The Dissenter | #832 Ursula Goodenough - The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved @TheDissenterRL | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
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RECORDED ON MAY 15th 2023.
Dr. Ursula Goodenough is a Professor of Biology Emerita at Washington University in St. Louis where she engaged in research on eukaryotic algae. She has presented the paradigm of Religious Naturalism and the Epic of Evolution in numerous venues around the world. She currently serves as president of the Religious Naturalist Association. She is the author of The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved.
In this episode, we focus on The Sacred Depths of Nature. We talk about “why” questions surrounding existence, meaning, purpose, and developing a sense of mystery. We go through topics in evolutionary biology, like the origins of life; biochemistry and emergence; the self; the origins of evolution and biodiversity; the evolution of multicellular organisms; sexual reproduction, and the evolution of nurture; and death. We discuss the tenets of Religious Naturalism, and the intellectual schism between religion and science. We talk about the existential, spiritual, and moral domains of Religious Naturalism. We discuss how it deals with traditional religions, how science can elicit religious-like responses from people, and the risk of nihilism.
Time Links:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Meaning, purpose, and a sense of mystery
05:27 The origins of life
09:57 Emergent phenomena
11:44 The self, from the perspective of evolutionary biology
17:38 Evolution and biodiversity
20:31 The evolution of multicellular organisms
26:21 Sexual reproduction, and the evolution of nurture
31:37 Dealing with death
37:43 The tenets of Religious Naturalism
45:22 The intellectual schism between religion and science
48:09 How Religious Naturalism approaches existential questions
51:07 Dealing with traditional religions
57:09 The moral dimension of Religious Naturalism
1:01:24 How can science elicit religious-like responses from people?
1:05:27 The risk of nihilism
1:08:24 Follow Dr. Goodenough’s work!
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Follow Dr. Goodenough’s work:
Faculty page: bit.ly/3wakbAG
Religious Naturalist Association: bit.ly/3W3sDhw
Works on ResearchGate: bit.ly/3QMfpTu
The Secret Depths of Nature: bit.ly/3GPflOu
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A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, OLAF ALEX, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, MIKKEL STORMYR, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, FERGAL CUSSEN, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, ROMAIN ROCH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, ADANER USMANI, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, NELLEKE BAK, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, SUNNY SMITH, JON WISMAN, DANIEL FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM BUCKNER, PAUL-GEORGE ARNAUD, LUKE GLOWACKI, GEORGIOS THEOPHANOUS, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, PETER WOLOSZYN, DAVID WILLIAMS, DIOGO COSTA, ANTON ERIKSSON, CHARLES MOREY, ALEX CHAU, AMAURI MARTÍNEZ, CORALIE CHEVALLIER, BANGALORE ATHEISTS, LARRY D. LEE JR., OLD HERRINGBONE, STARRY, MICHAEL BAILEY, DAN SPERBER, ROBERT GRESSIS, IGOR N, JEFF MCMAHAN, JAKE ZUEHL, BARNABAS RADICS, MARK CAMPBELL, TOMAS DAUBNER, LUKE NISSEN, CHRIS STORY, KIMBERLY JOHNSON, BENJAMIN GELBART, JESSICA NOWICKI, LINDA BRANDIN, NIKLAS CARLSSON, ISMAËL BENSLIMANE, GEORGE CHORIATIS, VALENTIN STEINMANN, PER KRAULIS, KATE VON GOELER, ALEXANDER HUBBARD, LIAM DUNAWAY, BR, MASOUD ALIMOHAMMADI, PURPENDICULAR, AND JONAS HERTNER!
A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, TOM VANEGDOM, BERNARD HUGUENEY, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, JONCARLO MONTENEGRO, AL NICK ORTIZ, AND NICK GOLDEN!
AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, AND BOGDAN KANIVETS!
#TheDissenter #UrsulaGoodenough #SacredDepthsofNature
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RECORDED ON MAY 15th 2023.
Dr. Ursula Goodenough is a Professor of Biology Emerita at Washington University in St. Louis where she engaged in research on eukaryotic algae. She has presented the paradigm of Religious Naturalism and the Epic of Evolution in numerous venues around the world. She currently serves as president of the Religious Naturalist Association. She is the author of The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved.
In this episode, we focus on The Sacred Depths of Nature. We talk about “why” questions surrounding existence, meaning, purpose, and developing a sense of mystery. We go through topics in evolutionary biology, like the origins of life; biochemistry and emergence; the self; the origins of evolution and biodiversity; the evolution of multicellular organisms; sexual reproduction, and the evolution of nurture; and death. We discuss the tenets of Religious Naturalism, and the intellectual schism between religion and science. We talk about the existential, spiritual, and moral domains of Religious Naturalism. We discuss how it deals with traditional religions, how science can elicit religious-like responses from people, and the risk of nihilism.
Time Links:
00:00 Intro
00:58 Meaning, purpose, and a sense of mystery
05:27 The origins of life
09:57 Emergent phenomena
11:44 The self, from the perspective of evolutionary biology
17:38 Evolution and biodiversity
20:31 The evolution of multicellular organisms
26:21 Sexual reproduction, and the evolution of nurture
31:37 Dealing with death
37:43 The tenets of Religious Naturalism
45:22 The intellectual schism between religion and science
48:09 How Religious Naturalism approaches existential questions
51:07 Dealing with traditional religions
57:09 The moral dimension of Religious Naturalism
1:01:24 How can science elicit religious-like responses from people?
1:05:27 The risk of nihilism
1:08:24 Follow Dr. Goodenough’s work!
--
Follow Dr. Goodenough’s work:
Faculty page: bit.ly/3wakbAG
Religious Naturalist Association: bit.ly/3W3sDhw
Works on ResearchGate: bit.ly/3QMfpTu
The Secret Depths of Nature: bit.ly/3GPflOu
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A HUGE THANK YOU TO MY PATRONS/SUPPORTERS: PER HELGE LARSEN, JERRY MULLER, HANS FREDRIK SUNDE, BERNARDO SEIXAS, OLAF ALEX, ADAM KESSEL, MATTHEW WHITINGBIRD, ARNAUD WOLFF, TIM HOLLOSY, HENRIK AHLENIUS, JOHN CONNORS, FILIP FORS CONNOLLY, DAN DEMETRIOU, ROBERT WINDHAGER, RUI INACIO, ZOOP, MARCO NEVES, COLIN HOLBROOK, SIMON COLUMBUS, PHIL KAVANAGH, MIKKEL STORMYR, SAMUEL ANDREEFF, FRANCIS FORDE, TIAGO NUNES, FERGAL CUSSEN, HAL HERZOG, NUNO MACHADO, JONATHAN LEIBRANT, JOÃO LINHARES, STANTON T, SAMUEL CORREA, ERIK HAINES, MARK SMITH, JOÃO EIRA, TOM HUMMEL, SARDUS FRANCE, DAVID SLOAN WILSON, YACILA DEZA-ARAUJO, ROMAIN ROCH, DIEGO LONDOÑO CORREA, YANICK PUNTER, ADANER USMANI, CHARLOTTE BLEASE, NICOLE BARBARO, ADAM HUNT, PAWEL OSTASZEWSKI, NELLEKE BAK, GUY MADISON, GARY G HELLMANN, SAIMA AFZAL, ADRIAN JAEGGI, PAULO TOLENTINO, JOÃO BARBOSA, JULIAN PRICE, EDWARD HALL, HEDIN BRØNNER, DOUGLAS FRY, FRANCA BORTOLOTTI, GABRIEL PONS CORTÈS, URSULA LITZCKE, SCOTT, ZACHARY FISH, TIM DUFFY, SUNNY SMITH, JON WISMAN, DANIEL FRIEDMAN, WILLIAM BUCKNER, PAUL-GEORGE ARNAUD, LUKE GLOWACKI, GEORGIOS THEOPHANOUS, CHRIS WILLIAMSON, PETER WOLOSZYN, DAVID WILLIAMS, DIOGO COSTA, ANTON ERIKSSON, CHARLES MOREY, ALEX CHAU, AMAURI MARTÍNEZ, CORALIE CHEVALLIER, BANGALORE ATHEISTS, LARRY D. LEE JR., OLD HERRINGBONE, STARRY, MICHAEL BAILEY, DAN SPERBER, ROBERT GRESSIS, IGOR N, JEFF MCMAHAN, JAKE ZUEHL, BARNABAS RADICS, MARK CAMPBELL, TOMAS DAUBNER, LUKE NISSEN, CHRIS STORY, KIMBERLY JOHNSON, BENJAMIN GELBART, JESSICA NOWICKI, LINDA BRANDIN, NIKLAS CARLSSON, ISMAËL BENSLIMANE, GEORGE CHORIATIS, VALENTIN STEINMANN, PER KRAULIS, KATE VON GOELER, ALEXANDER HUBBARD, LIAM DUNAWAY, BR, MASOUD ALIMOHAMMADI, PURPENDICULAR, AND JONAS HERTNER!
A SPECIAL THANKS TO MY PRODUCERS, YZAR WEHBE, JIM FRANK, ŁUKASZ STAFINIAK, TOM VANEGDOM, BERNARD HUGUENEY, CURTIS DIXON, BENEDIKT MUELLER, THOMAS TRUMBLE, KATHRINE AND PATRICK TOBIN, JONCARLO MONTENEGRO, AL NICK ORTIZ, AND NICK GOLDEN!
AND TO MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS, MATTHEW LAVENDER, SERGIU CODREANU, AND BOGDAN KANIVETS!
#TheDissenter #UrsulaGoodenough #SacredDepthsofNature
