Denis Noble debates Richard Dawkins: Is Dawkins 20-30 years behind?

_{Denyse O'Leary

February 5, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design}

Share: Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Flipboard; Print; Email

LIVE DEBATE Oxford professor Denis Noble locked horns with Richard Dawkins in June at the How the Light Gets In UK conference. Is The Selfish Gene holding back medicine and cancer cures? The world’s most incendiary evolutionary biologist asks if we need to rethink DNA.

The debate was both cordial and revealing. One thing that is quite clear from this debate is that Dawkins’ knowledge of biology and genetics lags 20-30 years behind current research.
“Denis Noble Debates Richard Dawkins (full video)” at Evolution 2 (December 22, 2022)

Here’s an excerpt:

Here’s the whole debate.

Hat tip: Philip Cunningham

Comments

I included your comment Martin_r in my post of the above: https://religiopoliticaltalk.com/richard-dawkins-is-30-years-behind-the-curve/Papa_Giorgio_{February 6, 2023
February
02
Feb
6
06
2023
09:11 PM
9
09
11
PM
PDT}

Here is a link to the full debate on Perry Marshall's site:
Denis Noble Debates Richard Dawkins (full video) https://evo2.org/denis-noble-debates-richard-dawkins-full-video/
bornagain77_{February 6, 2023
February
02
Feb
6
06
2023
06:43 AM
6
06
43
AM
PDT}

I was just amazed to see RD in any kind of debate. I thought he had forsworn them after Lennox et al beat him so badly more than ten years ago. It was more of a cordial discussion, in my view.AnimatedDust_{February 6, 2023
February
02
Feb
6
06
2023
06:29 AM
6
06
29
AM
PDT}

I watched this debate few weeks ago at Perry Marshall page (the $10M OoL prize sponsor). some user commented as follows:
Dawkins really did get blindsided towards the end. When he asked “how many generations?” It was a dead giveaway. The only test of Darwinian evolution is that a genetic change lasts and alters the population frequency. But the population frequency is affected by the lasting genetic change. Noble has to be right… the cell utilizes the gene…not the gene the cell. There is no preferred biological frame of reference. It’s systems within systems within systems. All interdependent and all intimately involved in the cell’s informatics.
to which Perry Marshall replied as follows:
Yes sir. And, not on this video, there was some audience Q&A at the end where Dawkins was even more puzzled. Dawkins fans in the audience were incredulous that he fared so poorly.
martin_r_{February 6, 2023
February
02
Feb
6
06
2023
05:59 AM
5
05
59
AM
PDT}

You must be logged in to post a comment.

Leave a Reply