Steven Weinberg Discussion (2/8) - Richard Dawkins
Buy it now on DVD at http://richarddawkins.net/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=60 DURING HIS U.S. TOUR in 2008, Biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins...
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[Weinberg] expli- it's a little bit like the explanations the uh, the Greeks were satisfied. You know, Aristotle explained falling bodies by saying they're going to their natural place, which is toward the center of the earth. Well, when you say that, you really haven't learned anything more about falling bodies; it hasn't helped you to say that. And in the same way, talking about a god who is comp- complex and has created the world the way it is, you haven't learned anything. It doesn't help you to anticipate anything [Weinberg] you'll discover in nature. [Dawkins] (muffled) That's right... [Weinberg] But I don't think one should underestimate, uh, the fix we're in. That in the end, we will not be able to explain, u...
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[Weinberg] expli- it's a little bit like the explanations the uh, the Greeks were satisfied. You know, Aristotle explained falling bodies by saying they're going to their natural place, which is toward the center of the earth. Well, when you say that, you really haven't learned anything more about falling bodies; it hasn't helped you to say that. And in the same way, talking about a god who is comp- complex and has created the world the way it is, you haven't learned anything. It doesn't help you to anticipate anything [Weinberg] you'll discover in nature. [Dawkins] (muffled) That's right... [Weinberg] But I don't think one should underestimate, uh, the fix we're in. That in the end, we will not be able to explain, u...
