Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author. His 1976 book The Selfish Gene popularised the gene-centred view of evolution, as well as coining the term meme. Dawkins is a vocal atheist and is often referred to as one of the four horsemen of the New Atheism movement which began to grain traction in the mid-2000s, catalysed in large part by Dawkin's 2006 book, The God Delusion.

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Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

00:00 Intro

01:04 Sponsor Message: GiveSendGo

03:02 Richard Dawkins’ Background

04:54 The Selfish Gene

05:50 Crucial Recent Discoveries for Human Development

07:15 How Much Does Biology Dominate Our Lives?

08:25 What Innovation & Discoveries are Happening at the Moment?

11:34 Downsides to Medical Advancements

13:15 Is Genetically Modifying Babies Playing God?

15:44 What is Life & Can it be Discarded?

20:49 The People Who Move Our Species Forward

23:59 The Current State of Science

25:44 The Tyranny of the Discontinuous Mind

27:55 Eroding the Concept of Truth

31:52 Is the Claim that you can Change your Sex Supernatural?

33:48 Do Humans Need Religion?

34:50 Did Richard’s Criticism of God go Too Far? 

37:08 Could the Universe Have Been Planned?

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47:12 The Comfort of Religion

50:42 How Richard Would Face Death

53:06 Richard’s Aim to Defeat Religion

54:47 Euthanasia

56:38 The Development of AI

1:01:40 Are We Alone in the Universe?

1:06:08 What is The One Thing We’re Not Talking About?