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Atheism is growing in America but... | Richard Dawkins Talks to Coleman Hughes

In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Coleman Hughes. Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcast host, and social commentator, known for his work on race, culture, and social issues. He hosts the podcast Conversations with Coleman, where he engages in deep discussions on various social topics, often challenging conventional views. This was filmed at Winspear Opera House Dallas, Texas, USA, on the 4th of September 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour. Timestamps 00:52 - An animal can be read as a book of past worlds 07:28 - Evolution is a seeming simple concept 11:25 - How powerful of a theory is natural selection 14:05 - Why is evolution so hard to believe in for most people 16:40 - The power of selection pressure 18:49 - THe disadvantage of symmetry in camouflage 20:17 - The evolutionary purpose of false eyes 25:12 - The intermediate stage problem in species 29:50 - Bats can hear colors? 35:07 - Why do we feel pain if we cannot fix it? 38:08 - Why we decay in old age 39:30 - Natural selection and sexual selection 41:51 - Why don't limbs grow back when cut off 43:14 - What are pseudo genes? 47:28 - Sexual reproduction does not make sense from an evolutionary point of view 51:28 - Why are teeth so bad? 53:25 - What does our ancestral diet teach us? 55:29 - Eugenics 01:01:25 - The declining birth rate in developed countries 01:02:56 - What would humans look like in the future? 01: 07:25 - Why are those critical toward religion bound by respectability politics? 01:08:54 - How sure Richard is that there’s no God 01:10:40 - Is there hope for a secular society? 01:12:11 - How can we counteract pseudoscience and promote scientific literacy? 01:14:58 - Ethical boundaries in genetic engineering 01:16:00 - Christopher Hitchens 01:17:21 - What can society use instead of religion? 01:20:30 - Are facts being sidelined to favor ideology? 01:22:12 - Falsification of evolution 01:26:00 -The biological cooperation exhibited in Homo sapiens relations 01:27:58 - Is morality the outcome of culture or evolution? 01:30:18 - The role of randomness in evolution 01:32:20 - How do you wish to be remembered?