Neil deGrasse Tyson on Richard Dawkins | StarTalk

Richard Dawkins the well-known
evolutionary biologist we have him as a
guest on Startalk he’s a leading atheist
and it’s wild some people because he’s
blunt about his and a matter of fact it
is a theistic ways and this is rubbed
people in our modern culture in various
ways it’s a champion in some circles and
he’s demonized in others and so I just
thought we should unpack that and see
what are the forces operating here and
what I even challenged him I said are
you a little too harsh here can you will
you because we often there are common
motives common goals but with different
tactics if you will in educating the
public and so this is a conversation
with him about what are his methods and
tools and ways I compare that with some
of my methods and tools and ways as an
educator as a scientist and also in
studio we had as a secondary guest a
Jesuit priest who was one of these hip
priests right he’s not priest come in
all flavors this one there’s like hip
and he’s he was quite candid about where
he’s coming from and what the Catholic
Church has stood for over the years and
the changes that have been within it so
it’s an interesting conversation more to
enlighten the perspectives of the viewer
not to have a knock-down drag-out fight
I’ve never seen televised fights ever
enlighten anyone about anything what
happens is people choose sides and they
become more ossified in their views so
Startalk it’s never my goal to just sit
there and debate people and tell someone
who’s writing wrong yes I’m an educator
I’m here to enlighten people to empower
you
to think for yourself if at the end of
the day I’ve accomplished that that was
a good day for me