Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures - Season 26 Episode 4 The Ultraviolet Garden


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60 minutes 2024 HD

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Dawkins begins by relating the story of asking a little girl "what she thought flowers were 'for'." Her response is anthropocentric, that flowers are there for our benefit. Dawkins points out that many people throughout history have thought that the natural world existed for our benefit, with examples from Genesis and other literature.

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