17 – Richard Dawkins vs Bret Weinstein

from Artificial Creativity · host Dennis Hackethal

A commentary on a debate between Richard Dawkins and Bret Weinstein. The soundbites are from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYzU-DoEV6k The interview with Weinstein I later reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm8FksjlJtM Other references: - The neo-Darwinian theory of the mind: https://blog.dennishackethal.com/posts/the-neo-darwinian-theory-of-the-mind - David Deutsch's "The Beginning of Infinity": https://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Infinity-Explanations-Transform-World/dp/0143121359/ - Richard Dawkins' "The Selfish Gene": https://www.amazon.com/Selfish-Gene-Anniversary-Landmark-Paperback/dp/B0722G5V92/ - David Deutsch's "What is Computation? (How) Does Nature Compute?": https://legacy.cs.indiana.edu/~dgerman/hector/deutsch.pdf

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