Richard Dawkins at Auckland University [1/3]

Professor Brian Boyd talks to evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins during his time at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Dawkins discusses his passion for education, a formative experience from his school days and provides a summary of his book The Greatest Show on Earth. He also talks about the astonishing phenomenon of life, his new book for children and the ethics of science and religion.

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[tubestick00]

it must be tiresome for him constantly talking about a simple, and obvious scientifically proven theory like the theory of evolution, youd think in 2010 it would not be such a novel concept to so many.

[JQisAwesome]

At 1:08 Richard blinks F*ck You in Morse code.

[8bobthebuilder]

What a great story at 2:00

[sinachiniforoosh]

@CareFreeWherever oh... how can you keep on living?

[1tabligh]

@tubestick00 do not consider this theory to be final and incontrovertible. The way to further scientific investi­gation is not closed. All that they say is that the scientific inquiry has not so far discovered any new principles which may take the place of the principle of evolution.

Now it may be said that if an unbiased investigator care­fully examines the results of the observations in regard to the genesis of the living organisms, he will come to the FOUR conclusions.

[1tabligh]

@tubestick00 We find that the wild animals and plants are alike and of average type, whereas the artificial selection gives the animals and plants more variety and leads them to better evolution. There are many other questions of this sort. Anyhow, in spite of all the objections raised to discredit it, the theory of evolution has been accepted by the scientists as an objective principle of natural sciences. At the same time it is also certain that prominent and unbiased naturalists

[tubestick00]

@1tabligh while your candle analogy is quite right... everything else you've said strange. what do you mean by "artificial selection leads the existing generation to evolution?"

[1tabligh]

What is called science by the *science-worshippers* of the present age and regarded by them as equivalent to the sum total of *reality*, is simply a collection of laws applicable to a single dimension of the world. The result of all human effort and experimentation is a body of knowledge concerning a minute bright dot comparable to the dim light of a candle-surrounded by a dark night enveloping a huge desert of indefinite extent.

All praise is due to ALLAH, the Lord of the Universe

[1tabligh]

@tubestick00 The organic changes, whatever may be their cause, are always aimed at survival and evolution or sometimes they may be due to the inconsistency with the environmental conditions and may culminate in death and extinction?

Natural selection is or is not like artificial selection which leads the existing generation to evolution?

[1tabligh]

@tubestick00 Many new questions in regard to almost every principle mentioned by Darwin have arisen. For example, it is asked whether the appearance of a new organ or for that matter any other organic change, always results from the use of that organ and the attempt to adapt it to one's environment or it may be due to mutation or any other cause?

The acquired qualities are hereditable as a principle or genetic investigations have rejected this theory?