Jimmy Carr

Why do anything if you're just a machine? So the idea of going, where does consciousness stem from? It gets very sort of philosophical.

Why do anything if you're just a machine? So the idea of going, where does consciousness stem from? It gets very sort of philosophical.

I think I went to, I flew to Amsterdam earlier in the year with a friend to see Richard Dawkins give a talk. And it was kind of, I mean, he's just fascinating. And you go, well, that idea of going, we are, you know, it's a selfish gene. It's the idea that we are, it's the DNA is the thing. We're this thing that's there to transfer DNA.

I think I went to, I flew to Amsterdam earlier in the year with a friend to see Richard Dawkins give a talk. And it was kind of, I mean, he's just fascinating. And you go, well, that idea of going, we are, you know, it's a selfish gene. It's the idea that we are, it's the DNA is the thing. We're this thing that's there to transfer DNA.

I think I went to, I flew to Amsterdam earlier in the year with a friend to see Richard Dawkins give a talk. And it was kind of, I mean, he's just fascinating. And you go, well, that idea of going, we are, you know, it's a selfish gene. It's the idea that we are, it's the DNA is the thing. We're this thing that's there to transfer DNA.

Have you been there with someone when they die? No. I was with my mother and I heard this kind of a death rattle. There's a, but it's, I would really caution anyone with a sick or dying relative to be with them, to sit with them. Like the whole of our society is like set up to – what's the fancy phrase? Eschew obfuscation. We hide decay. We hide death. And actually death is – it's a part of life.

Have you been there with someone when they die? No. I was with my mother and I heard this kind of a death rattle. There's a, but it's, I would really caution anyone with a sick or dying relative to be with them, to sit with them. Like the whole of our society is like set up to – what's the fancy phrase? Eschew obfuscation. We hide decay. We hide death. And actually death is – it's a part of life.

Have you been there with someone when they die? No. I was with my mother and I heard this kind of a death rattle. There's a, but it's, I would really caution anyone with a sick or dying relative to be with them, to sit with them. Like the whole of our society is like set up to – what's the fancy phrase? Eschew obfuscation. We hide decay. We hide death. And actually death is – it's a part of life.

And if you sit with someone when they're dying and you witness that and you just hold that space, it's incredibly powerful. And it makes grieving – I think quite a lot easier because it's the acceptance of like you understand on a like on a right brain gestalt level. Oh, they've gone. It's over. But it's incredibly powerful thing.

And if you sit with someone when they're dying and you witness that and you just hold that space, it's incredibly powerful. And it makes grieving – I think quite a lot easier because it's the acceptance of like you understand on a like on a right brain gestalt level. Oh, they've gone. It's over. But it's incredibly powerful thing.

And if you sit with someone when they're dying and you witness that and you just hold that space, it's incredibly powerful. And it makes grieving – I think quite a lot easier because it's the acceptance of like you understand on a like on a right brain gestalt level. Oh, they've gone. It's over. But it's incredibly powerful thing.

And, you know, I think you get to religion whichever way you go at this, whether you go physics or whether you go spiritual or whatever. You get to the mystery. You get to the mystery.

And, you know, I think you get to religion whichever way you go at this, whether you go physics or whether you go spiritual or whatever. You get to the mystery. You get to the mystery.

And, you know, I think you get to religion whichever way you go at this, whether you go physics or whether you go spiritual or whatever. You get to the mystery. You get to the mystery.

Like what the hell is going on?

Like what the hell is going on?

Like what the hell is going on?

Well, I think there's a bedrock in our society that we can't even see because it's everywhere. And it's two big ideas. It's the Platonic ideals, so Plato, and it's the – I think it was the Zarathustrans, if I'm saying that right, that religion. So Platonic ideals was like the ideal version of something, and then it was the Zarathustrans had the idea of heaven.

Well, I think there's a bedrock in our society that we can't even see because it's everywhere. And it's two big ideas. It's the Platonic ideals, so Plato, and it's the – I think it was the Zarathustrans, if I'm saying that right, that religion. So Platonic ideals was like the ideal version of something, and then it was the Zarathustrans had the idea of heaven.

Well, I think there's a bedrock in our society that we can't even see because it's everywhere. And it's two big ideas. It's the Platonic ideals, so Plato, and it's the – I think it was the Zarathustrans, if I'm saying that right, that religion. So Platonic ideals was like the ideal version of something, and then it was the Zarathustrans had the idea of heaven.