Bret Weinstein

But in any case, no, I did want to have this conversation with you. And let's just say because evolution is my professional realm, I'm sure I could cite you chapter and verse. Well, you definitely could. But it's pointless. First of all, that doesn't make me right. You know, the fact is, yes, I know a lot of factual material, but there are some deeper issues here.

But in any case, no, I did want to have this conversation with you. And let's just say because evolution is my professional realm, I'm sure I could cite you chapter and verse. Well, you definitely could. But it's pointless. First of all, that doesn't make me right. You know, the fact is, yes, I know a lot of factual material, but there are some deeper issues here.

And I thought it would be useful if you and I just explored them, because I think you're standing in for a lot of people who have begun to have very profound questions about the story that they've been told about evolution and what its relationship is to biology and, most importantly, to people. Yes. So I just want to confess a few of my positions so that your audience knows where I'm coming from.

And I thought it would be useful if you and I just explored them, because I think you're standing in for a lot of people who have begun to have very profound questions about the story that they've been told about evolution and what its relationship is to biology and, most importantly, to people. Yes. So I just want to confess a few of my positions so that your audience knows where I'm coming from.

And I thought it would be useful if you and I just explored them, because I think you're standing in for a lot of people who have begun to have very profound questions about the story that they've been told about evolution and what its relationship is to biology and, most importantly, to people. Yes. So I just want to confess a few of my positions so that your audience knows where I'm coming from.

I do not believe that there is a creator in the literal sense. I am in no way hostile to the idea. But I've come to the conclusion that there probably isn't such a creator because all of the things that we have been able to figure out about the world, things that we know are true because they carry a great deal of predictive power, have come to us through the principle of parsimony.

I do not believe that there is a creator in the literal sense. I am in no way hostile to the idea. But I've come to the conclusion that there probably isn't such a creator because all of the things that we have been able to figure out about the world, things that we know are true because they carry a great deal of predictive power, have come to us through the principle of parsimony.

I do not believe that there is a creator in the literal sense. I am in no way hostile to the idea. But I've come to the conclusion that there probably isn't such a creator because all of the things that we have been able to figure out about the world, things that we know are true because they carry a great deal of predictive power, have come to us through the principle of parsimony.

And I will clean up the principle of parsimony a little bit because the way it was originally formulated is clumsy, but... If we had access to all the information, then the simplest explanation for each pattern that we observe would be the correct one. Simplicity is our guide to what's true. And for me, the problem with the hypothesis that there is a creator is that

And I will clean up the principle of parsimony a little bit because the way it was originally formulated is clumsy, but... If we had access to all the information, then the simplest explanation for each pattern that we observe would be the correct one. Simplicity is our guide to what's true. And for me, the problem with the hypothesis that there is a creator is that

And I will clean up the principle of parsimony a little bit because the way it was originally formulated is clumsy, but... If we had access to all the information, then the simplest explanation for each pattern that we observe would be the correct one. Simplicity is our guide to what's true. And for me, the problem with the hypothesis that there is a creator is that

it answers one very difficult problem. Where did the universe come from? At an expense that is vastly greater in terms of the assumptions, right? If the universe came from a creator, Well, that simplifies one thing. But now we have to explain where that creator came from. And that's a much harder problem than explaining the universe itself.

it answers one very difficult problem. Where did the universe come from? At an expense that is vastly greater in terms of the assumptions, right? If the universe came from a creator, Well, that simplifies one thing. But now we have to explain where that creator came from. And that's a much harder problem than explaining the universe itself.

it answers one very difficult problem. Where did the universe come from? At an expense that is vastly greater in terms of the assumptions, right? If the universe came from a creator, Well, that simplifies one thing. But now we have to explain where that creator came from. And that's a much harder problem than explaining the universe itself.

So as much as I agree explaining the universe and explaining biology is difficult, it does not solve a problem to imagine that a creator is the answer. And even if there was one, well...

So as much as I agree explaining the universe and explaining biology is difficult, it does not solve a problem to imagine that a creator is the answer. And even if there was one, well...

So as much as I agree explaining the universe and explaining biology is difficult, it does not solve a problem to imagine that a creator is the answer. And even if there was one, well...

Maybe that creator was existing in a universe that was created by another creator, but eventually you're going to get to a place where you're going to have to reach for the only explanation we have ever come up with for where radical increases in complexity come from.

Maybe that creator was existing in a universe that was created by another creator, but eventually you're going to get to a place where you're going to have to reach for the only explanation we have ever come up with for where radical increases in complexity come from.

Maybe that creator was existing in a universe that was created by another creator, but eventually you're going to get to a place where you're going to have to reach for the only explanation we have ever come up with for where radical increases in complexity come from.