Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author. His 1976 book The Selfish Gene popularised the gene-centered 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 gain traction in the mid-2000s, catalysed in large part by ... Show More
Sep 2019
#10 — Richard Dawkins | Outgrowing God
<p>Richard Dawkins is the world-famous evolutionary biologist, New York Times bestselling science writer, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and previously Oxford University's Professor for Public Understanding of Science. Dawkins rose to prominence after his 1976 publicati ... Show More
44m 44s
May 2022
256. Psychedelics, Consciousness, and AI | Richard Dawkins
Dr. Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist, theorist, and one of the world’s foremost atheists.
In this episode, Dr. Dawkins and I discuss religion, psychedelics, consciousness, symbolism, postmodernism, and the importance of objective truth.
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1h 31m
Oct 2024
491. Symbolic Patterns: Memes, Archetypes, Dragons, Genes | Dr. Richard Dawkins & Alex O’Connor
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson sits down with Alex O’Connor and Richard Dawkins to discuss their differences of view on the Abrahamic biblical texts, truth claims in science and fiction, the extension of memes through Jungian archetypes, and the memetical reality of dragons.
This episo ... Show More
1h 33m
<p>The author of the classic <i>The Selfish Gene </i>is still changing the way we think about evolution.</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>SOURCE:</strong><ul><li><a href="https://richarddawkins.com/">Richard Dawkins</a>, professor emeritus of the public understanding of science at Oxfo ... Show More
