In our interview with Richard Dawkins we had time to ask only a dozen questions out of hundreds we’ve received from by the subscribers of SciOne, Vert Dider and Lentach. We hope you’ll enjoy this brief but historical for us conversation with professor Dawkins.

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Content

00:20 - The popularity of faith after USSR collapse
02:24 - What can you do if everyone around is religious except for you?
04:38 - Bringing around spiritual people
05:11 - Protection of the feelings of spiritual people and offending religion
06:11 - Theology in Russia and the world
08:07 - Sacrificing your life for atheism
10:08 - Changing anything in previously published books
12:42 - «Selfish gene»
13:56 - The least favorite meme
17:01 - Ethics and technology
18:47 - New discoveries
20:10 - Immortality
24:30 - The main regret in life
25:05 - A favour from God
27:43 - Prediction for 50 years ahead
32:45 - Struggle for critical thinking
34:03 - Message to the subscribers


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