50 Renowned Academics Speaking About God (Part 1)

Part 2: Another 50 Renowned Academics Speaking About God http://youtu.be/6Gt4WSK_NlQ

Speakers in order of appearance:

1. Lawrence Krauss, World-Renowned Physicist
2. Robert Coleman Richardson, Nobel Laureate in Physics
3. Richard Feynman, World-Renowned Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics
4. Simon Blackburn, Cambridge Professor of Philosophy
5. Colin Blakemore, World-Renowned Oxford Professor of Neuroscience
6. Steven Pinker, World-Renowned Harvard Professor of Psychology
7. Alan Guth, World-Renowned MIT Professor of Physics
8. Noam Chomsky, World-Renowned MIT Professor of Linguistics
9. Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Laureate in Physics
10. Peter Atkins, World-Renowned Oxford Professor of Chemistry
11. Oliver Sacks, World-Renowned Neurologist, Columbia University
12. Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
13. Sir John Gurdon, Pioneering Developmental Biologist, Cambridge
14. Sir Bertrand Russell, World-Renowned Philosopher, Nobel Laureate
15. Stephen Hawking, World-Renowned Cambridge Theoretical Physicist
16. Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel Laureate in Physics
17. Ned Block, NYU Professor of Philosophy
18. Gerard 't Hooft, Nobel Laureate in Physics
19. Marcus du Sautoy, Oxford Professor of Mathematics
20. James Watson, Co-discoverer of DNA, Nobel Laureate
21. Colin McGinn, Professor of Philosophy, Miami University
22. Sir Patrick Bateson, Cambridge Professor of Ethology
23. Sir David Attenborough, World-Renowned Broadcaster and Naturalist
24. Martinus Veltman, Nobel Laureate in Physics
25. Pascal Boyer, Professor of Anthropology
26. Partha Dasgupta, Cambridge Professor of Economics
27. AC Grayling, Birkbeck Professor of Philosophy
28. Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate in Physics
29. John Searle, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
30. Brian Cox, Particle Physicist (Large Hadron Collider, CERN)
31. Herbert Kroemer, Nobel Laureate in Physics
32. Rebecca Goldstein, Professor of Philosophy
33. Michael Tooley, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado
34. Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
35. Leonard Susskind, Stanford Professor of Theoretical Physics
36. Quentin Skinner, Professor of History (Cambridge)
37. Theodor W. Hänsch, Nobel Laureate in Physics
38. Mark Balaguer, CSU Professor of Philosophy
39. Richard Ernst, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
40. Alan Macfarlane, Cambridge Professor of Anthropology
41. Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson, Princeton Research Scientist
42. Douglas Osheroff, Nobel Laureate in Physics
43. Hubert Dreyfus, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
44. Lord Colin Renfrew, World-Renowned Archaeologist, Cambridge
45. Carl Sagan, World-Renowned Astronomer
46. Peter Singer, World-Renowned Bioethicist, Princeton
47. Rudolph Marcus, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
48. Robert Foley, Cambridge Professor of Human Evolution
49. Daniel Dennett, Tufts Professor of Philosophy
50. Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate in Physics

FEATURED MUSIC:

Mozart - Requiem Mass In D Minor K 626 - 1. Introitus 00:03
Massive Attack - Two Rocks And A Cup Of Water 02:28, 19:14
Max Richter - Embers 05:13
Ludovico Einaudi - Andare 09:27, 24:30, 26:31
Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche 13:13
Max Richter - Vladimir's Blues 29:21
Ludovico Einaudi - Eni 30 Percento (The Earth Prelude) 33:16

CLIP SOURCES:

The vast majority of the clips have been taken from the following sources:

Professor Alan Macfarlane: http://www.alanmacfarlane.com
Closer To Truth (Dr Robert Lawrence Kuhn): http://www.closertotruth.com
The Science Network (Roger Bingham): http://thesciencenetwork.org
The Vega Science Trust (Sir Harold Kroto): http://vega.org.uk


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[J Pararajasingham]

Scientists realise better than anyone that we DON'T know everything. So to think we have an answer to the ultimate question (the origin of everything) would be ridiculous. Even more so because, as you say, our brains are not adapted adequately where we can trust our intuitive guesses about ultimate origins. Hence, scientists tend to disbelieve things for which we currently have insufficient reason or evidence.

So given your premise, you should be criticising theists, not scientists.

[J Pararajasingham]

Isaac Newton also believed in alchemy and the occult. He was from an era where the difference between science and pseudoscience was still being distinguished. If Newton was alive today, he would have the benefit of modern science (evolution, neuroscience, etc.) and disbelieve a lot of what he believed living in the 17th century. Theism is outdated.

[Suckmah Balls]

Can you?

[andrschiller]

Utterly beautiful compilation!

Creates what some might call a spiritual experience.

[WaterGratitude]

There is an issue with the consistency of the questions being asked of the 50. There is a huge difference between the difference between religion (man created) and the idea of God is a mystery. I appreciate the video and the conversation. Also Quantum physics recently was humbled by realizing they can't quantify a void and vacuum. The majority of these scientists seem to perceive the contents of why there isn't a God (Religion?) the proof source instead of humbly don't know. Thanks

[J Pararajasingham]

I think that's nitpicking, I am referring to most the major world theistic religions.

[Samsgarden]

There isn't one theism so I'm not certain you can paint with such a broad brush.

[Samsgarden]

Is it assumed that academics should be deferred to on metaphysical matters? They probably shouldn't on a number of fields. Politics, economics, environmentalism, to list a few.

[poorna61]

Thanks for the post 

[J Pararajasingham]

Your comment here is totally meaningless.

[Kote Kutalia]

Yeah.... they wait, then they die with feeling of regret...

[J Pararajasingham]

Nonbelieving scientists wait for evidence before they believe. Believers do not wait for evidence, they believe despite no evidence.

So yes there is a difference in character I agree. The former is rational, the latter is irrational.