Richard Dawkins Takes Down Anti-Science Republicans
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- 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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We're right and they're wrong cuz jeezus
Prech ma Feluw cristiun!
+Augustus IV Jesus is finger lickin' good!
+Alexander West save me jeebus.
+John Nelson I thought it was Cheezus? LoL
David Soll it's _jizzus_, actually
It's not just ignorance, Kyle. It's willful, intentional, and prideful ignorance.
+HerkRants Don't forget good old spite.
+HerkRants
And judgemental.
fearful also.
+Eric Carroll Did they flunk science in highschool ?
The Dude Maybe. Would it surprise you?
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.
Science made the batteries for that bunny that god designed and which one is still in every day use?
+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.
+ZERO your comment makes no sense lol
Alasska Luna It does but you are unable to understand it
R Stewart I even mentioned energizer bunnies. I sorry you don't get it.
Dawkins is a legend. Take notes, ladies and gents, that is how one does total ownage
+Jonathan rubin As a scientist myself Dawkins is an embarrassment to science.
+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.
whyamimrpink78 Care to elaborate?
+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.
_"Nothing in science is a fact"_
I question your claim that you are a scientist if you think science doesn't deal with facts.
Richard Dawkins; so wonderful to hear a voice of sanity.
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
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.
Barttoocool, It is a fact that living things evolve, do you not agree? The theory of evolution explains this fact. I hope you understand.
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.
@@Barttoocool you must be a troll.
You cannot reason with the unreasonable.
+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_
+Kaycee K "What is reason"said the unreasonable never!
+Zidneya Perfect description of religious fanaticism.
+Kaycee K
*BINGO!*
barbtube01 Indeed. It is what I repeat to myself, over and over and over, to keep me from actually *striking* these idiots...
Fucking love Dawkins!
oh yes! the basics!
+Eric Melendez Dawkins, Tyson and Nye need a spot as Sanders presidential advisers.
James Huey 1,000% agreed
+James Huey dude, yes!
…sexually…
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!
...Welcomes them into heaven IF THEY ARE LUCKY!
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.
God forbid if they are Homosexual.
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.
IamRangers Cancer isn't 'bad'. You're just a racist.
(Because Cancer is a 'race', just like Islam!)
The reason people do not like Richard Dawkins is because he is correct.
Don't make up the illusion many people don't like him, most people admire him!
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
+cerniglia65 Eric Hovind: You are the man!!
+Eric Carroll Ray Comfort: BANANA!!!!
Randomfully Wonderful Im not sure he would
Randomfully Wonderful Its not who are that what you do that makes Creationism stupid Creationism is stupid all on its own.
Randomfully Wonderful Yes Ben Carson is very dumb
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
Interesting.....it just shows that religion, without any evidence, or any falsifiable method, has all the answers.....
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.
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.
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.
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.
+Encoun2er there is no historical jesus, according to the evidence.
+Alex Cross and maaan, they don't like it :D it's almost funny... passive-agressive self-righteous crybabies
+rahowhero there might've been some aramean jew called Yoshua or something
+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
Actually he is more like a tesla cannon. (Because they look cooler in my opinion)
A week left.....
Fallout 4 hype train!!! All aboard!!! Choooooo choooo!!!
+cristian elizondo *Head bangs*
+Teinwin Baldikan haha fair point
Dawkins just went WW2 if bible thumpers were Hiroshima and Nagsaki.
"Science is so humble, that even when they are sure, scientists still calls it a theory." - beautifully said.
Gotta love that British honesty.
+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 :)
+hoopshank *masturbatory gesture*
+Azphix Xaxa Assuming that we are an honest people xD
+Azphix Xaxa Honesty doesn't have a nationality, but Dishonesty is American.
+Jenkins Fair point, but the other point remains - don't assume the British are more honest just because Dawkins generally is.
"I have a relationship with the creator of the entire universe!"
- "I don't believe you do"
"YOU'RE ARROGANT!"
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!
Stupidity deserves to be mocked
if there god is so powerful and pro life then why did he allow us arrogant humans create nucular weapons
Because we are sinners and reason that we can not understand. Or that is what most Christians' answer are like. Lol
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..).
+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.
+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..
+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.
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.
+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?
+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 :)
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.
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...
Rayn Gryphon
lol yep, didn't think you did. Goodbye.
Wait, so you are telling me the world isn't 6000 years old? Hahahahaha
Afraid not, cavemen rode dinosaurs like horses to
+Thomas Renner That's an actual fact! Just ask Sarah Palin. She knows more about science then Dawkins.....God told me so!
+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
@dogman disputant haha I will forever miss Jon Stewart
+Luke Robinson Afraid not. That's why fossil fuels.
I like vaccinations but I hate needles.
+Holobrine They have spray vaccines now.
+Holobrine they have gummy bear vaccines, now
+Holobrine They have pot vaccines, too
+Holobrine I love heroin but hate needles.
+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
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
"Christians don't believe in gravity." -Peter Griffin
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!
+John Dossey Evolution isn't a fact. Nothing is a fact in science.
+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.
+whyamimrpink78 Well, I see the theory of gravity is still hanging around nicely.
+Randy Hollinger Yes, because it has a lot of supporting evidence. Now explain to me where gravity comes from?
+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.
If you "believe" in science, you're doing it wrong.
I desperately want to hear Carson's response to what was said in this interview.
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!!!!!
+Robert Maiorana you forgot the "people criticize my views due topolitical correctness"
+Leeroy Gankins I did but then again there is a lot to him.
+BlueDragon407
Hes gonna quote conservapedia.
+BlueDragon407 'uumm ahhhh umm ahh there is a bit of, ah, misunderstanding, um, i think about this subject of evolution, in um, the classroom'...
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?
We haven't even reach 9000 yet, slow down mister popo.
When atheist stop tolerating religion and once both conservatives and liberals are wipeout of existence
+Mister mood just keep training, the day will come
alberto meza K.
+Mister mood are you stupid? We are homo sapiensnot saiyans thus we will become super homo . . . sapiens
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?
Name one Presidential candidate who hasn't sold out to Religion for votes.... Dawkins is right they all have.
+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...
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...
Dawkins is probably the best known atheist since Sagan and Hitchens have met their Maker.
I see what you did there
+Frank Lundquist
No. They came back and told me He's not there.
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.
Understanding evolution is not arrogant. Believing that an all powerful entity made it all for you, now that's *arrogance*.
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.
+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/
Thanks dude!
Well done, Dawkins. It's about time to tackle the real regressives.
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
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 .
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.
The odds of us becoming the way we are are astronomically small-so small it makes winning the lotto look like a certainty.
More like winning the lottery every week of your life. And probably beyond.
+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.
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.
+JamesDavy2009 You are ignoring the sampling bias.
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.
it is a disgrace to not understand evolution.
hey kyle, have you done any segments on a channel called spirit science?
I do have a southern accent from Tennessee, but I understand evolution is a fact.
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.
+Charles Ring Did it ever occur to you that is why it's called, "theoretical" physics?
***** Yep!
Charles Ring
Why then, did you feel the need to be redundant?
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.
Charles Ring
Wow, you completed the circle. Congrats
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.
"NOOO! NOT QUESTIONABLE, NOT AUTISM!"~another great Kyle Kulinski quote. That one almost made me fall out of bed
you dont "believe" in science
True
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.
@@lelandgrover603 I think they meant that they're using the word "believe" wrong
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.
........ an ad for a Christian dating site comes up................"find love with the love of god" fucks sake haha...
The "love of God" is quite perverse, blackmail-y and cruel, so I'd stay away from that site lol
Richard Dawkins is fucking cute.
I would rather let myself go untreated than let Carson operate on my brain.
Please leave a link to original in description.
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
+Alex xeon are you gay? are you high? are you black? do you like salt?
#myanus2016
+Alex xeon hash-tab #TRUMPED
Do you seriously support Trump?
+DanOMac95 he just ignorant dude
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.
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.
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.
Closer to fact than hypothesis by a very long shot
As someone once said "YOU CANT HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!"
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.
Christianity has no conflict with science idk why they say that we do.
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.
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.
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
Why you got two mics?
Three hundred thousand published, peer reviewed scientific papers confirming evolution, zero scientific papers on creation. I rest my case.
That is downright disturbingly scary stuff . I was only eighteen when I threw this creationism garbage out the window for good and never looked back .
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?
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.
Dawkins has stated many times he is a 6.9 on his own scale.
Conscious ignorance is one of the scariest movements in modern times
Just because something is very nice to believe, doesn't mean it's good for you.
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?
loved your video, thanks
Dawkins is also a staunch supporter for Social Democracy as well! He should help us push for Stem Cell Research!
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.
Yeah he also "took down" a kid who built a clock ,he sounded jealous & more pissed off
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.
I love how people who haven't studied science argue with people like this man.
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..
Everything that's unclear will always be just a theory and shouldn't be taken as a truth.
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.
love your work kyle!! keep up the great work.
""swing and a miss" more like" you couldn't hit a barn if you were inside of one"
Rand Paul said in an interview with Chris Matthews and I quote "of course we evolved", so no Fareed not all candidates deny evolution
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
It's pretty disturbing that the people competing to lead the most influential nation in the world are so dangerously ignorant.
Arkansas atheist here... Hello
I'd love to have a conversation with Richard Dawkins, just share ideas. Fantastic human being
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?
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."
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.
I like, the fact is what, the law is how, the theory is why.
So if we redefine theory as fact what are we going to call a theory?
Theory doesn't mean idea, it never did. It means, and have always meant "best possible explanation".