Darwin, Darwinian or Darwin Um?

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Even among site, wallace described himself as more darwinian than darwin um. And in many ways, he was. He wanted it to be more utilitarian than the darwin did. Darwin was happy to allow that female whim should be allowed to have a selective effect. Whereas to wallace, female whim was was mystical. Well, i know i don't want to keep you too long. I i just want to get some final thoughts on and wat this point in you're in your career? Ah, you know, to what extent can we solve the big problems like consciousness, a free will, and determinism, that kind of thing? Oare these concept

In episode 205, Michael Shermer speaks with Richard Dawkins, the author of The Selfish Gene, voted The Royal Society’s Most Inspiring Science Book of All Time, and also the bestsellers The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable, The Ancestor’s Tale, The God Delusion, and two volumes of autobiography, An Appetite for Wonder and Brief Candle in the Dark. He is a Fellow of New College, Oxford and both the Royal Society and the Royal Society of Literature. In 2013, Dawkins was voted the world’s top thinker in Prospect magazine’s poll of 10,000 readers from over 100 countries.

This episode is heavily edited because Dawkins was having trouble with his voice, and Shermer tried to speak a little more to give Dawkins a chance to let his voice rest.