Dick Debate
Moderator: Welcome to the first informal debate between Richard Dawkins and a civilian (NM.) Each has a short intro starting with you, Richard.
RD: Let me start by saying that the beautiful complexity of DNA most resembles a beautifully ornate symphony of harmonious elements that bit by bit by bit by bit increase the complexity of the developing organism..
NM: Let me stop you there. A symphony is harmonic, yes, but harmony is not complex. Harmony is a guitar string monochord split 3:2 to form a perfect 5th. A chord on a string is harmonic. It's simple.
RD: Sounds like you've read 'string theory'. My little joke, ha ha. "A string is harmonic"..that's a bit like saying red is not yellow. Come, come, come, let's not belabor the obvious or we'll be here till the cows come home. I'm using a musical analogy for an indescribably complex and real-time process proceeding in all four dimensions.
NM: But harmony is always simple. 2 or 3 chords sound together with some harmonious relation between them.
RD: I'm sure a guitar string is simple, my friend. As I say it's an analogy. In real-time in four dimensions indescribably complex things are going on. The miracle is harmony is there at all.
NM: OK, if we're talking 3 dimensions that is not music, it's geometry. Sphere, cylinder, cube. Simple shapes that harmonise together.
RD: My friend, there is nothing simple about a morphogenetic symphony. Real-time events that bit by bit by bit by bit..
NM: But harmony is never complex, it's simple
RD: It's fucking not simple, dolt.
Mod: Please, no swearing.
RD: But this guy IS a dolt. Look at him. His hair, his stupid sneering lips. My hair is beautiful. My smile is engaging. I'm commercial, suave, aristocratic, noble born.
NM: Ah yes, your lineage. You think you're well-bred.
RD: At least I'm not a cunt.
Mod: Richard!
RD: Sorry. I apologise, but really..
NM: As I was saying, you're well bred. What do you breed with? A cube?
RD: What?!
NM: Your penis is shaped like a cube. I'm looking at it (points).
RD: That's my interf.. (stops short). Moderator! This is madness! Stop this debate instantly!
Mod: Because your penis is not shaped like a cube?
RD: Of course!!?
Mod: But isn't it (points)?
RD: (gasp) What??! (hoarse whisper) 'et tu Bruté?'
Mod: Well, what is it shaped like, then?
RD: (absolutely shrieks) IT'S A FUCKING...
..fade to grey (apologies to Kurt Vonnegut Jr 'Breakfast of Champions')
