Craig Venter - The Genius of Charles Darwin: The Uncut Interviews - Richard Dawkins

so if we can make our own custom animals... can we also make a perfect mate?

Craig Venter is my favorite person.

no, hold your comments until you get an education.

The philosophy is cute, but the opening statements he says completely contradicts human nature as a whole. Scientists, politics, kings, peasants and slaves are all subject to the same human characteristics.

To 'pretend' scientists have pride in failing is absurd. I guess scientists never 'bend truths', but every other human on the planet has or will at some time is laughable at best.

Your opening 10 sentences directly conflict with human nature, Why listen to the rest?

How about : because the rest has nothing to do with the opening.

That being said. Your point is actually discussed in the middle of the interview, with Venter describing the strong opposition he met with his "Shotgun sequencing", and how they later adopted his method, despite their initial 'human' and emotional reaction.

Scientists do it way more often than most. It does contradict  "human nature" but that's the beauty of science, you can unlearn human nature. I used to never admit I was wrong even when I knew I was, and it was in part due to studying science that I realised sometimes being wrong is a good thing!

He said "some scientists".

If you reject that, then you're basically stating that pride in failure is impossible, at least among scientists.

These guys look like farters.

this just an amazing movie so interesting it makes me gitty i wanna have my genome studied. but what was that security guards deal, that sort of bothered me but then again he is protecting the new arch of the covenant of science. man i must say it again this is just amazing absolutely enlightening video. thank you once again Richard Dawkins