Richard is a prominent scientist, having published bestselling books on genetics and evolution, including The Selfish Gene (1976), The Blind Watchmaker (1986) — with the latter winning a number of awards. He set up the Richard Dawkins Foundation in 2006 to promote the cause of removing religion from science.
The Selfish Gene, published in 1976, established Professor Richard Dawkins as a leading figure in evolutionary theory and popularised the idea that replicating genes are the central force behind evolution, not individual organisms or species.
One of his main arguments is that if the world had been ‘designed’, as some people claim, then who designed the designer? For Dawkins, Darwin’s theory on natural selection solves the question of where humans come from.
Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence. Let us try to teach generosity and altruism, because we are born selfish.
He argues that human behaviour is inherently selfish, and even altruistic behavior has selfish consequences. Life is about maximizing individual payoffs at the expense of others, including family members (at times).
In addition, he sees religion as subverting science, fostering fanaticism, encouraging bigotry against homosexuals, and influencing society in other negative ways. Dawkins regards religion as a “divisive force” and as a “label for in-group/out-group enmity and vendetta”.
Richard Dawkins is a proponent of atheism, the critique and denial of metaphysical beliefs in God or spiritual beings. Much of Dawkins’s work has generated debate for asserting the supremacy of science over religion in explaining the world.
Join me for another thought-provoking Q&A session with Taryn Southern on a wide range of topics, from the ethics of selective breeding and eugenics to western liberal sympathy toward Islam and wokeism. You asked me what I think about trans people, genes and sexual orientation, mindfulness and AI.
I ask Richard Dawkins if he saw the trans ideology uprising coming. He doesn’t mince his words! I used a photo of Ellen Page, now Elliott Page, in the thumbnail to represent trans and self-identification. We discuss Christopher Hitchens, Stephen Fry, Harry Potter and J K Rowling.
0:00 Ricky Gervais & Women’s Genitalia
0:40 The Dog Comment
1:00 Men vs Women Brains
2:40 Is Trans Belief Dangerous?
3:25 J K Rowling’s Worst Moment
3:55 Stephen Fry & Harry Potter
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