Dawkins on Al Jazeera: Is there room for religion in science?

July 3, 2012 | Filed under: Atheism,Ken Perrott | Posted by: Ken Perrott

Jerry Coyne at Why Evolution is True highly recommends this video (see Dawkins on Al Jazeera). I watched it over lunch and can second his recommendation.

It’s an Al Jazeera talk back show – The Stream – where Richard Dawkins is interviewed and other people from around the world are linked in for comments and questions. The basic question was “Is there room for religion in science?”

I think Dawkin does an excellent job of calmly and sensibly answering the questions (so much for the “strident” myth). But I was also fascinated by the way the programme was integrated with Twitter and Google+ to get real-time feedback from viewers. Those comments themselves are intriguing.

Quite a unique experience – and fascinating to see such a well done programme presented on an international news media channel. Dawkins really seems to be getting his message across internationally.

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Must admit I wondered if I had the colour balance wrong – or does Richard have a touch of sunburn?

Update: Richard has confirmed that it was a colour balance problem. He added: “They could presumably have fixed it “in post” but perhaps they rather enjoyed the association of red face with strident anger!”

2 Responses to Dawkins on Al Jazeera: Is there room for religion in science?

Savoy47 July 3, 2012 - 7:03 am

I could not watch this. Every minute or so Congratulations You Won is loudly shouted out.

richie October 5, 2012 - 7:27 pm

Facts vs. opinion, fact wins.

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Dawkins on Al Jazeera: Is there room for religion in science?

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