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How Richard Dawkins will win you over to his side
Author, speaker, and public intellectual Richard Dawkins is a first-class debater on subjects as grand and reaching as the very existence (or lack thereof) of a master creator. But he's got a simple yet highly effective technique to win people over to see his point of view. Find out what it is right here.
December 15, 2017
Do We Need Religion to Survive? Is That Even the Right Question?
Does religion help us survive? No more than moths thrive in flame, says Richard Dawkins.
October 17, 2017
Why A.I. Might Run the World Better Than Humans Do
Will A.I. take us over, and one day look back on this time period as the dawn of their civilization? Richard Dawkins posits an interesting idea, or at the very least a premise to a good science-fiction novel.
September 23, 2017
Why Science Must Embrace Imagination, Intuition, and Evidence
All science begins with a leap of intuition, says Richard Dawkins, but we can only ever find objective truths by knowing when to let evidence take over from emotion.
September 08, 2017
Is Animal Cruelty the New Slavery?
Do animals feel pain? Well, yes. Obviously. They may even feel pain a lot stronger than humans do.
September 01, 2017
No, Not All Opinions Are Equal—We Need Elites with Expert Knowledge
Elitism has come under fire since the recent wave of populist politics. But when we don't listen to experts, we end up listening to politicians' lies, says Richard Dawkins.
August 24, 2017
How Far Should We Go to Manipulate the Genetic Code of Human Life?
Humans already know how to manipulate animal genomes through selective breeding, but there has been no appetite to try on humans what is the norm for dogs. That's a good thing, says Dawkins.
August 21, 2017
2 Flaws That Plague Unscientific Belief, from the Alt-Right to Religious Doctrine
Richard Dawkins responds to the Alt-Right, Trump's policies, and discusses the evil potential of ideology.
August 14, 2017
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and the former Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. He is the author of several of modern science's essential texts, including The Selfish Gene (1976) and The God Delusion (2006). Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Dawkins eventually graduated with a degree in zoology from Balliol College, Oxford, and then earned a masters degree and the doctorate from Oxford University. He has recently left his teaching duties to write and manage his foundation, The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, full-time.
