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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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Big Think sits down with the former Oxford professor and author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion.
The challenges of running multiple foundations as well as a looming sense of inefficiency troubles the legendary scientist’s sleep.
Aside from Darwin, the famed biologist is also an admirer of Carl Sagan, Alfred Russell Wallace, and Shakespeare.
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While many in the scientific community are excited at the prospect of battling aging, Richard Dawkins considers the idea foolish and a little presumptuous asking, are we really prepared to […]
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Though Richard Dawkins has earned fame for explicating the human past, what currently excites him most in science is the prospect of a future where accessing one’s genetic information is […]
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The famed evolutionary biologist describes a world freed from the values of classical religion, highlighting the fundamental changes that would come about in morality, education, and scientific progress.
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From poetry and ballet to mathematics and being clever, life is laden with frivolous pursuits that hold no bearing on our ability to survive. Yet, insists Richard Dawkins, if it […]
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While Richard Dawkins has gone on to lead one of the more prolific scientific careers in modern times, one of his earlier projects remains lost and incomplete. Here, he recounts […]
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While science is indelibly distinct from the field of ethics, Richard Dawkins believes that there are a number of ways in which its facts and reasoning could greatly benefit our […]
If we want to enhance our public debates and earnestly confront the looming issues of our day, the famed biologist believes that the first step is getting rid of unqualified […]
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After spending the first years of his life in an Anglican household in Nairobi, the path was in no way clear for Richard Dawkins to become a scientist. Here the […]
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Evolutionary biologists have learned the basis of a variety of human activities, yet when it comes to understanding human consciousness, the field is as helpless as any other.
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Richard Dawkins remembers when he broke with this pattern and became an atheist, outlining his vision of the acceptable, evidence-based faith.
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The famed evolutionary biologist summarizes his research into the genetic basis of evolution.
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As the legendary evolutionary biologist explains, human intercourse is far from a basic fact of life as the act throws away half of our genes and is therefore entirely irrational […]
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Richard Dawkins corrects what he sees as the specious use of the term “theory” and argues that evolution is indeed as close to a ‘fact’ as anything we’ll ever know.
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Saudi Arabia is flush with oil wealth but rooted in a strict religious tradition partially responsible for a small extremist subculture that produced most of the 9/11 terrorists. Given this […]
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Robert Lacey explains why aspiring journalists should follow their passion and ignore naysayers.
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Robert Lacey always tends to fall out of favor with the subjects of his interviews and profiles, but he regards it as a necessary evil of the job.
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Elizabeth II has given unique contributions to the monarchy, the future of British royals, and why a queen is worth a pint of milk a year.