The Poetry of Reality | Peter Boghossian & Richard Dawkins

Peter Boghossian has been inspired by the work of preeminent evolutionary biologist, author, and atheist Richard Dawkins for years. In this conversation, they discuss various impingements of delusional thinking on rationality. Richard is unsettled by the substitution hypothesis—the proposal that as one religion fades, another will take its place. Yet, he recognizes the transfer of religious structures into Woke dogma, including the replacements of white privilege for Biblical original sin and trans ideology for Catholic transubstantiation. Richard says he’s wasted his life if humans are destined to embrace a default level of delusional thinking from one source or another. Peter and Richard consider whether some delusions are more benign than others and if the lesser of the evils should be accepted. Richard proposes that scientific thinking and evidence-based belief could replace irrationality, saying the wonders of science provide a “nearly spiritual experience.” Also discussed: Fermi’s paradox, natural selection, extraterrestrial genetics, skeletal gender, Lamarck vs Darwin, the ideological capture of science journals, tribal belief, and two mysteries unanswered by science. Richard Dawkins is a bestselling author and award-winning evolutionary biologist. He is an advocate for scientific literacy and an outspoken critic of creationism. His most notable books are The God Delusion and The Selfish Gene, both selling millions of copies internationally. Richard’s latest book is Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution. Richard hosts The Poetry of Reality podcast and is on the board of the Center for Inquiry. Website: https://richarddawkins.com/links "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins https://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618680004/ "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Landmark-Science-dp-0198788606/dp/0198788606/ "Flights of Fancy: Defying Gravity by Design and Evolution" by Richard Dawkins https://www.amazon.com/Flights-Fancy-Richard-Dawkins/dp/1838937854/ The Poetry of Reality (Podcast) https://thepoetryofreality.com/ Center for Inquiry https://centerforinquiry.org/ Twitter @RichardDawkins Chapters https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Intro https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Substitution hypothesis https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Levels of delusion https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo How to prevent an ideology’s domino effect https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Tribalism https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Is transgenderism culture-bound? https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo The beauty of science and evidence https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Skeletons of natal women vs natal men https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo How woke people justify their beliefs https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo What makes people rational https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Satisfaction in science https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Fermi paradox https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/3MfBLPuwwdo Natural selection ⸺SUPPORT MY WORK⸺ Newsletter | https://boghossian.substack.com/ Donate | https://www.nationalprogressalliance.org/donate/ ⸺LINKS⸺ Podcast: "Conversations with Peter Boghossian": https://pod.link/1650150225 Website | https://peterboghossian.com/ National Progress Alliance | https://www.nationalprogressalliance.org/ Resignation Letter | https://peterboghossian.com/my-resignation-letter ⸺BOOKS⸺ “How To Have Impossible Conversations” | https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738285323/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_7DPKY2S21SSNAV8PCBW3_0 “A Manual For Creating Atheists” | https://www.amazon.com/Manual-Creating-Atheists-Peter-Boghossian/dp/1939578094/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1664805100&sr=1-2 ⸺SOCIAL MEDIA⸺ Twitter | https://twitter.com/peterboghossian Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/peter.boghossian/ TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@peterboghossian All Socials | https://linktr.ee/peterboghossian __________ #peterboghossian #richarddawkins