Satellite interview with Richard Dawkins - Royal Society of New Zealand

Richard Dawkins is interviewed via satellite and announces the Royal Society of New Zealand's Science Book Prize.

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  Science & Technology

[trident3b]

Dawkins is doing a great job. Religion is one of the last massive fallicies that needs ot be corrected and brought upto date. (ps this can't be a satellite link if it is with the UK as the response time is far too fast. Suspect a fibre link... at the risk of sounding to smart). Had we stuck entirely to religion we would not have this technology either. We'd be praying hoping to get a connection between NZ and the UK.... and not succeeding at all.

[qaplatlhinganmaH]

Either morals are autonomous or they do not exist at all. If a person refrains from murdering his neighbor only out of fear of Divine Retribution his behavior is dictated not by moral values, but by caution, fear of the Holy Policemen, egoism. And if a person does good only with an eye to salvation, she is not doing good since her behavior is dictated by self-interest rather than by duty or by love and will thus not be saved.

[curious20yearold]

Mutations are the fringe of change and diversity

[trident3b]

jesus.. 2 years later I notice all my typos.. it must have been late!

[curious20yearold]

Mine is the last massive phallus

[TheBlushnine]

Interesting point about the wrong ideas. We learn from our mistakes. It is our ability for an open mind and admit being wrong that propels us forward. To believe that we are right in the face of evidence is what keeps us from incorporating the new. Being wrong is negative. We don't like being wrong. How do we teach people to enjoy being wrong? lol.

[spockck]

it was called bobo goes to the moon

[paulspydar]

no way , you jest?  title?

[spockck]

he wrote one when he was 7. he made the martians speak french!

[eric jayjay]

love the video really good