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The Blind Watchmaker
Richard Dawkins ISBN 9782221090077
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Richard Dawkins ISBN 9782221090077
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This book by Richard Dawkins has come up 2 times on Lex Fridman. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Steven Pinker. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2018-10-17 and the most recent from 2020-04-09. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
In De blinde horlogemaker spelen zowel Paley als Darwin een belangrijke rol. De eerstgenoemde als belichaming van het geloof in een voor ede mens onbekende doelgerichtheid van de natuur. Darwin als ontdekker van het principe van de natuurlijke selectie. Uiterst boeiend schrijft Dawkins over zijn pogingen Darwins evolutieleer met behulp van computers na te bootsen. Het kunstmatige landschap van de computer verschaft meer inzicht in de ontwikkeling van de genen, de belangrijkste bouwstenen van het leven. [(bron)][1] [1]:
“author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Richard Dawkins: Evolutionary biologist and bestselling author of The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion. He coined the word 'meme' and is one of the most influential popularizers of evolutionary science and atheism. Richard Dawkins explores evolution, intelligence, memes, simulation theory, and why we are the lucky ones to be born.
“Richard Dawkins two books the blind watchmaker and The Selfish Gene or enormous Li influential”— Steven Pinker
The guest here is Steven Pinker: Cognitive psychologist and linguist at Harvard; bestselling author on language, the mind, violence, and reason. Steven Pinker argues AI existential-threat fears are magical thinking, and that reason and engineering culture make AI a humanitarian boon.
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