Richard Dawkins is a British evolutionary biologist and author. Richard's 1976 book The Selfish Gene popularised the gene-centered view of evolution, as well as coining the term meme. Dawkins is a vocal atheist and is often referred to as one of the four horsemen of the New Atheism movement which began to gain traction in the mid-2000s, catalysed in large part by Dawkins' 2006 book, The God Delusion. Richard’s latest book, The Genetic Book of the Dead: A Darwinian Reverie, is available to pre-order now: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300278098/ #science #history #interview SPONSORS: Protect your home this summer with 20% off any new SimpliSafe system when you sign up for Fast Protect Monitoring. Go to https://SIMPLISAFE.COM/TRIGGER Go to https://drinkAG1.com/triggernometry and get a FREE 1-year supply of Vitamin D AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs with your first purchase To get your new 3-month premium wireless plan for just 15 bucks a month, go to https://mintmobile.com/TRIGGER ! OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Trailer 00:39 Olympic boxing controversy 03:20 The subversion of science and language 05:07 Sex is binary 07:38 Advances in genetic science 11:24 Hippo history 12:52 Unexpected twists and turns of evolution 14:32 Water found on Mars 14:52 SPONSOR: SimpliSafe 16:00 Life on Mars 20:08 Nature is conservative 21:55 Humans are not adapted for these advances in tech 25:40 Climate change - a threat? 26:22 Species extinction & de-extinction 29:14 Invasive species 30:25 How dinosaurs went extinct 32:41 SPONSOR: AG1 33:54 Evolution of crocodiles, birds and lemurs 38:48 Unintended consequences of our actions 39:54 Origins of Covid 40:56 Talking with Jordan Peterson 41:35 Are humans special? 42:45 Debating free will 49:01 SPONSOR: Mint Mobile 50:18 How do genes shape our personalities? 53:55 Can genes affect sexuality? 54:50 How much of life is predetermined? 55:23 Debating determinism 58:15 Doesn’t this undermine the scientific worldview? 1:04:25 What’s the one thing we’re not talking about? Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Substack! https://triggernometry.substack.com/