Richard Dawkins on the strangeness of science
(Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK)
Mind-expanding talk that probes the limits of human understanding:
Why can't we see atoms?
Why can't we hear color?
How can we understand randomness?
Dawkins suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us because the human mind has evolved mainly to understand other humans -- and to look for human motives even in natural processes. Thus, we create a humanlike God to explain phenomena we can't otherwise comprehend; right or wrong, we're simply wired for it.
Dawkins is Oxford's Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, and the author of the landmark 1976 book The Selfish Gene and the 2006 bestseller The God Delusion.
(Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK)
Mind-expanding talk that probes the limits of human understanding:
Why can't we see atoms?
Why can't we hear color?
How can we understand randomness?
Dawkins suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us because the human mind has evolved mainly to understand other humans -- and to look for human motives even in natural processes. Thus, we create a humanlike God to explain phenomena we can't otherwise comprehend; right or wrong, we're simply wired for it.
Dawkins is Oxford's Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, and the author of the landmark 1976 book The Selfish Gene and the 2006 bestseller The God Delusion.
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