#843 - Richard Dawkins - Why Can No One Agree On Evolution, Race & Religion?

Modern Wisdom

Chris Williamson

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist, author, and emeritus fellow at the University of Oxford. I spoke to Richard on stage in Austin Texas as a part of his final ever live tour. The next day we got to sit down and discuss all the things we didn't have time to talk about the night before. Expect to learn what Richard thinks about the recent rise of cultural Christianity, whether religion was an influential factor on the evolution of humans, what Richard meant by “Race Is A Spectrum, Sex Is Pretty Damn Binary”, where people without a religious worldview should get their meaning from, Richard's explanation for evolution for those who don’t believe in it and much more... Sponsors: See discounts for all the products I use and recommend: https://chriswillx.com/deals Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and more from AG1 at https://drinkag1.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get $350 off the Pod 4 Ultra at https://eightsleep.com/modernwisdom (use code MODERNWISDOM) Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period from Shopify at https://shopify.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Get a 20% discount on Nomatic’s amazing luggage at https://nomatic.com/modernwisdom (automatically applied at checkout) Extra Stuff: Get my free reading list of 100 books to read before you die: https://chriswillx.com/books Try my productivity energy drink Neutonic: https://neutonic.com/modernwisdom Episodes You Might Enjoy: #577 - David Goggins - This Is How To Master Your Life: https://tinyurl.com/43hv6y59 #712 - Dr Jordan Peterson - How To Destroy Your Negative Beliefs: https://tinyurl.com/2rtz7avf #700 - Dr Andrew Huberman - The Secret Tools To Hack Your Brain: https://tinyurl.com/3ccn5vkp - Get In Touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/modernwisdompodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact - Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome back to the show, my guest today is Richard Dawkins.
0:04.6	He's an evolutionary biologist, author, and Emeritus Fellow at the University of Oxford.
0:09.4	I spoke to Richard on stage in Austin, Texas as part of his final ever live tour. Then the next day we got
0:15.6	to sit down and discuss all of the things that we didn't have time to talk about the night
0:20.1	before. I expect to learn what Richard thinks about the recent rise of cultural Christianity,
0:25.0	whether religion was an influential factor on the evolution of humans, what Richard meant by
0:30.4	race is a spectrum, sex is pretty damn binary, where people without a religious worldview
0:35.9	should get their meaning from, Richard's explanation for evolution, for those who don't believe
0:40.2	in it, and much more. Can't lie, after spending an hour and a half on stage
0:48.0	really trying to do my absolute best to make a phenomenal conversation.
0:51.6	The following day was a little bit more tough.
0:54.3	So there's a few left turns in this one,
0:56.8	which I actually really appreciated,
0:58.6	and I got some answers out of Richard
0:59.8	that I didn't think I was going to hear before.
1:02.0	Side point, I did manage to get him the night before,
1:04.6	you're not going to hear this,
1:05.9	but I did get him to agree
1:07.7	that he might consider taking psychedelics,
1:09.8	which as an 80-year-old atheist,
1:12.1	evolutionary biologist, is pretty cool cool so I'm chalking that up as a big W
1:15.9	but today's fun Richard's an absolute legend and I really hope that you enjoy
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