Dr. Sam Wilkinson

And that really was a very pivotal moment and changed the way that I think see people and also see life. And it has laid the way for a lot of the topics that I tried to study and research in my career.

So one of the aspects of the theory of evolution that I didn't was this sense that The way that life came about was totally random and haphazard. What some scientists have called the doctrine of randomness, right? That would seem to be at odds, at least to me, with the notion that we have a purpose and a meaning to our existence if things just randomly and haphazardly came about.

So one of the aspects of the theory of evolution that I didn't was this sense that The way that life came about was totally random and haphazard. What some scientists have called the doctrine of randomness, right? That would seem to be at odds, at least to me, with the notion that we have a purpose and a meaning to our existence if things just randomly and haphazardly came about.

So one of the aspects of the theory of evolution that I didn't was this sense that The way that life came about was totally random and haphazard. What some scientists have called the doctrine of randomness, right? That would seem to be at odds, at least to me, with the notion that we have a purpose and a meaning to our existence if things just randomly and haphazardly came about.

That was one of the issues that I didn't like. Another aspect was what I thought The theory of evolution implied about human nature. And that is that we are ultimately selfish and aggressive and self-serving and so forth. And that was a bitter pill to swallow. And it turns out that my understanding of those two issues were just naive from a scientific view.

That was one of the issues that I didn't like. Another aspect was what I thought The theory of evolution implied about human nature. And that is that we are ultimately selfish and aggressive and self-serving and so forth. And that was a bitter pill to swallow. And it turns out that my understanding of those two issues were just naive from a scientific view.

That was one of the issues that I didn't like. Another aspect was what I thought The theory of evolution implied about human nature. And that is that we are ultimately selfish and aggressive and self-serving and so forth. And that was a bitter pill to swallow. And it turns out that my understanding of those two issues were just naive from a scientific view.

And I studied, I reflected, I did a lot of reading and recognized that my assumptions were not quite right, were not complete. And that the way that evolution has unfolded has definitely been not random. And also the way that nature has shaped us, even through evolutionary mechanisms, Yes, there is a part to us that is selfish and self-serving and aggressive and so forth.

And I studied, I reflected, I did a lot of reading and recognized that my assumptions were not quite right, were not complete. And that the way that evolution has unfolded has definitely been not random. And also the way that nature has shaped us, even through evolutionary mechanisms, Yes, there is a part to us that is selfish and self-serving and aggressive and so forth.

And I studied, I reflected, I did a lot of reading and recognized that my assumptions were not quite right, were not complete. And that the way that evolution has unfolded has definitely been not random. And also the way that nature has shaped us, even through evolutionary mechanisms, Yes, there is a part to us that is selfish and self-serving and aggressive and so forth.

But there's another part to us that is altruistic and can be quite cooperative and peaceful and so forth. And those are the two issues that I really struggled with. And as I pulled things together, really had this kind of aha moment where it just changed the way that I viewed the world and the way that I viewed other human beings.

But there's another part to us that is altruistic and can be quite cooperative and peaceful and so forth. And those are the two issues that I really struggled with. And as I pulled things together, really had this kind of aha moment where it just changed the way that I viewed the world and the way that I viewed other human beings.

But there's another part to us that is altruistic and can be quite cooperative and peaceful and so forth. And those are the two issues that I really struggled with. And as I pulled things together, really had this kind of aha moment where it just changed the way that I viewed the world and the way that I viewed other human beings.

Thank you. That was a pleasant recognition from the next big idea club.

Thank you. That was a pleasant recognition from the next big idea club.

Thank you. That was a pleasant recognition from the next big idea club.

And thank you for noticing that in the acknowledgements. So he came to Baltimore to give a talk when I was a medical student and it was not in a professional capacity, but he was a religious leader in my faith and This was at the height of when I was struggling with this. And he he's just such a dynamic and powerful speaker.

And thank you for noticing that in the acknowledgements. So he came to Baltimore to give a talk when I was a medical student and it was not in a professional capacity, but he was a religious leader in my faith and This was at the height of when I was struggling with this. And he he's just such a dynamic and powerful speaker.

And thank you for noticing that in the acknowledgements. So he came to Baltimore to give a talk when I was a medical student and it was not in a professional capacity, but he was a religious leader in my faith and This was at the height of when I was struggling with this. And he he's just such a dynamic and powerful speaker.

And it really he was just an example to me of someone who could, while at the very highest of academic institutions, could hold both of these things in his mind at the same time to this faith, but also this the academic pursuits. And I really had no business at all reaching out to him. I mean, he was a as those who know him, He was incredibly busy.