'God as Science Fiction'. Richard Dawkins at the Edinburgh Book Festival

By EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL BOOK FESTIVAL, RICHARD DAWKINS
Added: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:00:00 UTC

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On Monday Aug 11th, Richard Dawkins had a conversation with Paula Kirby at the Edinburgh Book Festival, in which she asked him to explore the relationship between the gods of religion and the more way-out speculations of science fiction. Afterwards there was a Q & A session, which reverted to familiar territory.

Many thanks to Douglas Bogie Gray and Mirage Television for filming the event!

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