Science Beyond Safe Spaces with Lawrence Krauss

The Origins Project Foundation, in collaboration with Atheists UK, presented a conference in Birmingham, where I had the pleasure of interviewing the founder himself, Lawrence Krauss, distinguished physicist and a dear colleague.

In this conversation, What resonated most strongly during our conversation was our shared belief in the transformative power of science to dispel ignorance and fear. Science is not merely a discipline but a beacon of light, guiding us out of the darkness of ignorance and towards a more enlightened, informed world.
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[TheAverageGuy]

"You should be taught to question YOURSELF." Yes, yes, yes. The greatest gift University taught me. Thank you Lawrence.

[robinghosh]

The Two Greatest Exponents of Clear Rational Thinking of Scientific knowledge and understanding of our Universe ...Stupendous Reasoning...Thank you Sirs Dawkins and Krauss...

[nighswimming]

Krauss has so much going on is his thoughts, he could talk for hours and I'd never got bored. Both are fantastic communicators for science.

[lauraj]

I now look forward to these each week. I’d never have guessed when I became an atheist how much joy I’d find. Thank You Professor Dawkins for giving me that gift and for freeing me.

[ivanbeshkov]

There are two kinds of people, those about whom we learn, and those from whom we learn, like these gentlemen.

[justindorigo]

Thank you for your continued intellectual honesty.

[turinhorse]

Mr. Dawkins and Mr. Krauss. thank you for being sane humans. Pillars of true courage and curiosity and reality. Rocks in a world of insanity.

[JDSCT]

Literally the two men who took my curiosity for science and ignited it into a full blown passion. Always a pleasure to listen to them in conversation. Thank you for this.

[musicauthority]

Professor Dawkins is absolutely brilliant. and he's in his eighties and still doing well.

and Lawrence Krause is also brilliant. and he has an impressive future in science.

and even though professor Dawkins is a biologist. and Lawrence Krause is a physicist. Richard Dawkins having the opportunity to interview Lawrence Krause. is sort of similar to a symbolic passing of the baton. from one great scientist to another great scientist. and because they have worked together for many years. it makes this an even greater interview.

[silvertube]

Another aspect of what people call "woke" or more broadly "social justice" is that it is a symptom of the human bias toward believing moral narratives. We experience moral narratives as having greater truth than facts. Moral narratives keep people true to their tribe. Moral narratives are highly motivating resulting in motivated reasoning and bias. When the prevailing perspective in an academic discipline is built on a moral narrative, such as any conflict theory (critical theory), the entire enterprise become compromised and ideological. That is the current state of the humanities and social sciences. Academia has become extremely ideological.

[justsome-guy]

Just noticed this recording is 42 minutes long. We miss you Douglas!

[raymondlancaster]

A lot of the academics who are now against this insane wokeness supported it early on. Scary they could not see the danger earlier. The worst offenders are the history professors who should have been in the vanguard opposing this now accepted practice of judging people in the past by current moral standards. It is these professors who claim to have studied the past that should be providing the context. The academics are supposed to be the smart guys. They have shown themselves to be in some respects the greatest idiots of all. They certainly cannot be described as wise and their actions have thrown into question the whole of academia.

[g.m.]

Such a beacon of sanity in a growingly insane environment. Makes me not losing all hope. Thank you!

[paolitamacia]

Good to see you both in conversation again! I always learn something new. Could you please give Neil a call, though. Worried about him, I think he has fallen prey to one of these parasitic/fundamentalist ideas😞 We need him back on the science team.

[seandonahue]

Loved that I lived while, Dawkins, Hitchens, Krause, Dennet, Barker, And Seth Andrews were around!

[patrickbinford]

I admire the quest for truth. Without science truth is simply shallow, even with all its non-scientific beauty. So the quest to get people thinking and embracing science is all important, and that is self-evident, given the "given space" to allow enough inquiry and freedom to actually inquire. What I do not particularly admire is what ends up happening with human brings, with all the nastiness and drama, with all the narcissism exhibited in the name of the various declarations of truth.

[kaasman]

What do the Soviet Union and the DEI, intersectional, SJW, CRT de-colonizers have in common?

It's all based on/inspired by Marxism and communism.

An ideology often sold as good intentioned progressiveness, but rotten at it's core as it promotes division, erodes loyalty/family and stifles actual progress and prosperity on all fronts. In short...this ideology has always made everything worse.

The DEI stuff is not only in universities....but it's also necessary to plegde allegiance to this ideology to actually get grants for research!

[noursoliman]

Cheers to all the truth seekers! Thank you, Dawkins, for being who you are. You and Mr. Krauss always do an excellent job of helping us grasp complicated subjects.
Your fan from the middle east ❤️

[fionaottley]

Wonderful stuff. Wish there was more of this kind of thing on youtube.

[Gil.Harari]

Thank you so much maestros Dawkins & Krauss for all the knowledge and wisdom you share with us through the years! regards from Israel (hoping for a better times).