Lawrence Krauss Discussion (1/12) - 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 2008. The focus was on Science education,...
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[applause] Dawkins: well I suppose I must bear some responsibility for the fact that we don't have a chairman sitting between us. I'm trying to pioneer a new method of public conversation in which we have a chairman to introduce us, a chairman to stop us promptly when we we've gone too far - and I hope Mark will do that. But, not a chairman to actually moderate the discussion itself because I'm sure this wouldn't have happened with Mark K. but in my experience having a chairman on the stage between two, uh, conversationalists spoils the conversation because, just when it's getting going the chairman will change the subject. Even worse when there are, say, four people on the on the panel and there's a good conversation goin...
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[applause] Dawkins: well I suppose I must bear some responsibility for the fact that we don't have a chairman sitting between us. I'm trying to pioneer a new method of public conversation in which we have a chairman to introduce us, a chairman to stop us promptly when we we've gone too far - and I hope Mark will do that. But, not a chairman to actually moderate the discussion itself because I'm sure this wouldn't have happened with Mark K. but in my experience having a chairman on the stage between two, uh, conversationalists spoils the conversation because, just when it's getting going the chairman will change the subject. Even worse when there are, say, four people on the on the panel and there's a good conversation goin...
