#382 — The Eye of Nature

Sam Harris speaks with Richard Dawkins about his new book The
Genetic Book of the Dead, the genome as a palimpsest, what
scientists of the future may do with genetic information,
genotypes and phenotypes, embryology and epigenetics, why the
Lamarckian theory of acquired characteristics couldn't be true,
how environmental selection pressure works, why evolution is hard
to think about, human dependence on material culture, the future
of genetic enhancement of human beings, viral DNA, symbiotic
bacteria, AI and the future of scholarship, resurrecting extinct
species, the problem of free speech in the UK, the problem of
political Islam and antisemitism in the UK, reflections on Dan
Dennett, and other topics.


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