Intelligent Design (1): The Human Body | Richard Dawkins & Randolph Nesse

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Intelligent Design (1):The Human Body. Part 1 of the interview with Randolph Nesse from "The Genius of Charles Darwin", presented by Richard Dawkins.

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"The Genius of Charles Darwin" won "Best TV Documentary Series of 2008" at the British Broadcast Awards.

Randolph Nesse is the co-author of "Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine" (along with George C. Williams).

Richard Dawkins is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science author. He was formerly Professor for Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He was voted Britain's leading public intellectual by readers of Prospect magazine and was named one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" for 2007.

Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book "The Selfish Gene", which popularised the gene-centred view of evolution and introduced the term "meme". He is a prominent critic of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book "The Blind Watchmaker", he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics.

Dawkins is an atheist, secular humanist, sceptic, scientific rationalist, and supporter of the Brights movement. In his 2006 book "The God Delusion", he contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that faith qualifies as a delusion − as a fixed false belief.

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[eat666shit]

@sthcrox Bible says also " It is good for a man not to TOUCH a woman (1 Cor. 7:1)"

please do us a favor and follow the bible by not reproducing yourself.... :/

[livingdeadgrl18]

So fascinating watching two intelligent people speak.

[pestmanpat]

That would mean for example that those bones in the forearm and wrist may have been better able to withstand falls by either being stronger or more flexible.A perfect human would also have perfect reflexes and be able to avoid most falls.Then there is the bodys ability to heal.Imagine how well that would work in a perfect human. The point most anti theists seem to miss is that theists believe original man was created perfect.

[pestmanpat]

With all due respect to the doctor i think the example of the bones in the forearm breaking is very poorly though out.If you are arguing with any theist you need to recognize that theists do not believe the human body is optimally designed now.Humans today are the product of generation after generation of hereditary imperfection.The original humans according to theists were created perfect.cont-

[Triipticz]

Natural selection actually makes the body damn near perfect for what it has to do to survive. If you think something looks badly "designed" it is down to other reasons.

[NorthCitySider]

I'd love to get Richard Dawkins to talk to my mom. She simply doesn't get evolution.

[GuacamoleKun]

This is brilliant, I never thought of the immune system in that way. How ingenious. This is the kind of thing I love to learn about.