The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

Life On Earth & Elsewhere

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Richard Dawkins
Oct 04, 2023
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This episode features a conversation I had with Paula Kirby at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in Scotland, tackling themes of life as we know it - how it came to be on earth, and where else it may occur in our universe. 

We mused on the likelihood of alien lifeforms appearing god-like to humans, the probability of there being multiple versions of us in parallel universes, and other topics arising.

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