Lawrence Krauss Discussion (2/12) - 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

[torontoBluejays87]

Listen up America, Guys and gals like Lawrence Krauss are the only hope your country has....

[WeinerschnitzeI]

Dumb Lady: "Who decided which Ape would evolve and which wouldn't."

LOLOLOLOL!!

[doomsdayprogrock]

I guess you have to travel to come up with evolution. Not conceivable from an armchair as you are blinded by the stuff you always see. Have to see the difference, new views often open eyes.

Relativity did not need to be observed in the world (and how so at the time?), so its theory can be developed only inside a brain.

[jaimesthesaint]

Summary of part two:

Krauss: I think Darwin was a greater scientist than Einstein

Dawkins: I actually think Einstein was greater.

Krauss: Nuh-uh

Dawkins: Ya-huh

[Nilguiri]

@Diosukekun

It's not really a point of view as much as a choice of words.

Humans, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and gibbons are all apes. It is only a matter of semantics to exclude humans from that group, although admittedly, some people do. It is not a very specific term and varies in usage in that respect.

All apes, including humans are, as you know, descended from a single proto-ape species that lived millions of years ago and no longer exists.

[Diosukekun]

@Nilguiri no, you don't get it. nowadays we have humans and apes. they have a common ancestor. since we like to think of us humans as something extraordinarily special, we call that common ancestor apes, but that common ancestor was just as much ape as it is human. i see nothing wrong with calling those common ancestors ancient humans instead of ancient apes. just a matter of point of view

[Nilguiri]

@Diosukekun

Well, yes, if your point of view is to deny evolution and want to create an artificial chasm between our ape ancestors and us. However that "point of view" is incorrect.

I think I am right in saying that all hominids are great apes. When do you think that humans stopped being hominids or apes? When we started to walk upright? When we developed speech?

You might as well say that mobile phones are not telephones or mugs are not cups.

[Diosukekun]

@Nilguiri depends on your point of view

[Nilguiri]

@Diosukekun

Actually, humans are apes; African Great Apes.

[hieraxhideo]

great talk, as usual

[jq747]

"If the universe as a whole is a quantum mechanical system... then what does it mean if you're inside of it?"... I started drooling and gibbering inanely at that point =>