Bill Nye Explains Darwin's Theory of Evolution

In our latest behind the scenes video, Neil deGrasse Tyson asks Bill Nye to explain Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Watch as Bill tells Neil and Chuck Nice about natural selection, dandelions, acorns, sperm, and how amazing Darwin’s accomplishment was given that he didn’t even know about DNA and chromosomes yet. You’ll also find out a few of the strange things Neil, Bill and Chuck have each collected in their lives.
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[@jiblyjulienjj]

The world's leading scientists and they're joking about sperm

[@archmagusofevil]

The thing about scientists is that they are the same nerds who love to make stupid jokes as they were in high school. It's just that now they have better toys.

[@sratra1]

+Jacob Julien Sounds about right.

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

All as it should be.

[@jesselorance1097]

+Jacob Julien And you were expecting a monotonous drill like from Michio Kaku? The suit and tie is loose with real talk. I wouldn't have it any other way. 😏

[@jesselorance1097]

***** I shall. Title sounds interesting. All I've seen from Michio just seems, droll.

[@schnoz8203]

Bill and Neil are literally the coolest science dudes on the planet.

[@rednoble275]

brian cox is pretty cool !

[@Ithamir]

+Davy Boy Literally? Get 'em a coat! Quick! :P

[@benjaminmefford8255]

+Davy Boy ITS SCIENCE GUYS NOT DUDES

[@ComeOnIsSuchAJoy]

+Davy Boy Throw Michio Kaku into the mix and you have a Holy Trinity. : )

[@ivaanwut]

Benjamin Mefford

[@Lerkero]

Charles Darwin and Gregor Mendel would have been so excited to see what their work inspired. I wish I could see the reactions on their faces.

[@loricalass4068]

Mendel actually used the scientific method and produced results we still use all the time today. Darwin? Let's look at the "Bible" of evolutionism, The Origin of Species. Maybe because it is so mind numbingly boring, people rarely notice something, namely that it never shows the origin of anything! Darwin's finch beaks are supposed to support goo through the zoo to you, but what do they really show? Zero. . Research reveals that the beaks grow back and forth in size depending on climate variations. The evidence that finches or Galapagos Island Turtles et al have ever been or ever will be anything but finches , G.I. turtles et al? Zero again. . But if you can provide data that they "evolved" from something else, please do so. Not theories presented as evidence, now, but scientific data. . Oh, and btw, as usual in evolutionary theory you are being told one thing while the opposite is true, as about natural selection. It does not lead to evolution as Darwin claimed. It only shuffles, or sometimes eliminates, pre existing information that has always been in the genes. It never creates new DNA as would be necessary, for ex., to turn a fin into a foot or a leg into a wing. Nothing ever observed creates new DNA. All DNA is just a copy of a copy of a copy which can be altered by things like mutations. . Beneficial mutations? They are said to be the second force for evolution. However, Charles Muller, who won a Nobel Prize for his work on them, said "The good ones are so rare that we can consider them all bad." . Darwin was nothing but an armchair theorist who, unlike his contemporary Mendel, never supported his theory through the scientific method and cast doubts on it himself. Yet he is an icon of evolution, like another contemporary, a lawyer named George Lyell, who came up with the totally fictional Geologic Column. . The GC exists only in art work. The real evidence? Fossils are jumbled, in no neatly organized pattern whatsoever. There really are no such things as Cambrian, Jurassic, and so on "periods." Like the GC those are just fictions presented as facts. Giant shark fossils are found with dino fossils in Montana, for ex. Whales' fossils are found in wildly improbable places like the Andes mountains, the Sahara and a desert in Chile. Deep sea "Cambrian" fossils, such as sea shells and mollusks, are found at every level on the planet, including on most mountain tops - like the world's highest, the Himalayans. Fossils of ocean floor trilobites are found in the hills of mid America and countless other places world wide, high and far inland. . Take a look. Notice the brown, somewhat egg shaped, fossil on a grayish background in the middle, 2nd row. That is an ocean floor dwelling, extinct, trilobite. www.bing.com/images/search?q=Marine+Fossils+On+Mountains&FORM=RESTAB ) Now some claim "plate tectonics" moved those vast stretches of ocean dwelling, bottom floor, marine life fossils onto the tops of mountains over millions of years, completely intact. There is no ev-i-dence for that idea. It's just another theory presented a as fact, that defies common sense and the laws of physics. Millions of purported years of mass movement and erosion would have left those huge stretches of intact fossil beds as nothing but broken up rubble in such a - completely unverified and unverifiable - trek from the ocean depths to mountain tops. . Yet some claim, "Well, if there are whale fossils in the Sahara, and Nautilus fosssils in the Grand Canyon, etc. that shows an ocean was present." When was the last time anyone saw fossils form in the oceans? Oceans don't create fossils! Fossils are created when life forms are rapidly buried with water and sediment. That way no animals can eat them, natural forces can't erode them, and the chemistry of fossilization can begin . The Bible says that flood waters completely covered the whole earth. The fossil record shows that marine life fossils are at every level on the planet, everywhere around the globe, and that, in fact, over 75% of the fossils on land are marine. And they say the Bible is not historical and not backed by science. And btw there are almost 300 Great Flood legends around the world. The one by the Aborigines of Austrailia is virtually identical to what the Bible reports. . So you've been told a book showed the origin of species, but it didn't. You've been told G.I. animals show evolution but they only show they are having, at most, minimal changes that leave them basically what they were before. . You were told there is a Geological Column, but there is not one on the planet. You're told over and over that natural selection shows evoutionism when it actually just somewhat modifies the organism through shifting already present information, or sometimes through loss of information, in the genomes, leaving it essentially what it was before. It may eventually become a new species of fish, or bee, or tree, etc., but it will always stay a fish, a bee or a tree etc. . And, if you've got any actual data to show any mutation ever caused Lifeform A to turn into Lifeform B, do include it. It is easy to present unverifiable theories about what happened in the untestable, ancient, past. . We have trillions of life forms out there. So why don't we see mutations causing any Lifeform A to turn into a Lifeform B? After all, their ancestors have supposedly had hundreds of millions of Darwin years to make the switch and be moving around as part A and part B. But fish are staying fish, birds and are staying birds, flowers are staying flowers, mold is staying mold, trees are staying trees, monkeys are staying monkeys, bacteria are staying bacteria, etc., no matter how much they change. In the real world. . What else does evolutionism offer besides unsubstantiated theories, in fact theories that defy the real evidence, presented as facts? Logical fallacies. Logical fallacies always, always, undergird evolutionism defense. . The favorites are Correlation Does Not Imply Causation and Presuming Omniscience, though it uses many. . Correlation Does Not Imply Causation goes like this: "Look! Fossil A has some similarities to Fossil B! We'll use big words to sound impressive about that, like 'similar homology.' We have exactly zero evidence Fossil A even had a descendant, much less one significantly different from it, much less that it turned into B, C, D etc. But we are going to tell you, as gawd's truth scientific fact, that we know all about what happened to its evidenceless, unverifiable descendants. We'll call that science." . This leads right into the Presuming Omniscience logical fallacy. Another example of a use of that fallacy is when an evolutionary paleontologist will pick up a fossil from the ground and tell you with absolute authority that they know all about what happened to it's invisible "descendants" in the untestable past - for over 100 million Darwin years. . "Missing links" is a Presuming Omniscience logical fallacy phrase. How do you tell missing links from never existed links? Have...faith...brothers and sisters! And be so grateful that YOU ain't religious! . Learn how to spot logical fallacies and you will see them in every defense in evolutionary literature. . Ignoring the actual data is also part of evolutionism. For just one of innumerable examples, they say life can come from inorganic matter (and don't say they do not - who came up with the antiscientific primal pond, creationists?) The data, what real science uses, shows life, always and only, comes from life and life of the same kind. . Pile theories presented as facts on top of logical fallacies, ignore the real data or try to spin it away, and stir well with sophistry. Then you have evolutionary theory. . You're not a fish update. You have a Creator Who made you and loves you and wants you to know Him, and to love Him too. Don't trade that in for pseudo science mumbo jumbo.

[@Edis0N0sidE]

You wrote all that claiming evolution is a fallacy, but ended with a fallacy yourself. Bravo dude.

[@setalight7290]

As charles darwin was dying on his death bed he said im paraphrasing " evolution is bullshit" 🥴

[@Steveorino123]

Who wrote the scientific book called "The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life". Somebody told that a Nazi wrote but I'm not sure. Anybody know?

[@jarrygarry5316]

@@setalight7290 Darwin is not an atheist.People usually use his theory of atheism purpose.Poor him.He just wanted to understand the world around him

[@kejigoto]

Bill Nye: I used to collect rocks. Jesus Christ Bill they're minerals!

[@MarsLonsen]

God damn bill, showe some respect!

[@travismichaud6064]

Even geologists call them rocks. I can collect minerals by going to a goddam CVS.

[@herculesrockefeller2984]

Nope. Gawd spoke magic words over some dirt and poofed a full grown man into existence. There's this book that explains it all

[@zeeotter100]

There's like 3 even

[@mimsydreams]

+Hercules Rockefeller Well, I've met a lot of people who are literally dirt, so I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss this possibility.

[@jollyjester3923]

"It is almost as if the human brain were specifically designed to misunderstand Darwinism, and to find it hard to believe." - Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker

[@weldin]

+Hercules Rockefeller Narnia?

[@saneee2495]

@@jollyjester3923 lol use small minded individuals. Just believe anything. First everyone believed Jesus now Darwin. Who's next. Give it 50 years.

[@rowdywicket6981]

Thanks for all the youtube content guys! Keep making science cool!

[@houayangthe3rd]

Evolution is when a Charmander becomes a Charmeleon and then a Charizard.

[@metalcake2288]

+Mistaa Spaakles Then evolution is the reason charizard has wings he can't use to fly

[@houayangthe3rd]

+Caine Kiewit didn't they fix that with current gen?

[@amirarsalanganji8304]

Funnily enough some people actually believe thats what darwin thought

[@Peglay]

I love this show, keep up the great work! :D would love to see Dustin from SmarterEveryDay on the show

[@TheRealSkeletor]

+Peglay You mean Destin?

[@Armando7654]

it's hilarious how they try very hard to sound like legit experts in science

[@Armando7654]

@SHAOLIN FANTASTIC I do. What do you wanna know?

[@Mid-American]

Yes, Tyson is so very full of himself yet speaks only in pop culture Cliff notes.

[@Mid-American]

?Bill Nye......well, enough said.

[@johngavin1175]

But yet,they are. Who do you consider to be an expert?

[@dekubutler1702]

would love to see another 40 minute video. sometimes i have to wait a month or 2 so i can watch all these short videos in a row.

[@aidanhodgetalks6055]

It is amazing seeing Darwin starting to piece things together as he is writing the Voyage of the Beagle. He didn't have two thoughts about it til he got to the Falkland Islands when he started questioning what controls the population of species on the islands. then he just breaks into a random rant about it. Makes me wonder how far ecology was at that time or if he neglected studying it in depth while he was studying to become a geologist.

[@danielsarn3823]

Bill is so funny he can educate and entertain at the same time, priceless!

[@kevs6402]

Neil and Bill must have their own show together. That would be worth watching. Love you guys. Guide the world to better living PLZ!

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

this is the greatest channel on KZbin.

[@davidvanau3182]

+CajBaj the White I could list a few better ones, even though I love these guys. So I will. You have The Escapist, LastWeek Tonight, Lindybeige, Screen Junkies, Jeremy Jahns, Cracked, The Great War and, of course, Christians Against Dinosaurs, if just for the sheer comedic value. Obviously, they're not in order.

[@unison_moody]

+CajBaj the White PBS Space Time, Vsauce, MinutePhysics, Versitasium

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

***** Moody​ lol I watch 90% of those, love Lindybeige and MinutePhysics in particular

[@unison_moody]

CajBaj the White Just in case some friend on youtube misses those awesome channels :) cheers!

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

Moody :)

[@MrBeastsHiddenWorld]

Concise and succinct. Well put, Mr. Science Guy.

[@zalom1modur]

This show looks awesome! I should have started watching/listening ages ago. I'm sure you are hearing this a bit more now, but I am glad I found this through Cinema Sins' Interstellar video.You guys deserve way more subscribers and views. Talking about 'dry' subjects of science and make it entertaining is very hard and it looks like you have actually done it.

[@ivaanwut]

But he didn't explain jack 😳

[@Bcamb480]

love watching these, wish they weren't so short

[@FutureAbe]

Fascinating.. I never tire of reading evolutionary biology.. Especially Stephen Jay Gould

[@sahajamatya]

It always feels great to see incredibly smart people crack funny jokes whilst discussion such topics.

[@LuciferSM351]

I'd vote for Dr. Tyson and Bill Nye or vice versa for President

[@Sleepyhead64733]

Better than Donald Trump

[@vinq8621]

last time i checked, the -accumulation- took all afternoon, the counting, however, took all evening

[@jonatasmachado7217]

Ok! Species compete. But how do they originate?

[@bittertea]

My dad had keys too. I wouldn't say he collected them more so then he was afraid of throwing away any because he forgot what the key was for. This scenario is very common.

[@jimmyshizzler7658]

Someone needs to make a 10 hour of neil saying sperm

[@les2997]

Question to the Darwinian cartel: What experiment has shown that a material process may create a code and then generate unbounded information as required by evolution?

[@tokemotoke1728]

Atheist :well, I've got some link to websites full of drawings and bones I don't comprehend to prove evolution.

[@777Godsgift777]

You mean the religion of Darwinism

[@les2997]

@@shawesomeshclll8112 Are you able to back up your claims with empirical evidence? Storytelling is not evidence.

[@JSTONEMUSIK]

Great Video.

[@GhostoftheSnow271]

I've got a warthog, rat, raccoon, fox, spotted gar, catfish, large mouth bass, sparrow, robin, jays, a water buffalo, impala, wildebeest, blesbok, alligator, white tailed deer, goat, cow and Chinook salmon. No raptor skulls, as I don't have the necessary permits yet.

[@7lord12]

Trying hard to understand what he just said. Did he say Evolution says we ALL have the same ancestor? And we know that because everything competes with each other? By "We", is he implying all living organisms? I can't follow. So if we are primates, what were we before we were primates. If we can trace our ancestry to a single organism, then shouldn't we be able to trace what we were before we were primates?

[@jon__doe]

The idea behind this is LUCA or Last Universal Common Ancestor. Since there is only one genetic code shared by all life, all life is presumed to be related to a single ancestor. Of course there is no accounting for how that code came to be. As stated in a recent paper "(the null hypothesis that they are due to chance coupled with presumable evolutionary pathways is rejected with P-value < 10-13)." www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103513000791 Creation is a far more viable theory than evolution.

[@7lord12]

I don't think he knows what he's talking about.

[@7lord12]

Absolutely! :)

[@PM-vs3rh]

jon doe *"Creation is a far more viable theory than evolution."* Lol no

[@jon__doe]

Pepe! At The Disco Really? You don't think so? Science has shown time and time again that random mutation - natural selection is incapable of producing the diversity of life we see. Time and time again science has shown there is no workable theory of abiogenesis. Science can't account for life in the first place. You believe the science? then you doubt evolution. Just the way it is. If you believe IN scientism, you believe evolution. It's not the same as science.

[@Christopher_Bachm]

Instead of debating things we can't know, I've got one for you: The evolution of technology as a case study on the mechanics and dynamic nature of evolutionary patterns. Are there any underlying fundamental principles to the nature of evolutionary and natural selection? If any are identified, that could be useful in understanding the gaps in our knowledge about biological evolution - very mysterious still. The fossil record does not seem to me to be the best place to discover such things. Spread the word...

[@LooxJJ]

So...could anyone give me the composition of the primordial soup?

[@eddyeldridge7427]

That's outside the bounds of evolution

[@Mr.Isquierdo]

Does anyone else like to talk in British accents for fun?

[@liquidlove9999]

Eco Bear heck yeah! ( my good man) I even turned my Siri voice into a British guy

[@alimehdi6865]

Fuck yeah! Science!

[@HeWentThattaway]

One thing I don't understand about evolution... Eye spots on certain fishes' fins that make them look like a bigger fish. How did those fishes know that they had those spots, that they looked like eyes and that those spots would frighten predators away?

[@eddyeldridge7427]

"How did those fishes know that they had those spots, that they looked like eyes and that those spots would frighten predators away?" They didn't. That's not how evolution works. Fish with those spots had a greater survival rate than the same fish without them, so the spotted fish reproduce and create more spotted fish, while those without slowly died off. That one particular type of spot in that one particular place was a random and beneficial mutation.

[@encryptlakegames5328]

Hes talking about genetics and genes, but in the new show said that there are more them male amd female. Kinda feel like his science changes depending on who is paying him.

[@dougehlen8854]

Secular science will always change to fit their narrative. It's pretty shifty.

[@KnockoutInvesting]

This should be on BET. Not shit about drugs, alcohol and sex

[@oscars5875]

Not a theory, a belief in evolution.

[@eddyeldridge7427]

I don't think you know what those words mean

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

Your belief in a god is not like the fact of evolution.

[@Junior25760]

GIVE ME FULL EPISODES OR GIVE ME NOTHING!

[@demiserv]

lmao THIS!!

[@TheRestOfTheWeek]

+junior25760. You are being a bit silly, there is a link you can listen to the whole show, see SHOWE MORE in the description.

[@carlfletcherjunior9076]

"open up every door you come across" XD

[@Enderfreaksgames]

What if there was more than one origin? not like Ken ham and his "Kinds" but is there any reason why we cant have two starting points that then interacted at a later time?

[@AtheistRex]

+Enderfreaksgames I used to wonder that too. Apparently DNA evidence suggests a single common ancestor for all life.

[@Enderfreaksgames]

Vampyricon I dont know why but it seems that your comment was marked as spam it seem perfectly rational and makes sense so i have no clue why i cant restore it. thanks though i hadnt thought of that.

[@PM-vs3rh]

Malcherath that would be the case with aliens.

[@TinaKiker]

if you're going to admit to collecting dung beetles, you really do need to have a voice like David Attenborough.

[@pelhamonetwothree1239]

WHICH EPISODE IS THIS I'VE BEEN SEARCHING SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP

[@sonowbrand7824]

Shorter than I expected.

[@TheTubeSector]

Can we make a control natural selection scenario and make a spycies to evolve ?

[@eddyeldridge7427]

We have. It's called selective breeding.

[@solvotumble7280]

I have two question: first if humanity gets its priority straightened( i.e. stop worrying who has the biggest land, sea, or air power on this planet) how would the genetic differences of our species be if humans colonized near the center of the galaxy? second when one of the other galaxies collide with this one how distorted will our perception of our universe can you estimate?

[@morningmadera]

+solvo tumble I don't see how a galaxy colliding with ours would impact our perception of the universe, since it has nothing to do with it. When two galaxies collide, they don't change the laws of physics or perceptions ... also, the empty space between the stars is so large, that when they collide, they don't even affect most of the solar systems in those galaxies. What do you mean by your first question? When a species moves to another environment it changes it and we could never know how.

[@solvotumble7280]

CeaoS Well with the first question I was emphasizing the premise of biology on various planets as we do not fully understand the differences in environment on other planets, so the diversity in human species can be big or small in the genotype or the phenotype or both. ( I know I just answered my own question)

[@solvotumble7280]

and I was asking what would the estimated differences be if humans colonized close to the center of the milky way galaxy. (so I didn't answer my own question)

[@tomcampbell9105]

Chuck sounded eerily similar to David Attenborough.

[@spilledink849]

Bill Nye you are an amazing human being!

[@Austin-ws9eo]

Please can we get Tyson/Nye 2016. If its too late just run in 2020.

[@cadeezell]

My mom collects dung beetles to!

[@cadeezell]

I used to have a collection of cockroaches. My favorites were the big madagascan hissing ones. It wasn't a big variety really, just a large amount

[@DrysonBennington1]

Origins - Darwinism and DNA I recently watched a video in which Neil deGrasse Tyson talked about Darwin and DNA diversity. In the video Tyson stated that the human embryo has gills that develop into the inner ear later on in the development of the fetus. Does all life have gills present in the embryonic stage? If not can the lineage of such animals that develop without gills be traced back to an area when evolutionary change would have determined that life no longer needed gills to breathe? Life that developed in space on the way to Earth could have developed gills inside of the shell to help assist in development. Life developing in this manner though would have taken a very long time to develop as its need to roam a planet had not yet been established. A stasis if you will. Also since all life is contained in a fluid in the womb then life would have arrived on Earth in a similar type of fluid to that of the embryonic sack. Since all animals need water, except for a few who live in acidic water, then life would have come to Earth encapsulated in shells of water with some sort of embryonic fluid protecting the developing life.The embryo would then have used the water shell as a source of nutrients that it would also use to gather microbial carbon dust bits as it traveled through space and eventually to Earth. Since water has been determined to be older than the Earth and that life would not have survived the Earth during its very hot years of forming, a model of the Earth when it first began to too cool to the point of allowing frozen water to slowly melt would be a good start to determine when life was seeded on Earth. If life in the modern world that does not develop gills during the embryonic development phase but has so in its lineage during prehistoric times then we can trace the evolution of life on Earth to a point of origins in space as well possibly creating a link between all species that would communicate somehow that we were on Earth and no longer needed gills during the development stage. Gills that suggest that primordial life at one time was sentient in the womb and thought for itself and needed to breathe the womb fluid until the umbilical cord of the mother was later introduced when the first male and female species mated and had offspring. Life on Earth would not have had the prerequisites for gills once the water melted on Earth containing the embryo's. Life that came to Earth must therefore have developed gills as a means of breathing while on the way to Earth.

[@Mid-American]

Science posers can talk about themselves endlessly.

[@Shmannel]

Evolution is so cool, even Pokemon evolve

[@pinagara4184]

you know who is cooler ! JESUS ! that can stop a storm at the sea in one word ! nature obeys GOD ! go learn about him , he is the best scientist , philosopher, engeneer, artist all in ONE ! lol ! I know nothing about GOD AND JESUS ! go learn and read the bible! u will be amazed!

[@NoU-pf8fc]

Pina Gara I love u no homo

[@Pray-4-Me]

Bill Nye is a celebrity.

[@SummersTimeEntertainment]

Charles Darwin is the devil!... Sincerely, The Waterboy's mom and Ben Carson.

[@nikod8412]

+Summers Time Entertainment Anti-scientific theocrat...

[@furiousfox9268]

whats the book name in 1:35 ?

[@RoaringEgg]

Is it possible for there to be multiple sources of life? Like microbes from non earth origin were to enter he primordial ooze and instead of having a family tree coming out of a single seed (the OG of the family tree) it's actually multiple seeds weaving in and out of the tree? Is it possible? Or am I just saying nonsense? (Wonder if they'll read this)

[@RoaringEgg]

***** thanks for replying dude

[@jnewb1]

Question. Since 99.9999% of an atom is empty space, how much space would something like the sun take up if all the protons, neutrons, and electrons were packed together and the atoms were directly next to each other? How much could the observable universes bodies take up?

[@morningmadera]

+LightfeatherxX *Kudos!*

[@leonmaliniak]

LOGICAL ARGUMENTS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF A CREATOR GOD For those struggling with the concept of the existence of a CREATOR GOD and who do not want it rammed down your throat on the basis of the BLIND FAITH approach of religious dogma, perhaps this line of reasoning will help you make a more informed decision…not based on blind faith alone but on the FACTS that we do SEE. Speaking as a TRIAL LAWYER of thirty years and accustomed to always relying upon the BEST EVIDENCE, I have studied the arguments for and against the existence of a CREATOR GOD for many years and from the perspective of various scientific disciplines. There will still be some element of BLIND FAITH involved but it is also based on the INCONTROVERTIBLE, UNDENIABLE and IRREFUTABLE FACTS that we do see; Here is what I mean; I examined the EVIDENCE of the complexity of our magnificent DESIGN OF LIFE, and I see a machine with unlimited capacity for self repair and maintenance and with numerous back-up and FAIL SAFE systems. From there, and borrowing an expression from my thirty years as a trial lawyer, I came to the conclusion that; Based on the PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE and on the BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES, it is much more LOGICAL to conclude that our DESIGN OF LIFE is the work of a CREATOR GOD or an INTELLIGENT DESIGNER rather then just the result of RANDOM chance and the mere passage of time. For example, when you examine our INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM, one of TWO such systems that we have, the other being the ADAPTIVE immune system, you learn that it takes on average twenty (20 ) separate, distinct chronological steps, executed in perfect SEQUENCE, to illicit even one immune response. If a major system, like the LYMPH system FOR EXAMPLE, fails to eliminate lymph fluid in its normal way, it is backed up by a hidden fail-safe system which we are not even aware of and which will kick in and allow LYMPH to excrete through the skin. It makes no sense that such a complex DESIGN OF LIFE is merely the result of RANDOM CHANCE. What do the ‘evolutionist’ theorists want us to believe ? That a bolt of lightening hit a pile of doo-doo four billion years ago…and BINGO…here we are ? This is patent NONSENSE and violates plain COMMON SENSE. The MAIN arguments in the theory of EVOLUTION are so fragile that they can be dismissed with this simple argument; If EVOLUTION alone explains our existence then how come APES are still swinging in the trees ?Thee is no valid or convincing answer for this FLAGRANT CONTRADICTION within that ‘ theory’. President Johnson once said; ‘ you cannot SUCK and BLOW at the same time’ . Either we ‘ evolved’ from the more primitive APES or we did not. The fact that APES still exist or that they did not build skyscrapers before we did…cannot be explained by this theory unless they come up with another tortured and convoluted « exception « . There are MANY more examples of FLAWS in this theory or caveats but this is one alone is enough to discredit it. Another way to make this conclusion is to take a more enlightened view of the Universe as a whole and by saying; We are no longer primitive camel drivers and sheep herders. We can accept the concept that the GOD who created us or the INTELLIGENT DESIGNER is a real and physical being, possibly the leader of a very advanced civilization who did genetically create us in his OWN IMAGE…as it says. This means that our CREATOR GOD probably is a real, physical and tangible being and not some mystical, imaginary or intangible entity. I hope that this line of reasoning helps some of you to resolve this issue and to accept the idea that it is much more LOGICAL to conclude for the existence of a REAL and tangible CREATOR GOD then to think we are just an « accident » of time.

[@eddyeldridge7427]

"Based on the PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE and on the BALANCE OF PROBABILITIES, it is much more LOGICAL to conclude that our DESIGN OF LIFE is the work of a CREATOR GOD or an INTELLIGENT DESIGNER rather then just the result of RANDOM chance and the mere passage of time." How did you come to this conclusion? Can we see your math? What numbers did you crunch?

[@dougehlen8854]

@@eddyeldridge7427 can you use math to explain random?

[@eddyeldridge7427]

@@dougehlen8854 Hes the one making the claim. And, as always, he never backs it up with real evidence, nor even responds well to criticism. He's only interested in preaching to the choir.

[@Mocsk]

0:12 they're minerals!

[@TheDjcobra2001]

Great video!!! I was wondering on what Your thoughts on whites holes are. Do you think they exist?

[@jankopandza1072]

To suppose that the eye with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest degree. Charles Darwin

[@brunof.m3170]

That was nice but not a really dicdatic explanation of how the populations of beings evolve

[@amb5941]

Bill discovered he had rocks in his brain!

[@sabesq1948]

I have 237 used condoms in a jar...i dont collect condoms though...... i collect smells:)

[@DamnThatsFunny308]

WHY IS IT A TALK SHOW IF ITS ONLY 3 MINUTES????

[@CapitalJ2]

+Sam The Kangaroo Harris The podcasts are about an hour on the Startalk website or Soundcloud

[@DamnThatsFunny308]

Thanks for clarifying man! Whats the startalk website?

[@CapitalJ2]

www.startalkradio.net

[@DamnThatsFunny308]

Thanks man

[@toplvl2004]

Its in our genes that we see humans are an odd creation, compared to all other life on earth. we stand out, as our 2nd and 3rd chromosomes appear to be 2 separate dna strands fused together to compact 48 dna strands into 46 chromosomes, meaning our dna was altered not created (or evolved).

[@matt1523]

don't do stupid, not even once. Its worse than meth

[@toplvl2004]

don't do ignorance and research these subjects your self physically.

[@matt1523]

i read your comment as chromosomal fusion was evidence for creation, my bad. I had my telomeres all in a bunch

[@kevinhebri5775]

Is that chuck from worlds dumbest?

[@pick206]

55 veiws yet 460 likes?

[@CapitalJ2]

+pick206 when are people gonna learn that it takes a while for the views to catch up when a video is uploaded.

[@wilsonator1000]

I assumed chuck nice was a chubby white guy haha yes this really is the first time i have seen him

[@assblaster8851]

My brain is burning, To much education!

[@cheangleng7617]

Remember I am the one discovered real big bang, dark energy and dark matter. It is in my face-book. Thank you

[@toska8664]

Oh Bill Nigh you hilarious goof, you.

[@KeithxOrionxStar]

i try reaching world chamging conclusions without knowing stuff and get bashed for it darwin does it and bam genius and praise. lol well im glad i was brought to this channel i really like hearing all this smart talk so it really sinks in to me of just how stupid i really am lol jk still though.

[@cheangleng7617]

I announce publicly, the world already have discovered time before the big bang, discovered real dark energy and discovered dark matter. It is in my face-book Cheang Leng (Tacoma). Thank you

[@ileena8129]

I travel like the aboriginal tribes::::: 😆

[@xXxXxMartianSkyxXxXx]

Please look up "Al Jahiz" he had the theory of evolution before Charles Darwin!

[@redbaroniii]

Bill Nye the pseudoscience guy.

[@AtanasovPetar]

Lets make it interesting for the Europeans also? We don't have debates arguing on evolution so there is no need to preach to the choir. Speak about something new already.

[@Shmannel]

Engineer supremacists unite!

[@PaldBenis]

That was actually a terrible explanation

[@BuyBBStonk]

Why do they call it theory of evolution when it's fact?

[@michellegiorgi106]

because that's the beauty of science. even though the evidence for evolution is overwhelming, scientists are always open to newly surfacing research and evidence :)

[@BuyBBStonk]

Michelle Giorgi I have a theory that girls are beautiful, but I have to be open and accept that may all be a lie

[@morningmadera]

+GlennCocoGuitar I can't believe how many people are still ignorant about what a theory is and means in science. That's why the phrase "evolution is just a theory" still exists ... A theory in science is above facts ... "I have a theory that girls are beautiful" ... scientifically speaking, it's not a theory, it's a hypothesis. If you want to learn more about the differences, Google "the difference between theory and scientific theory". P.S. I wasn't being condescending, just trying to shed some light and information, cheers.

[@BuyBBStonk]

+CeaoS I also have a theory that you can't take a joke

[@kyletaoitness3217]

Because you cant observe a rock become alive because it takes millions and millions of years.

[@pinagara4184]

Jesus is God in a human body, when he commanded the storm to stop in the sea, the storm stopped at the same instant

[@Cockaboobledoo]

great video

[@Cockaboobledoo]

Is it likely that icey comets could have hit Mars? A good theory on how water appeared on earth. We are definately not the only planets with water. Water could be trapped away deep under the crust of a planet, or even under the moon for all we know.

[@EdwardHowton]

+Nicholas Blake As has been pointed out, Hydrogen is one of the most common elements in the universe. Oxygen is not that rare, either. Together they combine to make, I think, off the top of my unreliable head, the single most common compound in the universe: H2O. A quick search turned up Hydrogen and Oxygen as first and third most common elements in the universe, and confirmed H2O is the most common compound. In short, it's kind of like trying to find dust on your floor. What's remarkable is that they found _liquid_ water on Mars. Ice is one thing, but actual water? It's a good sign for colonization efforts, and for finding life.

[@morningmadera]

+Nicholas Blake I'm pretty sure that the "theory" of comets bringing water to Earth and making up most of its oceans has been debunked.

[@Cockaboobledoo]

+CeaoS really? what is the best theory out there for origin of water on planets then?

[@morningmadera]

Nicholas Blake source: news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/earths-water-didnt-come-from-comets-like-rosettas-141210.htm So I'm guessing asteroids? Or I misinterpreted the information and water just didn't come from comets that are in the Kuiper belt ...

[@BlakeMcTavishe]

But but Ken Ham told me Goddidit

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

We can't prove NOR disprove God scientifically. I think he's there and I have reasons but I can't prove it to other people. :^]

[@BlakeMcTavishe]

CajBaj the White I don't necessarily think there is no god. That's not what my comment was supposed to mean though I can see how it could be read that way. I just meant that creationism is stupid. If God exists, he used evolution, the Big Bang, and 13.7 billion years to get us here.

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

BlakeMcTavishe That's absolutely right!

[@cajbajthewhite4889]

BlakeMcTavishe I didn't realize my comment sounded like an argument until now sorry haha

[@BlakeMcTavishe]

CajBaj the White It's all good.

[@HakimSpokenLewis]

MY CHILDHOOD HERO WITH MY ADULTHOOD INSPIRATION

[@rhondah1587]

Darwin is the person we associate with Evolution but Alfred Russell Wallace also came to the exact same conclusion around the same time and it was his correspondence with Darwin that sort of forced Darwin's hand to publish when he did so as to be the first one to publish. The fact of evolution was becoming so evident to those looking at the natural world that it was certain that someone would bring it up and show the evidence sooner or later.

[@alfredodiaz297]

+RhondaH People already had hypothesis about the origin of the diversity of life by that time; Jean-Baptisite "Huge asshole" Lamarck.

[@rhondah1587]

***** Lamarck was way off in his thinking and did no experiments.

[@theundead1600]

Scientists are as competitive as race car drivers.

[@Ritual_Gaze]

Is evolution not about competition and cooperation. An organism can survive by winning over others or by teaming up with other organisms through mutually beneficial relationships. How can you explain biology without this?

[@toserveman9317]

Define "survive" without competitive implications.

[@Yo-pn9qp]

evolution is not biology.

[@Yo-pn9qp]

its a religion

[@darththeo]

This is what I want to see ... an Astrophysicists and an Engineer talking about Evolution ... It makes sense!

[@scrizypt313]

can't believe bill nye is still around I use to watch his kids show when I like 8 or 9 lol

[@sokarsokar]

So. What do you think about Peter Kropotkin's theory of mutual aid? Presented in 1902 based on experimental work in the Russian naturalist tradition, that reached some pretty interesting conclusions as to the role of cooperation in evolution, both inter species and intra species?

[@MohsinCanadian]

i would like to see a 1 hour podcast or a long video of this rather than a 3 minute video 😛

[@gavindixon15]

Then actually listen to the 1 hour podcast on there website startalkradio.net

[@MohsinCanadian]

+Gavin Dixon oh say word!!! thanks so much bro 👌👍

[@johannaschonberger6182]

bill nye was the first person to properly teach me about science and ive been in love with science ever since cuz of him youve by ur self made a whole generation 10X smarter than they would have been thank you bill and fyi i still know the theme song lol :P

[@robg_]

It is preposterous to believe that everything came from nothing, that the elegant laws of physics, chemistry, nuclear reactions and planetary motion, as well as symmetry, order and harmony, sprang from, and that life came from a mixture of chemicals, which eventually spawned intelligence, logic, self-consciousness and morality. 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities-his eternal power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:19-21.

[@GE0VANYyy]

why not just used load the ful segments instead of these small snippets ? im considering unsubbing, not that i dnt like it but its a spam. i love the content, just upload the full segments. keep up the amazing work

[@mikedavis802]

Ok so let me get this straight, we evolved, "Lucy" from apes.... So where did aids come from???

[@weltschmerzistofthaufig2440]

AIDS came from the Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), which was carried over to humans who ate chimpanzees in the 1800s.

[@joshua3171]

Religion uses the evolution logarithm

[@preciliabuya5456]

Okay, what does dna say about evolution? DNA is information, can information develop from nothing. Can someone please answer me this with scientific evidence.

[@eddyeldridge7427]

"DNA is information," Define information, in this context. " can information develop from nothing" Can it?

[@jensbasement3862]

@@eddyeldridge7427 nobody knows. All 8 know is we share a Father

[@eddyeldridge7427]

@@jensbasement3862 Can you prove it?

[@juantwotree5710]

Met an engineer student thats about to graduate that doesnt believe in evolution. I was stunned and saddened.

[@302indian]

That’s because engineers have an appreciation for design . He probably thinks you are some abstract weed smoking dope and he would be right.

[@302indian]

No offence.

[@randalphmiller82]

My hypothesis of mass extinction/evolution is that when the earth's magnetic field dissipates and begins a new and in conjunction with the sun being in solar maximum it can activate dna in species which can significantly change it's appearance, activities and the way it survives (along with many other things). The waves, rays and debris allowed in by a lack of magnetic field is what triggers the DNA to alter.

[@madiescandon4615]

hi i have a question. Ever since i little ive always had an interest in the universe. I want to be an astronomer. my question is what is the difference between astrophysicist and astronomer. also, I would love to be an astronaut. I was thinking with astronomy, it could help me get in as an astronaut but looking at the requirements at NASA and it says that they look for people in a higher level in degree for engineering, biological science, physical science, or mathematics. in order for me to become an astronaut, should i consider these, will astronomy help me get in or no?