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Old 25th June 2012, 10:25 AM   #1
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Lawrence Krauss - Christopher Hitchens Tribute

Christopher hitchens tribute video, Lawrence Klaus was a long friend of Hitchens. I think he got it spot on.
The first ten minutes are great and show this guys respect for science and reason.
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But from 8:00 onwards a it's a largely different view. As a person and human as a friend he notes that at the end he did not rule out the possibility of on an external influence (with exact quotes) which we can not find yet scientifically. Science is not truth.

He spent (most) of his life playing devils advocate.

Lawrence M. Krauss is a renowned cosmologist, scientific educator, defender of reason and skepticism, and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. His newest book, A Universe from Nothing, follows on his wildly popular YouTube lecture of the same name and represents a major new contribution to scientific atheism.

Its a great speech, which tributes both religion and science. Was not sure what sub forum to post it, figured it would be more friendly received here

At 9:00 he starts starts with "But on a personal level, he separated ideas for individuals [...]"

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