Richard Dawkins:Lecture1. Waking up in the universe (6 of 7)

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[DrMontague]

There is no wind resistance their is air resistance and friction. He is making the point that because we know about air resistance and friction that we can put our trust in some areas of science, that is no matter how many times the experiment done under the same conditions it will give the same result. If the weight was in outer space it would carry on moving at the same speed until another force affected it.

[DrMontague]

Oh dear I've removed someone's ccomment by accident. Sorry.

[RobDeManc]

Richard Dawkins you are priceless!!!!!

[BoozyBeggar]

"I felt the wind of it" = unexpected but welcome humor.

[BandWagon1987]

I wonder how many atheists Dawkins created in this lecture? His words are conspicuously weighted. Don't get me wrong. I'm all for types of rhetoric if the outcome is truly moral.

[RajahBrooke]

@Badgerinthenight What are you talking about? I love the God Delusion - it's a great book, and I stand by it to the letter. I would just argue that Unweaving the Rainbow would be a better choice for someone who has a preconcieved notion on Dawkins, or who is already religious and unlikely to react to a book that treats him/her as delusional. There is nothing Dawkins said in the God Delusion that he had not already more elegantly said before then - in terms of science. Stop trolling.

[DrMontague]

@Badgerinthenight I don't entertain or take shit from people who steadfastly refuse to do any intellectual study or research. They regard their pig headed ignorance as a virtue and then have the audacity to want criticize evolutionary theory.They have no excuse not to educate themselves as they have internet access I do not entertain arse holes down my local boozer and I won't entertain the arse holes on my channel Fuck them.Private message the fucking wankers and take them to your channel!

[Badgerinthenight]

@RajahBrooke lol.The God Delusion doesn't just 'annoy faith heads' but it presents a far more logical, rational and evidential explanation for the birth of the universe and all life on this planet to people who otherwise, may actually think that design is the only alternative to random chance.Which its obviously not. It also highlights the sheer, remorseless brutality in the bible and the negative effects that believing in a faith can do to people psychologically.It also debunks the idea of god.

[Badgerinthenight]

@DrMontague ...cntd...ignore the ignorant until another day. Thank you, wholeheartedly for uploading these fantastic lectures by the way. :)

[Badgerinthenight]

@DrMontague Cntd....is their loss and their folly. But please, as a fellow lover of science, evidence and one who appreciates the random and chaotic principles and properties of the universe, from the micro to the macro, I am asking you nicely. Please for all of us intellectuals, be nice, be kind and be patient. Don't make us look as nasty and as scornful as the religious. It is those who cannot explain themselves who get angry as they have no argument to make, but we do so let's make it or...

[Badgerinthenight]

@DrMontague Sorry dude but as much as I agree with you, you sounded like you have your head up your arse just as much. What we need to do is not attack back at the ignorant, who have the information right in front of their eyes but refuse to look at it and think for themselves. We need to stay calm and not stoop to their level of insult and rudeness. We need to argue coherently and make our points clear and concisely. If they do not wish to listen or to accept the truth, then move on, that is...

[inventiveinsanity]

Did anyone lol when he said "come down heads!" :P

[adlerbr12]

Much of what people do is done in the name of God. Irishmen blow each other up in his name. Arabs blow themselves up in his name. Imams and ayatollahs oppress women in his name. Celibate popes and priests mess up people's sex lives in his name. Jewish shohets cut live animals' throats in his name.