Richard Dawkins Takes Down Anti-Science Republicans
Prominent atheist Richard Dawkins lamented over the weekend that Republican presidential candidates were still denying that evolution was a fact.
“This fills me with despair,” Dawkins explained to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria. “This is not something you believe in or not...
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It's not just ignorance, Kyle. It's willful, intentional, and prideful ignorance.
@Kid_Mode
8 жыл бұрын
+HerkRants Don't forget good old spite.
@zidneya
8 жыл бұрын
+HerkRants And judgemental.
@phillipeastman2021
8 жыл бұрын
fearful also.
@thedude7319
8 жыл бұрын
+Eric Carroll Did they flunk science in highschool ?
@Kid_Mode
8 жыл бұрын
The Dude Maybe. Would it surprise you?
We're right and they're wrong cuz jeezus
@august8696
8 жыл бұрын
Prech ma Feluw cristiun!
@MegaDrunkViking
8 жыл бұрын
+Augustus IV Jesus is finger lickin' good!
@OscarProGuy
8 жыл бұрын
+Alexander West save me jeebus.
@CaptFoster5
8 жыл бұрын
+John Nelson I thought it was Cheezus? LoL
@ArinJager1
8 жыл бұрын
David Soll it's _jizzus_, actually
Dawkins is a legend. Take notes, ladies and gents, that is how one does total ownage
@whyamimrpink78
8 жыл бұрын
+Jonathan rubin As a scientist myself Dawkins is an embarrassment to science.
@nitelite78
8 жыл бұрын
+whyamimrpink78 How can you possibly say that. Dawkins is famous worldwide for trying to help people understand and be interested in science. You have to recognise that.
@jonathanrubin9094
8 жыл бұрын
whyamimrpink78 Care to elaborate?
@whyamimrpink78
8 жыл бұрын
+nitelite78 He is infamous and makes a lot of noise, but he has hurt people in understanding science. Nothing in science is a fact. Nothing in science is proven. As Richard Feynman said, religion is a culture of faith, science is a culture of doubt. It is that doubt that drives scientist like myself in doing more work. We are never completely sure on anything. Building on that some more Dawkins tries to connect science and religion and use science to attempt to squash religion. They are completely separate issues. Not related. Religion is faith based. You can be religious and scientific at the same time. Several of my colleagues are. What I recognize is that Dawkins, in the 80s was ok, but since the 90s has been an embarrassment to science.
@nitelite78
8 жыл бұрын
_"Nothing in science is a fact"_ I question your claim that you are a scientist if you think science doesn't deal with facts.
Science starts with a hypothesis and follows the evidence where ever it leads. Religion starts with a presupposition and desperately tries to lead "evidence" to it.The millennia of religious failure just keeps going like the Energizer bunny.
@ZER0--
8 жыл бұрын
Science made the batteries for that bunny that god designed and which one is still in every day use?
@ryleighs9575
8 жыл бұрын
+Paul L Not that I disagree with the sentiment, but you're either referring to real bunnies (which religious people would claim god made) which aren't powered by batteries, or the energizer bunny which was indisputably created by humans. I don't get it.
@alasskaluna2446
8 жыл бұрын
+ZERO your comment makes no sense lol
@ZER0--
8 жыл бұрын
Alasska Luna It does but you are unable to understand it
@ZER0--
8 жыл бұрын
R Stewart I even mentioned energizer bunnies. I sorry you don't get it.
Richard Dawkins; so wonderful to hear a voice of sanity.
@Barttoocool
7 жыл бұрын
gwwayner he's an idiot. He doesn't know what he's talking bout and is just an extremist atheist. Evolution isn't a fact, it is indeed a theory, we actually change and tweak the theory all the time as new evidence shows up, we believe some sort of evolution occurred from similarities between living being's DNA and such but there's no definitive answer. It's a sound theory but calling it fact is wrong
@John-771
6 жыл бұрын
Barttoocool, It is a fact moron. Yes it changes as evidence in the chain changes. The fact that evolution is true doesn't change because they find some new link in between time periods. It helps strengthen the fact that your religion is fiction.
@bloccospirale4280
6 жыл бұрын
Barttoocool, It is a fact that living things evolve, do you not agree? The theory of evolution explains this fact. I hope you understand.
@alqualonde2998
6 жыл бұрын
well a scientific theory is a way of telling people we know something is going on , but not definitely sure on how it works and here is our best model based on our latests research and while it may be wronged in the future . its working (usually) better than the last model . evolutions is a fact, evolution theory is what you mean I guess.
@emilengen7825
5 жыл бұрын
@@Barttoocool you must be a troll.
God is so great. He gives kids cancer, waits for them to die a horrible death and then welcomes them into Heaven. What a guy!
@bingola45
8 жыл бұрын
...Welcomes them into heaven IF THEY ARE LUCKY!
@mysterioussquirrel4456
8 жыл бұрын
bingola45 Well obviously if they aint Christian or they are naughty kids with cancer, they will go straight to hell. God does have his standards.
@wvkinglp6921
8 жыл бұрын
God forbid if they are Homosexual.
@iamrangers8351
8 жыл бұрын
you're assuming cancer is "Evil" or even bad. Also, define "horrible" death. Just because people fail (in your opinion) does not mean that is a bad thing, let alone evil.
@bingola45
8 жыл бұрын
IamRangers Cancer isn't 'bad'. You're just a racist. (Because Cancer is a 'race', just like Islam!)
You cannot reason with the unreasonable.
@zidneya
8 жыл бұрын
+Kaycee K _"Some men aren't looking for anything logical. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn."_ _Alfred Pennyworth_
@ANT-ej8ob
8 жыл бұрын
+Kaycee K "What is reason"said the unreasonable never!
@hemidas
8 жыл бұрын
+Zidneya Perfect description of religious fanaticism.
@barbtube01
8 жыл бұрын
+Kaycee K *BINGO!*
@KCKatheist
8 жыл бұрын
barbtube01 Indeed. It is what I repeat to myself, over and over and over, to keep me from actually *striking* these idiots...
The reason people do not like Richard Dawkins is because he is correct.
@ArnoldSig
6 жыл бұрын
Don't make up the illusion many people don't like him, most people admire him!
@hewhomustnotbenamed5912
4 жыл бұрын
People didn't hate Jesus, because he didn't exist. This is the factually correct version of the quote that Fundamentalist like to use.
Im Ken Hamm and i hate facts
@Kid_Mode
8 жыл бұрын
+cerniglia65 Eric Hovind: You are the man!!
@themplar
8 жыл бұрын
+Eric Carroll Ray Comfort: BANANA!!!!
@cerniglia65
8 жыл бұрын
Randomfully Wonderful Im not sure he would
@Kid_Mode
8 жыл бұрын
Randomfully Wonderful Its not who are that what you do that makes Creationism stupid Creationism is stupid all on its own.
@cerniglia65
8 жыл бұрын
Randomfully Wonderful Yes Ben Carson is very dumb
Fucking love Dawkins!
@Oborowatabinostk
8 жыл бұрын
oh yes! the basics!
@jameshuey8243
8 жыл бұрын
+Eric Melendez Dawkins, Tyson and Nye need a spot as Sanders presidential advisers.
@DrMacintosh
8 жыл бұрын
James Huey 1,000% agreed
@haha20121000
8 жыл бұрын
+James Huey dude, yes!
@august8696
8 жыл бұрын
…sexually…
What religious people forget is that atheism is not very beneficial for us personally, there is no eternal life in ecstasy, heavenly father that will take care of everything no matter how fucked up our lives get, no ultimate purpose that can guide us. It's not really a choice, it's just that in the face of all reason and evidence, we can't not go with it
@chrisheath1394
8 жыл бұрын
Interesting.....it just shows that religion, without any evidence, or any falsifiable method, has all the answers.....
@alasskaluna2446
8 жыл бұрын
Well said!! That's one of the biggest differences between faith and science. One objectively seeks the facts and the truth while the other subjectively seeks comfort and solace.
@RainingArtillery
8 жыл бұрын
what isn't beneficial for you is living like a child forever. Accept your own mortality, and what it means. You get one life, one chance. There's no happy ending. There are too many fucked up things in this world for me to believe even for one second that some heavenly being "loves" us and guides us.
@trentf4891
7 жыл бұрын
Josiah Brown Same experience here as far as the fear and pain when realizing it just didn't make sense, although I was younger I believe it would feel the same if I discovered the truth at 50 years old.
For the last time, just because you don't like something or it doesn't agree with your religion, that doesn't mean it isn't true. Facts are facts and truth is truth, whether you like it or not.
@Encoun2er
8 жыл бұрын
Thank youuuu. So many people say "well I don't believe it", so I guess therefore it isn't true. People also think just because their book is ancient and a authority (Jesus) says that they too approve of the bible then apparently it's true. If Jesus was a scientist and knew so much we know now, then he would've thought so much differently. No one knew anything back then, not even the historical Jesus.
@rahowhero
8 жыл бұрын
+Encoun2er there is no historical jesus, according to the evidence.
@ArinJager1
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex Cross and maaan, they don't like it :D it's almost funny... passive-agressive self-righteous crybabies
@ArinJager1
8 жыл бұрын
+rahowhero there might've been some aramean jew called Yoshua or something
@rahowhero
8 жыл бұрын
+Arin Jäger yep, very true, the messiah fairytale is part based on joshua from the ot. but the name jesus christ is greek and means....je(the) zeus(god) christos(anointed) in old greek. ps the transliteration of yeshua is joshua not jesus.
Dawkins drops the fat man of truth bombs
@teinwinbaldikan989
8 жыл бұрын
Actually he is more like a tesla cannon. (Because they look cooler in my opinion)
@cristianelizondo8575
8 жыл бұрын
A week left..... Fallout 4 hype train!!! All aboard!!! Choooooo choooo!!!
@Homelessgrunt
8 жыл бұрын
+cristian elizondo *Head bangs*
@feralbunnydonut8495
8 жыл бұрын
+Teinwin Baldikan haha fair point
@hwgden
8 жыл бұрын
Dawkins just went WW2 if bible thumpers were Hiroshima and Nagsaki.
Gotta love that British honesty.
@hoopshank
8 жыл бұрын
+Azphix Xaxa Believe me, many of we British, including most of our mainstream politicians on both 'sides', are horrible, corrupt, despicable right-wing liars too. Not me, obviously - I'm kind and lovely and honest and sceptical and truth-seeking like Richard :)
@DylanJo123
8 жыл бұрын
+hoopshank *masturbatory gesture*
@Comando96
8 жыл бұрын
+Azphix Xaxa Assuming that we are an honest people xD
8 жыл бұрын
+Azphix Xaxa Honesty doesn't have a nationality, but Dishonesty is American.
@hoopshank
8 жыл бұрын
+Jenkins Fair point, but the other point remains - don't assume the British are more honest just because Dawkins generally is.
"Science is so humble, that even when they are sure, scientists still calls it a theory." - beautifully said.
"I have a relationship with the creator of the entire universe!" - "I don't believe you do" "YOU'RE ARROGANT!"
@rahowhero
8 жыл бұрын
more like....give us some evidence your assertion is true ....um er em....faith...er I cant arrogance combined with 'tardation.
I find it painfully annoying that an accomplished neurosurgeon denies basic science.
Explanation of GOP about what they say about evolution: "religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, AND BY THE RULERS AS USEFUL" Lucius Annaeus Seneca
LOL I love this guy! People may get upset about how sharp he is but there comes a point where the ridiculousness you face simply doesn't deserve respect. I think he was more than polite. Keep em coming!
@MachonyLeeoun
6 жыл бұрын
Stupidity deserves to be mocked
A theory isn't a fact. A theory explains a fact. Evolution is a fact. The theory is how we think it works. Gravity is an observed fact. The theory is how we think it works.
@WhooFlungPoo
8 жыл бұрын
+Rayn Gryphon Galapagos finch, circular species, an observed speciation event in nature, the finches breed with each other, and because of drift the ones on the other side of the islands can no longer breed with the ones on the original starting point before drift. By DNA standards its an entirely new species. Observable evolution. Now where can i collect my $100?
@TriggaHappy00121213
8 жыл бұрын
+Rayn Gryphon I'll give you $100 if you can provide any evidence which suggests Evolution isn't true / doesn't work. I'll then steal your world changing evidence to get me a Nobel Prize, to which i will send you the £100 you're owed :)
@TriggaHappy00121213
8 жыл бұрын
Rayn Gryphon No Ryan the burden of proof has already been met. Evolution is fact just like Gravity and Germs. The fact you're asking for evidence and saying "This isn't evidence" shows everyone you don't even understand what the Evolution Theory means. Seriously It's funny how unqualified people like you think you can turn the entire science community on its head with basic questions. Your ignorance is laughable.
@TriggaHappy00121213
8 жыл бұрын
Rayn Gryphon How was your reply relevant to what i said?. You went completely off topic trying to talk about me... Let's keep it on subject please. Do you have any rational argument to debunk or even question the Theory of Evolution? or are you just going to say "the evidence doesn't exist"? So far that's all you've done...
@TriggaHappy00121213
8 жыл бұрын
Rayn Gryphon lol yep, didn't think you did. Goodbye.
if there god is so powerful and pro life then why did he allow us arrogant humans create nucular weapons
@bryanjedi8242
8 жыл бұрын
Because we are sinners and reason that we can not understand. Or that is what most Christians' answer are like. Lol
@Encoun2er
8 жыл бұрын
God doesn't exist, if he does he's a terrible being. But he can't exist because he's apparently so many things at once (omnipotent etc..).
@bryanjedi8242
8 жыл бұрын
+Encoun2er agreed. And just look at how the Christian God intervened during the Old Testament. Commits genocide during the Noah's Flood because they were "sinners" or whatever.
@Encoun2er
8 жыл бұрын
+Bryan Henry God is omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent, aaaand omnipresent, spaceless/timeless but yet intervenes with his creation. So much of that cancels itself out and therefor he simply can't exist in that self alone and so many Christians don't know that..
@Encoun2er
8 жыл бұрын
+Bryan Henry and you can sum it up to be supernatural, meaning non explainable or non existent, but yet he some how put everything into motion.
Wait, so you are telling me the world isn't 6000 years old? Hahahahaha
@thomasrenner8566
8 жыл бұрын
Afraid not, cavemen rode dinosaurs like horses to
@marvellbgry
8 жыл бұрын
+Thomas Renner That's an actual fact! Just ask Sarah Palin. She knows more about science then Dawkins.....God told me so!
@DogmaDisputant
8 жыл бұрын
+Luke Robinson "Texas has been a conservative state since dinosaurs roamed it 6000 years ago....at least that dates according to the Texas high school textbooks." ~Jon Stewart
@lukerobinson9418
8 жыл бұрын
@dogman disputant haha I will forever miss Jon Stewart
@johnbenton4488
8 жыл бұрын
+Luke Robinson Afraid not. That's why fossil fuels.
I like vaccinations but I hate needles.
@badendhappy2903
8 жыл бұрын
+Holobrine They have spray vaccines now.
@ArinJager1
8 жыл бұрын
+Holobrine they have gummy bear vaccines, now
@Melkom1
8 жыл бұрын
+Holobrine They have pot vaccines, too
@darcgibson5099
8 жыл бұрын
+Holobrine I love heroin but hate needles.
@ToveriJuri
8 жыл бұрын
+dre Don't look down.
What's even funnier is that trump doesn't "believe" in climate change, as if you can disprove a fact. Face palm
I desperately want to hear Carson's response to what was said in this interview.
@ComradeTomatoTurtle
8 жыл бұрын
We all know what his responses are like, they lead to dead ends and only give us more questions to ask him. Because he talks like a fucking moron, ANSWER the FUCKING question Carson!!!!!
@joshlaya8881
8 жыл бұрын
+Robert Maiorana you forgot the "people criticize my views due topolitical correctness"
@ComradeTomatoTurtle
8 жыл бұрын
+Leeroy Gankins I did but then again there is a lot to him.
@zidneya
8 жыл бұрын
+BlueDragon407 Hes gonna quote conservapedia.
@JB1994
8 жыл бұрын
+BlueDragon407 'uumm ahhhh umm ahh there is a bit of, ah, misunderstanding, um, i think about this subject of evolution, in um, the classroom'...
Come on now I live in Tennessee and I am an atheist and I understand that evolution is fact. You can't just group entire states into the idiot category!
@whyamimrpink78
8 жыл бұрын
+John Dossey Evolution isn't a fact. Nothing is a fact in science.
@conors4430
8 жыл бұрын
+whyamimrpink78 in science where the evidence points is considered factual. There is something called a decay of fact.. The moon travels further away from the earth a few centimetres every year so if it is measured this year at 100,000 miles away and in a few years as 101,000 miles away, those things are both correct at that given time. Uneducated people would then say well you obviously don't know how far the moon is away therefore you can't call it a fact.
@hrandolph1
8 жыл бұрын
+whyamimrpink78 Well, I see the theory of gravity is still hanging around nicely.
@whyamimrpink78
8 жыл бұрын
+Randy Hollinger Yes, because it has a lot of supporting evidence. Now explain to me where gravity comes from?
@dagoth77
8 жыл бұрын
+whyamimrpink78 Gravity comes from a warp in spacetime, caused by what we know as matter. The moon for example is actually moving in a straight line through space, but that straight line has been warped by the mass of the earth. This warp of space time can be seen in gravitational lensing, where a mass bends light around it's gravity field. This has all been tested and proven by Einstein's theory of general relativity.
To quote tim Minchin "maybe they feel the same way about gravity (that its just a theory) and will all just float the fuck away
@JamesDavy2009
8 жыл бұрын
"Christians don't believe in gravity." -Peter Griffin
If you "believe" in science, you're doing it wrong.
I've heard Theists suggest that Evolution was created by God. How likely is it that God would create a system where he would have to wait 4.5 billion years before our brains were large enough for the guilt trip?
Scientific theories are not called "theories" because they are humble. Not at all. In mathematics, it's called a theorem. Like Pythagoras's theorem of right-angled triangles. In Biology we just use the word Theory to explain a set of observed proven facts. The word "theory" that JUST HAPPENS to also have a 2nd different meaning in ordinary English which means....a hunch, or idea.
Wow. How can a nation that is as scientifically advanced as the US still be debating the God vs evolution thing? You'd be considered a lunatic for being a Creationist here in Britain. It's the 21st Century for crying out loud. This is just too weird - beyond embarrassing.
so when will humans become super saiyans?
@ComradeTomatoTurtle
8 жыл бұрын
We haven't even reach 9000 yet, slow down mister popo.
@easternshekels5517
8 жыл бұрын
When atheist stop tolerating religion and once both conservatives and liberals are wipeout of existence
@albertomeza9763
8 жыл бұрын
+Mister mood just keep training, the day will come
@mistermood4164
8 жыл бұрын
alberto meza K.
@TheCoffeeNut711
8 жыл бұрын
+Mister mood are you stupid? We are homo sapiensnot saiyans thus we will become super homo . . . sapiens
God didn`t create man. Man created god. We are nothing more than funny looking apes , that have gained the ability to talk.. Our planet is a four and a half billion year old rock, that evolved in the goldilocks zone (not to hot, not to cold) And we are very lucky to be here.
@JamesDavy2009
8 жыл бұрын
The odds of us becoming the way we are are astronomically small-so small it makes winning the lotto look like a certainty.
@stewy1109
8 жыл бұрын
More like winning the lottery every week of your life. And probably beyond.
@PartnershipsForYou
8 жыл бұрын
+stewy1109 genesis of life=/=winning the lottery That's not really how probability works. But Christian Apologists aren't to keen on factual evidence or math.
@stewy1109
8 жыл бұрын
You must mean maths.I agree logic is wasted on the unreasonable. It`s hard for apologists to go against everything they know to be real. And they know it`s real cos daddy told them so. Its like we are calling their daddies liars And that makes them sad. And angry.
@markgohl2660
8 жыл бұрын
+JamesDavy2009 You are ignoring the sampling bias.
Name one Presidential candidate who hasn't sold out to Religion for votes.... Dawkins is right they all have.
@railroadtrash09
8 жыл бұрын
+Jason Lud You forgot to address his stance on Religion. Stick to the issue... Bernie sold out on almost all your points, you just worship him too much to see it...
@troyevitt2437
8 жыл бұрын
Right. Even Ronald Reagan cited Jesus and Christianity, but then he and Nancy sought psychic readings from Sylvia Browne
I had voracious arguments with ignorant individuals whom claim evolution is merely a imbedded theory, not fact. This assertion is silly and usually inanely backed by inane evidence and constricts the very basic foundation of the definition of science: which is based of hypothesis, theories based and imbedded through research, observation, collectivity. Science does a great job at finding all evidence possible for scientific observation and research, but to call a fact a theory and assert that its a false theory as well is ridiculous especially in our day and age research is at the touch of our figures! To not educate yourself on an array of beneficial evidence online, in books, on documentaries and then make counter-assertions with inane assertions is anti-scientific and should not be taken with seriously...
In ANY country in Europe (even Italy, the home of modern Catholocism), if a political candidate asserted that he /she did not believe in evolution (300 or so years after we got over these stupid religious doctrinal positions - and at least 20 years after evolution was proven as a FACT, with DNA, chemical and fossil evidence ) - the candidate would not even find him or herself on the ballot paper - the electorate would not tolerate such ignorance, moronic stupidity and religious bigotry - Come on our US friends and allies - step up to the plate! ...and had Tony Blair admited to The UK that he was "talking to God " - and that God was "answering back," we would never have got into this mess (because he would NEVER have been elected in 1997 - which is why he kept his faith quiet until after he had quit .
you dont "believe" in science
@guts2015
6 жыл бұрын
True
@lelandgrover603
6 жыл бұрын
Theo Valentino What point are you trying to make science isn't based on belief its based on study of the structure & behavior of the physical & natural world through observation and experiment.
@Kuumin
4 жыл бұрын
@@lelandgrover603 I think they meant that they're using the word "believe" wrong
Dawkins is probably the best known atheist since Sagan and Hitchens have met their Maker.
@BelleCassidy
8 жыл бұрын
I see what you did there
@martinlag1
8 жыл бұрын
+Frank Lundquist No. They came back and told me He's not there.
Three hundred thousand published, peer reviewed scientific papers confirming evolution, zero scientific papers on creation. I rest my case.
it is a disgrace to not understand evolution.
I am currently in an argument with two conservative global warming deniers. I'm not even sure how to debate this. The fact that global warming exists should be a known fact.
@markgohl2660
8 жыл бұрын
+A E S T H E T I C Vegan V Me Too. Tip: totally ignore any colourful language and just present facts. You might find this site useful www.skepticalscience.com/
@aestheticvegan5884
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks dude!
I like the way Dawkins explains - calm, confident, non-defensive and without being emotional about it - makes him more credible and pleasant to watch unlike comatose Ben Carson.
As someone once said "YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!"
Understanding evolution is not arrogant. Believing that an all powerful entity made it all for you, now that's *arrogance*.
Well done, Dawkins. It's about time to tackle the real regressives.
I do have a southern accent from Tennessee, but I understand evolution is a fact.
The number of ignorant people in America is the greatest risk to the future of the planet, much more than an amateur sideshow like ISIS. I did a degree in palaeontology 45 years ago, evolution demonstrated at every turn. No sane person at that university denied evolution FORTY FIVE years ago. This is what religion has done to a "smart" country
I hate when I accidentally click on your videos and then realize I'd have to listen to you in order to access the content within your video.
One has to admit that science is part of the problem regarding the confusion with the term "theory." One BIG example of this is string theory which is not yet a theory. It does belong to a branch of theoretical physics, maybe that is where it gets its name, but according to the definition of a scientific theory, string theory is not a theory... yet.
@Frostweld
8 жыл бұрын
+Charles Ring Did it ever occur to you that is why it's called, "theoretical" physics?
@celts3760
8 жыл бұрын
***** Yep!
@Frostweld
8 жыл бұрын
Charles Ring Why then, did you feel the need to be redundant?
@celts3760
8 жыл бұрын
If my point is redundant as you say then why is Richard saying "We have got to stop calling it a theory cuz the word theory is misunderstood." I am merely agreeing with Richard and, while he doesn't come out and say it directly, assert that the scientific community is partly to blame (which Lawrence Krauss has stated)... How is that redundant? Even the definition of 'scientific theory' somewhat conflicts with the way theoretical is used in 'theoretical' physics. That is merely just another example which further supports my assertion.
@Frostweld
8 жыл бұрын
Charles Ring Wow, you completed the circle. Congrats
........ an ad for a Christian dating site comes up................"find love with the love of god" fucks sake haha...
@a.j.g.5914
7 жыл бұрын
The "love of God" is quite perverse, blackmail-y and cruel, so I'd stay away from that site lol
Megatron to Starscream: "You are either lying, or STUPID!" Why does have to be either/or? Can't they be both deceitful AND willfully ignorant?
Everything that's unclear will always be just a theory and shouldn't be taken as a truth.
Richard Dawkins is fucking cute.
Don't mess with the Dawkinator :D
Yeah people misunderstand science all of the time.
A scientific theory is *better* than a fact. A fact is just a standalone observation. Scientific theories explain and predict facts.
If evolution isn't REAL where did Donald Trump's HAIR come from? Would a compassionate CREATOR really INFLICT that on someone?
#Trump2016 #YouCantStumpTheTrump #TrumpOutOfHereWithThatBS #BernThatBStrump #YouCantStopTheTrump #TrumpTrumps #TrumpityTrumpityTrumped #Trumped
@DanOMac95
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex xeon are you gay? are you high? are you black? do you like salt?
@teinwinbaldikan989
8 жыл бұрын
#myanus2016
@DeathByFail
8 жыл бұрын
+Alex xeon hash-tab #TRUMPED
@mohammadjj
8 жыл бұрын
Do you seriously support Trump?
@hgjhgjhgbvvvnmvm3586
8 жыл бұрын
+DanOMac95 he just ignorant dude
I would rather let myself go untreated than let Carson operate on my brain.
science isnt a belief its whats fact
Kyle. A theory is not a "fact". Get it right, mate! It's bad enough that creationists don't understand these terms without you misrepresenting them, too.
@MachonyLeeoun
6 жыл бұрын
Closer to fact than hypothesis by a very long shot
Why do american television channels feel the need to put a quote on screen which has literally been uttered A SECOND ago. Do people not have the capability of hearing there?
Every single candidate, just before they open their mouth, they think "right, what do I need to say to make me more electable". Then they open their mouths.
My 1 yr old daughter is smarter than the average republican.
"NOOO! NOT QUESTIONABLE, NOT AUTISM!"~another great Kyle Kulinski quote. That one almost made me fall out of bed
hey kyle, have you done any segments on a channel called spirit science?
In regards to "scientific arrogance", Sam Harris counters that idiotic trope the best. He has said numerous times that science teaches a level of humility unheard of in most fields of discourse.
Christianity has no conflict with science idk why they say that we do.
"Fucking space fairies and shit" omfg I died
The way I was taught to understand a "theory" is that it is something that is just as powerful as law, but merely can't be observed. My teacher gave the example that the LAW of Gravity is a LAW because any of us can drop a pencil and observe gravity take effect. The Big Bang Theory(not the show) however, is only a theory because we have an overwhelming amount of evidence, a lot of times even MORE than which we can provide for laws, that can back up this event. The only reason it isn't law is because we didn't actually observe it directly. A lot of people say that a theory is a theory, not a law, because we can still add to it or change. It is true that a theory can be changed but so can a law, we can always add things. A law and a theory can always have things added to them or even have their entire names changed but they are both FACT and even if we add on, or change something, it's only in the process of what we already KNOW is happening. A theory is just as, if not stronger, than a law because it is actively being looked into and articulated. To say a theory is the same thing as a hypothesis, is just so wrong. There is something called the God hypothesis though so they might want to look into that. So yeah, that's what I was taught at least lol
Why is this a discussion held only in the US (and islamic states)? It's a non-issue in Europe. You are basically done if you display such idiotic behavior. It's like saying "I firmly believe in fairies and the easter bunny". When did the society in the US dumb down to this scary degree?
I would love to see Richard Dawkins confront "dr" Zakir Naik, a Muslim televangelist who says evolution is wrong because "it's just a theory"
I agree. Dawkins can't quite grasp the depth and breadth of the anti-intellectualism on the right. It's too foreign for him to accept. He gives them, including that idiot Ben Carson, way to much credit.
Dawkins is also a staunch supporter for Social Democracy as well! He should help us push for Stem Cell Research!
I have a couple questions for the religious: 1.Would not an all-knowing omniscient 'God' know in advance which Angels would 'revolt' and therefore not even create them? 2. Would not an all-knowing, omniscient 'God' know in advance when one tells a woman NOT to do something she most certainly will DO that very thing?
Debating creationists is like playing chess with a pigeon, the knock over the pieces, shit on the board and strut around like they won the game
Theory stands ABOVE 'fact' in levels of intellectual integrity, because a sound theory explains WHY the facts are what they are. A sound theory will also suggest new facts, which, if subsequently discovered to be true... mean that the theory itself is true, and, in its turn, becomes a matter of fact. This predictive process has happened hundreds of times in the case of Evolution. That is why we can be so CERTAIN it is true AND factual.
I take acceptation to kyle saying "there is bad science and there is good science". There is no such thing as 'bad science'! If it is proven wrong it is still science and leads scientists in another direction. Einsteins last 'theory' was proven wrong but that is the beauty of science, because it was Einstein scientists assumed it was worth checking into which led to another 'hypothesis' being evaluated. All I am saying is that science simply boils down to the process of elimination and Kyle should avoid using the term 'bad science' as it is a favorite amongst creatards and fundies.
Isn't this form of willful ignorance relatively recent phenomena in Republican conservative politics? I cannot imagine Barry Goldwater or even Richard Nixon having anything in common with the current slate of Republican candidates
Dawkins has stated many times he is a 6.9 on his own scale.
I am glad that you had showed more good news again. I should look up his book the next time I go to a library.
The United States National Academy of Sciences defines scientific theories as follows: "The formal scientific definition of theory is quite different from the everyday meaning of the word. It refers to a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence. Many scientific theories are so well established that no new evidence is likely to alter them substantially. For example, no new evidence will demonstrate that the Earth does not orbit around the sun (heliocentric theory), or that living things are not made of cells (cell theory), that matter is not composed of atoms, or that the surface of the Earth is not divided into solid plates that have moved over geological timescales (the theory of plate tectonics)...One of the most useful properties of scientific theories is that they can be used to make predictions about natural events or phenomena that have not yet been observed." From the American Association for the Advancement of Science: "A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. The theory of biological evolution is more than "just a theory." It is as factual an explanation of the universe as the atomic theory of matter or the germ theory of disease. Our understanding of gravity is still a work in progress. But the phenomenon of gravity, like evolution, is an accepted fact."
The wonderful thing about Richard Dawkins is that he is always polite and doesn't feel the need to weep, say a god chatted to him while he was taking a shit the night before or to pretend having a seizure is appropriate in a public setting.
Arkansas atheist here... Hello
Yeah he also "took down" a kid who built a clock ,he sounded jealous & more pissed off
Conscious ignorance is one of the scariest movements in modern times
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"Blah blah blah kuuz Jeezuz"....hahahahaha
"space fairies 'n shit".. ha ha love it.
Seriously, what's with the double micro-phone thing?
Mr. Dawkins only re-states what I was taught as an undergrad Anthropology major. To be clear, the word "fact" was not yet used pre-1970 but the department head said to our class in no uncertain terms that while he did not *believe * in evolution ... nevertheless he *accepted * the evidence as *valid * ... until overturned by a PREPONDERANCE of evidence that REFUTES it. . . This is what basic science is all about. And I am grateful for having the opportunity to get a quality education. And I would do it all over again. Too many still believe ignorance is a virtue. And those that do are without question dangerous. ...TG I am not one of them..
Dawkins didn't say he was a 60% disbeliever, he rated himself at 6 of 7 in his scale of disbelief. Not 6 of 10.
In the ninth grade I was taught and fully understood the difference between a theory and a hypothesis, and that was in the early sixties, were the hell has the U.S. educational system gone?
An email I sent to Oxford administration: ‘I am writing to express my outrage at Richard Dawkins’ recent statements regarding the youth Ahmed Mohamed. In the context of discussing Mr. Mohamed, a boy falsely accused of bringing a bomb into his school, Professor Dawkins made a deliberately ambiguous reference to a small child forced to commit an atrocity. Although Professor Dawkins may insist that he was not comparing Ahmed Mohamed to the small child victimized by Daesh, the original remark was cryptic enough to encourage such an interpretation. It is plain that Richard Dawkins was intending for people to make this interpretation, despite any of his denials to the contrary. Making matters worse, he added a comment later indicating that the child victimized by Daesh is guilty and deserves criticism. It should be apparent that a small child, evidently roughly 10 years of age, forced to commit a beheading is himself a victim. The awfulness of Richard Dawkins’ behavior is remarkably rich, for in attacking Ahmed Mohamed he is attacking a young person with a clear interest in technology. This sort of criticism coming from a well-established scientist is especially sadistic. Adding insult to injury, Professor Dawkins questions the IQ of those who criticize him. I can only respond by quoting Ludwig Wittgenstein (who may have been quoting someone else, in turn): “What matters is the heart. Any old turnip will do for a head.”’
Yeah I hate how people don't know the difference between Theory and theory.
Kyle debating Milo needs to happen
I find it amusing that as Dawkins is speaking, there's a snippet about antibiotic resistance in American Hospitals scrolling at the bottom. It is almost poetic.
Rand Paul said in an interview with Chris Matthews and I quote "of course we evolved", so no Fareed not all candidates deny evolution
Anyone that tells you that evolution is just a theory, does not know what a scientific theory is, or does not want you to.
Best explanation I heard is that scientific theory means explanation for. When theories have overwhelming data to support them, like gravity, we all intents and purposes treat them as fact.
@rahowhero
8 жыл бұрын
I like, the fact is what, the law is how, the theory is why.