Lawrence Krauss Discussion (11/12) - Richard Dawkins
See more at http://RichardDawkins.net Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss sat down for a public discussion at Stanford University on Sunday, March 9th ...
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[Lawrence Krauss] But let me just say also to add to that. It's more than that. It's not only a tragedy, it's criminal. These are among the most interesting, amoung the most interesting and fascinating intellectual achievements. Again, forget the practicality. The ideas that science has exposed, and it's just criminal and sad to think no more would want to have a child to grow up without having some understanding, some exposure to them, than we would want a child to never be exposed to Shakespeare. [Richard Dawkins] Exactly. One of the stupidest things Sherlock Holmes ever said was that was the first thing he said to Doctor Watson. He divulged in conversation with Watson that Holmes didn't know something about the names of the planets. Jupiter and Saturn and things l...
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[Lawrence Krauss] But let me just say also to add to that. It's more than that. It's not only a tragedy, it's criminal. These are among the most interesting, amoung the most interesting and fascinating intellectual achievements. Again, forget the practicality. The ideas that science has exposed, and it's just criminal and sad to think no more would want to have a child to grow up without having some understanding, some exposure to them, than we would want a child to never be exposed to Shakespeare. [Richard Dawkins] Exactly. One of the stupidest things Sherlock Holmes ever said was that was the first thing he said to Doctor Watson. He divulged in conversation with Watson that Holmes didn't know something about the names of the planets. Jupiter and Saturn and things l...
