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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And so we have, my foundation, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, has a...

And so we have, my foundation, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, has a campaign called Openly Secular, which is an attempt to raise consciousness of the fact that there are lots and lots of non-religious people in America, far more than politicians realize and far more than each other realizes

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And so we have, my foundation,
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the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science,
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has a campaign called Openly Secular,
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which is an attempt to raise consciousness
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of the fact that there are lots and lots
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of non-religious people in America,
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far more than politicians realize
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and far more than each other realizes.
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23 seconds
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17
Timestamp in Movie
00:00:49
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
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documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
In an interview recently, you said, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
In an interview recently, you said,
I think I'd call myself a lover of truth." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I think I'd call myself a lover of truth."
When I appear to be combative - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
When I appear to be combative
For example, a few years ago... About 20 years ago, actually... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
For example, a few years ago... About 20 years ago,...
In The New York Times, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
In The New York Times,
That's not a polemical statement. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That's not a polemical statement.
But it sounds... It sounds polemical - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
But it sounds... It sounds polemical
And I must add at that point, of course, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And I must add at that point, of course,
It's just, it's just the fundamentalists, and for them, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
It's just, it's just the fundamentalists, and for...
So there's no crime to be ignorant - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So there's no crime to be ignorant
You also said this thing, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
You also said this thing,
I mean, just, you write in a very poetic way. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I mean, just, you write in a very poetic way.
You're a lover of literature - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
You're a lover of literature
I mean, there are so many things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I mean, there are so many things
I suppose I would take the ideal role model for this, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I suppose I would take the ideal role model for this,
I mean, who could not be moved poetically - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I mean, who could not be moved poetically
The same thing happens in biology, in my own field, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
The same thing happens in biology, in my own field,
We now understand that it came - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
We now understand that it came
And we in the 21st century - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And we in the 21st century
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads