Understanding Genetics - Peter Atkins Interview 1

Let's talk about your book Galileo's Finger. Can you tell me about the title and what it represents? - An interview with Peter Atkins at the Future of Science Conference in Venice, Italy September 2006.

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[rehzon]

@Serpico261

Have to be to believe that stuff.

[TheLogicalKey]

@YetziroVenni Sir isaac Newton also thought metals had magical powers and could be combined to make gold. Pretty much everybody back then was religious or at least believed in a god, we know hell of a lot more than newton did back then. Einstein was an atheist, so was Darwin and so is Stephen Hawking. Goodbye Jesus.

[Drgamedood]

@YetziroVenni So? That's just one man's opinion.

[Serpico261]

did he just said natural selection is blind??? oh oh

[glorp896]

@TeaDbluJay hmmm, interesting...

[glorp896]

@YetziroVenni over half of scientists are atheists, the harder the science (math, chemistry, physics, biology) the more they are atheistic, as opposed to weak science (sociology, psychology...) as they are more likely to be believers... and THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, our top 2000 or so scientists has remained 90%+ atheistic for a long time... its almost a "rite of passage" to get it as has been said... so the smarter the less you believe, that really is the pattern... i've seen the stats

[YetziroVenni]

I dont understand english so I can think of Peter Atkins as an odd man.

The most amazing scientists of all times believed in God.

Even Isaac Newton he died in unhappiness telling that I felt empty, because he needed God to fill this emptyness.

[dooivid]

what a nice little explanation, however he's never going to convince the poor creationist chumps with NO clue.

[goodnoah]

Peter Atkins give me the numbers how it posible it is!

[marsCubed]

I think that perhaps they all have their moments, it perhaps depends a lot on which questions they are trying to answer and the audience being addressed.

Something which makes Natural selection so compelling is it's simplicity and elegance, and yet it also applies to the whole of biology. Dawkins' work explores more controversial ground but quite legitimately, Natural selection describes how forms emerge from replicators, when conscious selection is not present.