At a time when science appears to be under attack, Dawkins issues a passionate defense, insisting facts, empirical evidence and reason take center stage. With growing threats of irrationality and hostility, his plea for a return to sanity couldn’t be more timely or urgent. Come hear more from the legendary biologist and provocateur as he challenges faulty logic, bad science and climate change deniers.
Speakers
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Richard Dawkins
Evolutionary Biologist, Author, The Selfish Gene, The God Delusion, and Science in the Soul: Selected Writings of a Passionate Rationalist, Twitter @RichardDawkins
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Mary Ellen Hannibal
Journalist; Stanford Media Fellow; Author, Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction—Moderator