Richard Dawkins - 2005 - Cali Lecture
This is the famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins speaking at a lecture in 2005.
I find this an excellent example of why informationalism is so important. The reaches of the human mind are currently unknown to us. This is why it is very arrogant to propose that we know things "without a doubt".
At the same time, we must make some assumptions in order to live in the world which we find ourselves. But, to make assumptions about the world that do not apply to our survival and label them "incontrovertable" is arrogance.
11/03/2006
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I found the words of the lecture comprehensive and intelligent, but I was greatly annoyed that the man could not freely speak for himself and instead was continuously glaring at the screen of an Apple ...
I know what you mean. But it must be difficult to get at concepts that abstract without a thorough set of notes.
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