UC Berkeley Event (3/6) - Richard Dawkins
http://RichardDawkins.net - see more videos like this. On Saturday, March 8th, 2008, Richard Dawkins gave this lecture on The God Delusion during his US Tour ...
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But now imagine a badly designed combination lock, one that gives little hints, a bit like the childhood game of hunt the slipper where you say "getting warmer, getting warmer, getting cooler, getting warmer, getting warmer." Suppose that each time you turn the dial and you get a little bit closer to the correct combination, suppose that the bank vault door creaks open just a chink, and a little bit of money spills out. Audience: (laughter) The dribbling combination lock, which of course, the bank robber would instantly hone in on the jackpot if he had that sort of clue. The dribbling combination lock is a better analogy for Darwinian evolution than the real bank lock, which offers only two possibilities, the jackpot or nothing. And the trouble with Creationist argument...
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But now imagine a badly designed combination lock, one that gives little hints, a bit like the childhood game of hunt the slipper where you say "getting warmer, getting warmer, getting cooler, getting warmer, getting warmer." Suppose that each time you turn the dial and you get a little bit closer to the correct combination, suppose that the bank vault door creaks open just a chink, and a little bit of money spills out. Audience: (laughter) The dribbling combination lock, which of course, the bank robber would instantly hone in on the jackpot if he had that sort of clue. The dribbling combination lock is a better analogy for Darwinian evolution than the real bank lock, which offers only two possibilities, the jackpot or nothing. And the trouble with Creationist argument...
