An Evening with Richard Dawkins - Featuring Sam Harris - Night 2 

God i love those two men. May Richard live to a 150. What an incredible man. Sam too, excellent human being.

Fashion tips from Dawkins....priceless.

"I daresay there's too much respect in the world." "I don't care about whether its harmful, I care about whether its true." I love this guy.

It will take more than a stroke to do that to me!! Never get tired listening to Dr. Dawkins.

Extremely fortunate to have had the opportunity to see Richard Dawkins live in Melbourne in 2018, I have so much admiration for Professor Dawkins, his books are incredibly insightful and he has a way with words like very few.

So good to see Richard healthy

Dawkins is such a great speaker and an even better writer. His books have been my primary source of understanding evolutionary theory. Even the ‘Extended Phenotype’ which was written for a scholarly audience is actually quite intelligible for an attentive lay reader like me.

When Richard spoke about the things that actually move you at a persons funeral I got genuinely choked up. He said it so well and made so much sense.

I love these people, makes me proud to live at their era and to be able to understand..

Saw him in Melbourne last Friday and Richard is in perfect condition! He has fully recovered…

This is how a conversation of intelligent people looks, without shouting political or religious apes

I love Dawkins dry matter-of-fact method presenting the laudible points he makes.

So much love for these two. ❤

"It's ridiculous to have to buy socks in pairs."

2 of my greatest heroes..

Wish the best of health for Mr. Dawkins, Hope to get more knowledge off his brain alot more.

Have you ever seen Sam Harris and Ben Stiller in the same photo or place?

I love Richard Dawkins, what a legend😊💛

the odd socks thing is great. my Ex-wife hates mismatched socks so yeah this is perfect everyone do it!

37:59 I've always thought this way about culture. So many things are universally accepted simply cause so many people do it yet are batshit crazy or horrible.

You guys are awesome, and with the deepest respect for your immense knowledge, I miss Christopher. Please don’t be offended but he had a way of persuading us, the common people, to change out mind. Your oratory is impressive but it tends to be academic. We need another Christopher!! A man of the people who ordinary people understand. Please find another like him!!... Please,,,,!

Wonderful conversation.

Just ordered a copy of "The extended phenotype".

Richard will be loved to death by infinite intelligence.

Blessed! Two videos in one day

I solved the socks problem in a different way. I have 10 pairs of the same kind 😂 but my son has like 30 of all different sorts and he’s been wearing odd socks for a long time

👏🏻 True People. Love both.

Sam is actually funny

Honestly, if I had 2 nights with these guys it would just be subtle, nuanced conversations about how Miles Davis is more important than Michael Jackson. Because it’s the only thing I can really defend, or would possibly care to with these two. But it’s so good to learn from and listen to.

On my bucketlist is being present watching Richard Dawkins at such an event❤

I love the socks. I do odd socks a lot, pleased to know I'm not alone.

Love the socks, Richard Love you both

Dawkins is legend

His short explanation of extended phenotype is marvelous. It makes sad when people struggle with their concepts, the two in conversation are capable of understanding knowledge and mind at a higher level clearly and know about human biological-social behavior patterns yet are in debate of some virtual automation of humans choice of lie. Due to the slow change of human societies it did pay well to the lies to be used as the most powerful tool to keep people subject to control therefore doesn't indicate it is mechanical but is an evidence of human choice to safeguard its interests grown in well-built communities revolving around these lies.

I really wish I could comfortably listen to this, but whoever recorded it put Richard's mic volume at about 40%, Sam's at 100%, and the audience at about a thousand percent. If I turn it up loud enough to hear Richard, the crowd reactions and applause is so loud it hurts.

On my Gravestone will be written: "God is Dead!" If you can life for truth and humor, why don´t die for it?

Awesome!

Brain matter matters in determining matter and what matters.

9:36 wow! I had the same epidemic in my school in Poland.

I had a garage band called The Odd Socks ....I was lead Triangle and Rhythm Cow Bell .

I remember teachers telling us off frequently for saying “um” when I was young. Good to see it used so frequently here 🤓

Thanks!

Kind of glad to hear that my slightly high I.Q. DOES mean something... lol, I hear so many people disdainfully characterize it as meaning much nothing.

The wonder of it all...

Excellent Discussion... !

Lucky me to listen these both greats

Well, the perspective of Eternity is quite relevant to how we think and try to life our lives here on earth! (53:50)

I wish I would attend one of their lectures face to face unfortunately I doubt.but am lucky am following them on these channels and can read their written books.🤦🙄

I met a consultant psychiatrist once and was immediately put on a powerful brain altering anti depressant that was back in 1998. Because of a severe psychotic reaction to the prescribed drug I eventually lost my job and came very close to losing my life. The road to hell is paved with good intentions but that won't help you much when your battling to survive the powerful side effects of often lethal brain altering drugs that are almost impossible to get off of. Thankfully I got out the other side it only took almost 25 years.

At 4:50 reminds when my mother's spidery brain cancer had it's first noticeable effects. She could see the characters in the newspaper perfectly clearly but could no longer extract meaning from the squiggles.

Woot, woot!!!

I'd like to say that I'd like to see a female president in USA. Because she would have also been able to stop what is coming to Canada, hopefully.

I have been rocking odd socks for as long as I can remember. Wearing odd ones as we speak!

Odd socks is the best example of extended phenotype I've ever seen. You're welcome.

Why did everyone abandon these great talks, Including Isaac Asimov Annual debates or topics. I know there was allegations with a few big names bit nothing that should of halted all these years.

Good well Richard, all of your youtube audience is praying for you!

Human sexuality is an external phenotype. That's right: human sexuality is determined by genetics. It isn't a conscious choice whatsoever. Remember that the next time you want to punish someone for their sexual beliefs, no matter how heinous you think they are.

Wearing the other red and green socks from the first part/day... but on the reverse feet :D

Intellectual treasure trove in all its luminosity is eloquently manifested in this intriguingly enlightening discussion, which invariably keeps the audience engaged, focused and consummately awe struck with the profound depth of knowledge, nuanced perspectives, sophisticated thoughts and novel ideas that seamlessly emanate from two of the leading celebres; widely renowned, revered and venerated in the realm of atheistic school of thought.

Bravo

Dawkins' voice reminds me of Jay Robinson when he played Caligula. :)

this crowd literally just claps for everything, don't they "i admire doctors" *applause*

Thank you!

Love the socks!

Some cultures demand more from their offspring then others

Thank you Mr Dawkins for making 🍌Ray Comfort 🍌so successful. Who new an atheist like Dawkins would be such a great ally for the Christian movement 😃.

I don't see the concept of an extended phenotype manifesting itself through inherited genes by outside sources necessarily. But the example given for twins is one good one, and I'd guess there could be more examples explored. It seems more to be an influential phenotype propagated mostly by other sources like the example given of charismatic religious believers. But then, that could be kind of construed as a type of inherited influence of a phenotype from an outside source and not personally biologically connected to the individual. It does raise a question that seems an interesting point to explore within genetics and what matters in regards to phenotypes as well as the extended ones. PS: I have to admit to not being educated in this area much (only having read books on it mainly) but thought it an interested point to study further. Also, I did enjoy the book by Dawkins which I have the first edition (one of my favourite books) but it would have been nice to have seen a 40th anniversary of it this year being 2022. Just to add a quick point. I was thinking that in regards to being converted by a religious person. Well, that could lead to the converted person building a chapel, a temple or whatever which then becomes a kind of extended phenotype of that particular conversion to that religion.

So... A genotype is a language description of the heritable information. [R-r heterozygous (incomplete)]. A phenotype is the phenomenal experience of the set of expressed genes an organism shows to the world. (The above flower is pink, an incomplete mix of red and white.) And lastly alleles are just the ordered list of all possible combination choices. (A red allele and a white allele.)

If one constantly buys black socks and like 5 or 10 par a time, the problem does not occur dear Dr. Dawkins

I only ever buy black socks .. .. ..

ODD SOCKS for the win!

Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris 😍

Do you remember how was greeted Bryan when he gave unequivocal instructions to the crowd of admirers who held him for the Messiah?

Apparently Richard Dawkins is not a sailor, because the red sock is on his starboard side

Kudos -- 444 Gematria -- 🗽

Is Art and Music an extended phenotype ?

37:04 I've heard this argument from Dawkins and others...but I can't actually find an example anywhere. Who on the left is ok with Islamic misogyny?

There is a Hitchen’s-sized void on the public scene at present. Is/are there a potential “replacement(s)” who could fill his shoes somewhat?

1:03 - imagine what Dawkins would make of Cancel Culture now ? (I like the idea of kittens and puppies though)

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Water is vigor. Oxygen is stark. Carbon is bleak.

Would love to see a debate between Richard Dawkins and Jordan Peterson. Why didn't this happen already?

Helen Fisher said that Serotonin is connected with religion. Religious people have very high serotonin levels.

This is just Sam Harris dragging on and on and on.

Universal Intelligence is Dr. Richard Dawkins

Who loves Rechard Dawkins?

splendid! all that remains now is to define discrimination. in its broadest sense, discrimination is simply the way of life, as we make discriminating decisions every second of every day. In the narrower sense... am I discriminating for not wanting my life partner to be of different background? as in most parts of the world this inevitably means ethnicity and skin/hair/etc color as well. is a person of particular ethnicity discriminating or "discriminating" when swiping right only on people of their own background/ethnicity/skin etc. color on a dating app? I mean isn't it easy to see how quickly this gets ridiculous? My own answer to all of this? It's easiest to see when considering another dichotomy: the concept of respect vs disrespect. How quickly is the voice of reason being drowned in a shouting match: no one is owed respect per se; respect has to be earned and is deeply personal below the surface, as more and more people seem to confuse this with a distinctly different concept of "no disrespect". And there we circle back to faith: do I really have to respect people's wild and dangerous beliefs? no religion has my respect and will never have; of this I'm as certain, as one can be of the future. And no individual adept of any religion ever will in my book. Sue me! This is the root of all evil on the left - stuff that smart people on the right are hoping and praying that the left will continue to push down people's throats. PC culture anyone? Can't anyone tell the difference between censorship and self-censorship and which of these two is toxic? Apparently, because this concept is so "radical" that nowadays philosophers are getting grilled on national television about "why should your freedom of speech trump others' right not to be offended". What next? thought crime? After all, "the way you're looking at me makes me feel you don't like me" kind of thing is already upon us

Yet in pairs of socks there really is a left and a right one distinguished by the seam, though most people are ignorant of this and it was pointed out to me at what I thought was embarrassingly old age--but it wasn't, considering RD and SH have lived much longer than I in that ignorance.

Green sock should be on the right foot (starboard), red sock on the left foot (port)

1:19:00 Okay, who did it?

Backwards ball cap helps keep hair out of eyes. The bill blocks visual field of view, so there.

On the question of free speech vs. freedom of religion; Richards comments that Berkley cancels speakers because they don't want to hurt the feelings of religious people on campus... When did that happen?

I suppose you might say that I'm in a good place in so far as it is the case that I find every point they make more than abundantly obvious.

Dawkins socks ❤️

(Only for richard dawkins fans) what do you guys think of sam harris? Really curious to get an outside view of him

Brilliant Mormon riposte by Richard!

Their is one intelligent design for a blood cell. That is a dimpled disc. A blood cell in a blood stream is RU-vid song "let it whip " by dazz band. My favorite thing to spy.

Sam is so much more "street' than Richard and his comments are really funny... Richard is his foil though, so they are a valuable pair. Having UK and US passports, it is up lifting to listen to these too talented but different folk who are my co-citizens

Heroes

The point of automation is to relieve humans of doing the work. The ideal in years gone by, by many inventors was to make a utopian world where all humans could share the freedom and riches of the world without laboring for them. Captain Jean Luc Picard in Star Trek First Contact says "monetary gain is no longer the driving force in our lives" Gene Roddenberry's ideal hope for humankind was a world where greed was eliminated and wealth shared so that all people could pursue their own personal meaning and worth.