. Our attitude by nature, is to be close minded and question everything except our own assumptions. Religious people, contrary to what many espouse, ARE capable of critical thinking, just not in regards to their own beliefs! And sadly, many scientists are guilty of the same hypocrisy. The scientific method practiced ideally is a pursuit of the unknown, not an inflexible dogmatic materialist worldview.