Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

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Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by Animavore » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:33 pm

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Post by Pappa » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:27 pm

DeGrasse is awesome.
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Post by lsdetroit » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:30 pm

this reminds me a lot of dawkins book unweiving the rainbow
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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by Rob » Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:01 am

Watching this right now. Its quite entertaining to listen to them discuss science. Nice find.
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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by Dory » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:17 am

"Physics envy" -- Love it! :D Even Dawkins admits!

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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by FBM » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:17 am

:clap: :clap: :clap:


Do wish Dawk had responded to the nutjob at the end, but otherwise very insightful and thought-provoking. :tup:
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Post by Animavore » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:26 am

I didn't get what the "nut job" was asking.
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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by PsychoSerenity » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:47 am

Really interesting discussion.

And I'll never think of the Large Hadron Collider in the same way again. :hehe:
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Post by FBM » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:51 am

Animavore wrote:I didn't get what the "nut job" was asking.
My understanding was something along the lines of, 'If you were a sceptic and were facing execution and had only your scientific knowledge to rely on, what would you do? Oh, by the way, your faith is in God.'

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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by Pappa » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:53 am

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Animavore wrote:I didn't get what the "nut job" was asking.
My understanding was something along the lines of, 'If you were a sceptic and were facing execution and had only your scientific knowledge to rely on, what would you do? Oh, by the way, your faith is in God.'

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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by FBM » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:03 pm

Pappa wrote:
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Animavore wrote:I didn't get what the "nut job" was asking.
My understanding was something along the lines of, 'If you were a sceptic and were facing execution and had only your scientific knowledge to rely on, what would you do? Oh, by the way, your faith is in God.'

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I would ask for a cigar.
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Re: Dawkins and DeGrasse: The Poetry of Science.

Post by Pensioner » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:45 pm

Thanks for the video, I loved it. :cheers:
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