Nassim Taleb (1) - La Ciudad de las Ideas 2009 [05]

Speaker: Nassim Taleb

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The "La Ciudad de las Ideas 2009 Re-Evolution" Festival witnessed a very exciting event, where great theologists, philosophers and thinkers debated over the eternal conflict between science and religion, reason with faith and Darwin vs The Bible. The opinions and views expressed are strong, we recommend open-mindedness for its enjoyment.

Debaters: Sam Harris, Christopher Hitchens, Daniel Dennett (new atheists) vs. Shmuley Boteach, Dinesh D'Souza, Nassim Taleb (theists), and Robert Wright (neutral).


Original full-length video (2:16:26):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hnqo4_X7PE
With Spanish narration (2:22:42):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H0VX0vgy44

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[Shundra]

Worst presentation, You don't know = God. the worst argument ever. Don't trust science... yeas please don't take the plane to go to a conference next time use the donkey provided by God.

[myironlungca]

What a load of drivel

[akshayzz1]

What he's saying is right but he's confused. He should rather be saying the same thing from hitchens' side. He's sitting with 2 charlatans and criticizing charlatans. He should either be on the neutral side or the against side. There's no reason why he's on the theistic side. Doesn't make any sense.

[Karimha]

Nassim Taleb is a crank and a fraud. He is the last person on earth that should give any advice on not being arrogant or overconfident.

[mtklaric]

@l337pwnage incomplete knowlegde...did you listen?

[mtklaric]

@FranciscoKGuerreiro Idiot....it is how humans dealt before science...it was a way of making decisions based on incomplete knowledge wheres we make decisions today based on scientific knowledge which is ALWAYS incomplete but these atheists take it as complete truth...he esentialy is saying that even the belivers and the atheists should all be sincere and say I dont know...

[mtklaric]

@chyckenfeet show me the part where he advocates ignorance over knowledge? what he is saying is that in TODAYs world we rely too much on scientific knowledge which is always incomplete but we make decisions based on that knowledge thinking its is complete sound and veryfied when it is not.......this especially is true to the field of economics

[mtklaric]

@az091186 You ignorant person.....its how you dealt with incomplete knowledgde....its a metaphore...dont take it literally

[mtklaric]

@Shundra Nassim is first league and the rest second, including the atehists and the belivers....

[rafacacique]

Wow, this speech is such a piece of crap! I pity this guy, who has to argue with guys like Harris and Hitchens.

[Ond7]

Religion is not about faith? We where much wiser before the enlightenment?! We humans cannot be trusted with knowledge?! What we don’t understand = God?

These are the thoughts from a extremely ignorant person.

Now I know why you always bet on destruction. It says so in a book. God knows...