What Evolution Really Tells Us About Life | A Conversation with Steven Pinker
In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Steven Pinker about evolution, his motivation for writing The Blind Watchmaker, and a breakdown of his latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead.
Steven Pinker is a Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, psycholinguist, popular science author, and public intellectual. He is an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.
This was filmed in Boston, Massachusetts, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour.
Does this include your vatic role as the high priest of this religion you've started, Richard?
Because if you wish religion never existed, you wish your career never did. Your entire career is predicated both ways upon religion: first as a foil for your rants and ultimately as the fulfillment of the entire belief system you've set up.
Which religion are you referring to Richard?