With news that Bill Gates has bought the rights from the BBC for some 1964 lectures given by Richard Feynman, in the discussions over at RichardDawkins.net a video clip was posted of Feynman explaining science through an analogy of observing a game of chess.
Nature of Science – Feynman’s analogy of science and chess
I remember this [...]
Spotted this over at http://richarddawkins.net/article,3770,n,n with the full article at http://www.slate.com/id/2216518/
The article(s) and comments certainly raise some important questions. Many years ago I was in support of Turkey becoming a full member of the EU. But Turkey has not made any significant progress in terms of basic human rights such as freedom of speech. In [...]
An entertaining talk by Richard Dawkins. What I got out of it was his descriptions of "quote mining".
I was also most intrigued by what appears to be the misinformation and misleading actions of John Lennox and Melanie Phillips. Shame, shame, shame.
And Dawkins take on the Tony Blair Foundation was funny and very much in tune [...]
Again, thank you Mr Richard Dawkins. Hilarious!
http://richarddawkins.net/article,3701,n,n
I admit that I have become very disappointed over the last few months with Tony Blair and the direction that he now seems to be headed. As more anecdotes of his term in office as British Prime Minister come out it is has become obvious to me that his [...]
Thanks RichardDawkins http://richarddawkins.net/article,3700,n,n
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T69TOuqaqXI&feature=player_embedded
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
SA Smith (of ERV fame) seems to be thoroughly enjoying herself after discovering that Richard Dawkins waived his fee for the recent talk that he gave at Oklahoma University. Check her blog at http://scienceblogs.com/erv/2009/03/dawkins_coup_de_grace_in_oklah.php
Clearly ERV is someone you don’t want to cheese-off!
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Article by Greg Lukianoff over at http://richarddawkins.net/article,3656,n,n
There’s something not quite right within Oklahoma’s legislature. Next thing you know, we’ll be seeing a return to witch-hunts, the Dark Ages, and to ignorance.
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
Read the article at http://richarddawkins.net/article,3654,n,n which is a repost of http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/student-facing-20-years-in-hell-1643069.html.
Sayed Pervez Kambaksh (originally sentenced to death for blasphemy in Afghanistan after allegedly distributing a report that was critical of the treatment of woman under Islamic law) has been told he will now spend the next 20 years in jail. It gets even worse. The [...]
Thanks to RichardDawkins.net, just posting this “The Four Horsemen” Part 1 of 2 YouTube clip, for wider distribution, of the discussion between Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens which took place on the 30th September 2007. This video is now available in HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DKhc1pcDFM
Just read this article at richarddawkins.net showing an uncut interview of Ian McEwan from Richard Dawkin’s Channel 4 TV program ‘The Root of All Evil?’. Ian McEwan is a very polite and fiercely intelligent person. He earns respect. In many ways he reminds me of Dr Jonathan Miller.
I’ve reposted the YouTube clip of the interview here, but [...]
