Atheism is growing in America but... | Richard Dawkins Talks to Coleman Hughe

In this episode of The Poetry of Reality, Richard Dawkins engages in an insightful conversation with Coleman Hughes. Coleman Hughes is a writer, podcast host, and social commentator, known for his work on race, culture, and social issues. He hosts the podcast Conversations with Coleman, where he engages in deep discussions on various social topics, often challenging conventional views.

This was filmed at Winspear Opera House Dallas, Texas, USA, on the 4th of September 2024, as part of Richard Dawkins' tour.

Timestamps
00:52 - An animal can be read as a book of past worlds
07:28 - Evolution is a seeming simple concept
11:25 - How powerful of a theory is natural selection
14:05 - Why is evolution so hard to believe in for most people
16:40 - The power of selection pressure
18:49 - THe disadvantage of symmetry in camouflage
20:17 - The evolutionary purpose of false eyes
25:12 - The intermediate stage problem in species
29:50 - Bats can hear colors?
35:07 - Why do we feel pain if we cannot fix it?
38:08 - Why we decay in old age
39:30 - Natural selection and sexual selection
41:51 - Why don't limbs grow back when cut off
43:14 - What are pseudo genes?
47:28 - Sexual reproduction does not make sense from an evolutionary point of view
51:28 - Why are teeth so bad?
53:25 - What does our ancestral diet teach us?
55:29 - Eugenics
01:01:25 - The declining birth rate in developed countries
01:02:56 - What would humans look like in the future?
01: 07:25 - Why are those critical toward religion bound by respectability politics?
01:08:54 - How sure Richard is that there’s no God
01:10:40 - Is there hope for a secular society?
01:12:11 - How can we counteract pseudoscience and promote scientific literacy?
01:14:58 - Ethical boundaries in genetic engineering
01:16:00 - Christopher Hitchens
01:17:21 - What can society use instead of religion?
01:20:30 - Are facts being sidelined to favor ideology?
01:22:12 - Falsification of evolution
01:26:00 -The biological cooperation exhibited in Homo sapiens relations
01:27:58 - Is morality the outcome of culture or evolution?
01:30:18 - The role of randomness in evolution
01:32:20 - How do you wish to be remembered?