50 Renowned Academics Speaking About God (Part 1)

I do not claim that this video demonstrates there is no God. It is not an argument against God in itself, so there is no argument from popularity or authority. I claim that the more scientifically and philosophically literate a person, the less likely they are to believe in a deity. If you think the concept of a God has nothing to do with the universe, logic, metaphysics, epistemology, human beings, etc., then this video is not for you. If you think it does have something to do with such subjects, then you might want to consider why the best experts on those subjects usually fail to see reason to believe in a deity.

The more scientifically literate, intellectually honest and objectively sceptical a person is, the more likely they are to disbelieve in anything supernatural, including god. These films are part of a compilation of some of the best examples of such individuals, and their thoughts on the divine. All the speakers featured are elite academics and professors at top institutions, some of whom are also Nobel Laureates.

Speakers in order of appearance:

1. Lawrence Krauss, World-Renowned Physicist
2. Robert Coleman Richardson, Nobel Laureate in Physics
3. Richard Feynman, World-Renowned Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics
4. Simon Blackburn, Cambridge Professor of Philosophy
5. Colin Blakemore, World-Renowned Oxford Professor of Neuroscience
6. Steven Pinker, World-Renowned Harvard Professor of Psychology
7. Alan Guth, World-Renowned MIT Professor of Physics
8. Noam Chomsky, World-Renowned MIT Professor of Linguistics
9. Nicolaas Bloembergen, Nobel Laureate in Physics
10. Peter Atkins, World-Renowned Oxford Professor of Chemistry
11. Oliver Sacks, World-Renowned Neurologist, Columbia University
12. Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
13. Sir John Gurdon, Pioneering Developmental Biologist, Cambridge
14. Sir Bertrand Russell, World-Renowned Philosopher, Nobel Laureate
15. Stephen Hawking, World-Renowned Cambridge Theoretical Physicist
16. Riccardo Giacconi, Nobel Laureate in Physics
17. Ned Block, NYU Professor of Philosophy
18. Gerard 't Hooft, Nobel Laureate in Physics
19. Marcus du Sautoy, Oxford Professor of Mathematics
20. James Watson, Co-discoverer of DNA, Nobel Laureate
21. Colin McGinn, Professor of Philosophy, Miami University
22. Sir Patrick Bateson, Cambridge Professor of Ethology
23. Sir David Attenborough, World-Renowned Broadcaster and Naturalist
24. Martinus Veltman, Nobel Laureate in Physics
25. Pascal Boyer, Professor of Anthropology
26. Partha Dasgupta, Cambridge Professor of Economics
27. AC Grayling, Birkbeck Professor of Philosophy
28. Ivar Giaever, Nobel Laureate in Physics
29. John Searle, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
30. Brian Cox, Particle Physicist (Large Hadron Collider, CERN)
31. Herbert Kroemer, Nobel Laureate in Physics
32. Rebecca Goldstein, Professor of Philosophy
33. Michael Tooley, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado
34. Sir Harold Kroto, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
35. Leonard Susskind, Stanford Professor of Theoretical Physics
36. Quentin Skinner, Professor of History (Cambridge)
37. Theodor W. Hänsch, Nobel Laureate in Physics
38. Mark Balaguer, CSU Professor of Philosophy
39. Richard Ernst, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
40. Alan Macfarlane, Cambridge Professor of Anthropology
41. Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson, Princeton Research Scientist
42. Douglas Osheroff, Nobel Laureate in Physics
43. Hubert Dreyfus, Berkeley Professor of Philosophy
44. Lord Colin Renfrew, World-Renowned Archaeologist, Cambridge
45. Carl Sagan, World-Renowned Astronomer
46. Peter Singer, World-Renowned Bioethicist, Princeton
47. Rudolph Marcus, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
48. Robert Foley, Cambridge Professor of Human Evolution
49. Daniel Dennett, Tufts Professor of Philosophy
50. Steven Weinberg, Nobel Laureate in Physics

FEATURED MUSIC:

Mozart - Requiem Mass In D Minor K 626 - 1. Introitus 00:03
Massive Attack - Two Rocks And A Cup Of Water 02:28, 19:14
Max Richter - Embers 05:13
Ludovico Einaudi - Andare 09:27, 24:30, 26:31
Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche 13:13
Max Richter - Vladimir's Blues 29:21
Ludovico Einaudi - Eni 30 Percento (The Earth Prelude) 33:16

CLIP SOURCES:

The vast majority of the clips have been taken from the following sources:

Copyright disclaimer--"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."

[andrschiller]

Utterly beautiful compilation!
Creates what some might call a spiritual experience.

[arainaz]

This is beautiful! I absolutely loved every second of this video. Thank you!

[velislavastaneva]

So beautifully put together! I get goosebumps only by listening to them ...

[guysovereign]

Thanks for compiling this. I watch it regularly.

[shookshort]

Thank you for putting all important info together

[scientificpatriot]

This is a great video. Thank you so much for putting it together. let's hope that reason and logic spreads all over the Earth and mankind can move past supernatural beliefs.

[saganworshipper]

If you could have only one of these great minds be your lone professor, who would it be? It would be a very difficult choice, but for me, it would have to be Richard Feynman. From my experience, which includes having read pretty much all his books and listened to almost all of his lectures, and in my own personal opinion, he is one of, if not THE, greatest problem solver to have ever lived in my own lifetime. And although I never got to personally meet him, he has given me a gift that I am eternally grateful for. It is because of Feynman, and others, that I have learned how to view the world from not just one, but many, many, other points of view. I now know that without a solid application of the Scientific method in my everyday life, my understanding of the Universe had been extremely limited. However, now that I am able to "stand on the shoulders of giants", my view of reality is so much greater than I could have ever previously imagined. So much in fact, that in a single lifetime, I would never be able to thank these men enough!
Thank you for this inspiring video! Unlike another viewer who claimed this video ruined his night, it actually "MADE" my night. Please keep up the fantastic work in spreading the wisdom of all the great men and women in this video.
Can you even imagine Willie Craig trying to match wits with Feynman? How about Dinesh? Ken Hambone? Cardinal Pell? LOL! ahahahahah!

[Electronite]

Simply an awesome video! Going to favourites!

[gerblmage]

this is so beautiful.... such wonderful minds put together in a simple, elegant manner. Thanks a lot for this.

[Freethinker]

Thank you for putting this video together. It has become my favorite. I like it even better than the ten minute video of Sam Harris totally exposing the silliness of the Catholic religion during a debate with William Craig.

[PhilipMcAdam]

This I feel should be played in every school in the world. I have to show our children that they cannot make the same mistakes that we and our forefathers made when we believed in religion. And tell them it is time to move on and create a better world that we have left them.

[DorkusMalorkus]

Carl Sagan died far too young. Such an amazing man. May your name live forever.

[namesameasu]

This video teaches us that academics may be very dull-minded when they speak of subjects beyond their field of expertise, such as religion.

[Moonfreeze]

I love these videos of yours, just a tip: You can add a compressor and limiter to the audio (the speaking) and it'll "even out" the volume throughout the videos different clips.

[manthasagittarius]

Yes, I see it now. Thank you for all your compilation work. It's an extraordinary chorus of voices.

[glenngould]

Pararajasingham,  

people come here to hear scientists say interesting stuff about religion and God, not by definition positive stuff but, all kind of stuff because that is what the title suggests . Instead of that one gets a cold shower of negativity which is very unpleasant.  Scientists telling how stupid religion is and that God does not exists.  What is wrong with you dude?

It is Obvious that you have hatred in your heart. You probably come from a muslim world, i kind of understand, still it is not ok what you are doing here, it is quite discusting. Take your hatred elsewere, go see a shrink would my suggestion be.

Lots of us in the west grew up with milds forms of christianity in the partly atheist liberal democratic states. Most of us have no reason to be full of hate. We do not have such problems like you have. If you want to hurt people go post this stuff in arabic and leave us alone.

[PhilipMcAdam]

This the start of 3 super video of the beliefs of the most learned among us. Really good food for thought.

[doodelay]

Exceptional collection you've got here. Wonderful upload that more people should see, I wish I'd have though of doing this lol

[vayabro]

Thanks for posting it! I really don't find science by itself is on any side. I see now a little about how this scientists think, their spontaneous reactions as the questions becomes unexpected!

[ztrinx]

This is the very best of youtube. Thank you