The Purpose of Purpose - Richard Dawkins

[ElanJo]

Newly released vid from his recent US speaking tour

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHZvjxdIx0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHZvjxdIx0</a>

 

[Oolon Colluphid]

Cheers for posting the link. Enjoyed it.

Neo purpose is itself an evolved adaptation with its own archeo purpose or survival value.

Nice idea linking into his [brief] explaination of cultural evolution

Can't believe there are such idiots out there like those 2 who were on about the purpose of a bananna! It has to be a piss take!! Dawkins is winding us up there!!!

Liked his fictive kin concept as well as the braininess is attractive theory too. Also the "attack" on the theocrats at the beginning, there were one or two sharp in takes of breath at one point, he must have got close to the bone there. Ha ha

His idea that we (humans) are victims of our own success thus leading to inflexible goal seeking eg religion, nationalism, party politics is nowt new though. However, I concur.