Evolutionary Tree of Life | Episode 5 - What's the Evidence for Evolution?

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[@UsefulCharts]

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[@SirBolsón]

@@UsefulCharts nah

[@joshygoldiem_j2799]

You needed to point out Bible interpretations in your outro. For evangelicals, the whole point of rejecting evolution is being able to take the narrative given in Genesis literally. I don't think it's appropriate to say "you don't have to stop believing" without addressing why they reject it and how to think about those Bible verses differently.

[@TheRezro]

Creationist are retarded. And not only because they deny obvious evidence for evolution. But especially because they make blasphemous claim that God was so incompetent, that he could not create evidence for evolution.

[@joshygoldiem_j2799]

Maybe at least point viewers to your Bible videos to address that question, you've resolved it really well over there, but I would've appreciated just a little bit on it at the end of this video for a quick fix.

[@archiox0628]

The irony of creationists pointing out that the evidence of evolution is shaky lol.

[@gg.1739]

The irony of pointing out a group of people complaining when there's more people complaining about the people complaining

[@davidaugustofc2574]

​@@gg.1739 too meta

[@Magdalena8008s]

​@@gg.1739Do you really wanna play this game?

[@TecraTube]

face it, you think you're a monkey 😂😂😂

[@paulford9120]

The anti-science types are not known for their grasp on logic.

[@Based_Shivers]

I bought your evolutionary chary for my preteen son for Christmas. We watched your videos and he loved them so much. We also bought your timeline of the different world cultures. Your items are such good quality, thank you for your work.

[@jesse6344]

Your child is very lucky to have parents like you.❤

[@Based_Shivers]

@jesse6344 I appreciate that. My dad was a silent generation baby and knew the value of education. He took me everywhere. To libraries, museums, and arboretums, anywhere i could get an education. I want to do the same for my son.

[@nadaproblem3023]

​@@Based_Shivers Excellent👍👍

[@markzsombor6059]

This confirms that Stefan Milo is the idealized human.

[@MinedMaker]

I'v always wondered how Stefan Milo evolved.

[@eriathdien]

Human Peak Form

[@SirBolsón]

@@markzsombor6059 Stefan Milo gang!!

[@nebulan]

I didn't understand this comment until I got to 14:27 so yup he's the model human lol

[@brocklindseth7278]

Spit beer out of my mouth on that one!

[@montacalvos4867]

For those who ask: Yes, you can obviously be a christian and not a creationist at the same time

[@paulford9120]

It irritates me to no end that creationists seem to be intent on convincing the world that all Christians are ignorant. Meanwhile mainstream Christian denominations accept the fact that we evolved.

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

Jesus loves you

[@drzarkov39]

Creationists claim that it is impossible for God to create through evolution.

[@Deathhellandthegrave]

This is because christians want to believe no matter what. There's nothing noble about that.

[@yuhboijosiah8083]

@@drzarkov39 Ok, I'm not a creationist, I believe in God and evolution. Do I just poof out of existence now?

[@MondayyTuesday]

I have this chart hanging proudly in my house. Everyone who comes over spends at least 20-30 minutes looking at it. If anyone hasn't bought one and framed it yet, you should!

[@wailingalen]

Yes I am about to buy the updated one. I’ve proudly hung the old one for about a year but I’m probably going to get several bc of the discount!!!

[@looxus99]

This series as a whole perfected my understanding of evolution. It was compact, easy to follow and eye opening. I can’t thank you enough for the videos and of course the chart. You literally changed how I will look at my life until the end of it. I’m looking forward to you releasing the one part version of this and I will share it with everyone I know. ❤

[@km5384]

You misspoke- chimpanzees aren’t our closest “ancestor”. We share a common ancestor.

[@km5384]

14:24

[@UsefulCharts]

@@km5384 oops

[@km5384]

@ You fix it later in the video…

[@UsefulCharts]

@@km5384 Unfortunately, videos can't be updated in that way.

[@LarsvanderHeide]

@@UsefulCharts He meant to say that you say it correctly at 15:04 and 15:42 in the video, not that you should fix it ;)

[@Itsgonnabeok1325]

What I don’t get is WHY creationists think God is so limited that he couldn’t have created Evolution. How do they know God doesn’t trigger the evolutionary changes when needed in His plan. If they were truly of faith they might not try to make God so incapable .

[@CarlosSempereChen]

I think the problem is that they need the world to only be a few thousand years old, and that's threatened by anything that requires long timescales.

[@MrLittlejeffey]

The larger question is which god do you believe in? And what evidence do you have that they are any more real then the 1000's of other religions and gods that you don't believe in?

[@aidenwallin3523]

. The priest said that he believed in 1 god. Then the atheist asked if the priest denied believing that any other religion's gods existed, which the priest confirmed. The atheist then argued that he himself didn't believe in any religion's depiction of a god, so the difference between them was that the atheist believed in a single less god than the priest. They went back and forth on what each believes, and brought up that atheists or scientists are just believing the word of famous scientists like Einstein or Hawking or Newton, while the theists believe the word of the bible and its authors, both of which have been contested and changed over many thousands of years. Then the atheist said something along the lines of: "If there were no more bibles for Christians to read, the written traditions and concepts would change and/or disappear over time. There would be no more Christianity unless God retaught everyone what they lost. If you destroyed all scientific knowledge, it could all be relearned over time because it is based on what we can observe about our world."

[@jaloniwilson]

Because, for them, it removes the idea that God handcrafted them all individually and it conflicts with the idea that humans are uniquely special among all creation and that God took his time with humanity. Also the idea of souls. If evolution then humans have no soul or all life has a soul.

[@mathewfinch]

The biggest reason why creationsists are beyond hope is that they have no interest in considering ideas other than their own. In fact, creationists are so averse to competing ideas that they will deny that people can know anything at all if you push them.

[@Based_Shivers]

@@mathewfinch Exactly. They start with the conclusion then work backwards, even if it means slamming a square peg into a round hole. If the shapes can't get forced in, they discard it all together.

[@2023-better-research]

And the reasons are both because of a lack of knowledge about real science, peer review, and critical methods as well as the conclusion ( or presupposition ) that the Bible is inspired and authoritative in all that it proposes including Genesis 1-11 and that it's historically reliable. THESE are the reasons why they are stubbornly close-minded.

[@paradisecityX0]

Young earth ones, you mean

[@2023-better-research]

@@paradisecityX0 Old Earth Creationists too but to a lesser extent. They have their problems.

[@jgmrichter]

Creationism is an evolutionary dead end 😊

[@nibverendianstantagstagats2176]

LOL 0:30 the dude casually commenting "imagine still believing this bs" while having the old Southern Rhodesia flag as profile picture

[@scarletybegonias3]

?

[@rawiri8]

Fueled by delusion

[@danzoom]

Things like these unfortunately overlap

[@TacticusPrime]

@@danzoom Yep, White Supremacists and Conservative Christians are essentially the same thing.

[@Nick-ct9ob]

I love these charts, thank you so much for making them!

[@davegrillo4761]

My partner grew up in the same religious cult that I did, and escaped as I did some years ago. I left because the Bible just simply could not hold a candle to the scrutiny of science, she left because of (still very valid) ethical reasons. Recently evolution has been a topic we’ve been digging into which she knows little about but wants to learn more about. Thank you for this video, very very helpful

[@CarlosSempereChen]

The channel, “Clint’s Reptiles” has some good videos on this, too. He’s a biologist, is religious, and is good at explaining evolution. Seems like a nice guy, too.

[@billwendt9571]

So sorry to hear about what I assume was a sour "Christian" experience. Unfortunately, only a very small percentage of people who call themselves "Christian" are actual Christians. The rest play church and make life miserable for everyone else. Real Christians are people who understand that our spirit lives on after our body dies. Having survived a near death experience, I know this is true. Arriving in Heaven is only possible for people pure of heart and deed. Unfortunately, we've all sinned. The price of our sin is damnation. HOWEVER, true belief that Jesus was tortured and crucified to pay for our sin, allows the believer to avoid hell and enter Heaven. Here on earth, I can tell you life is SOooo much better as a real Christian without worry, mental pain, guilt, suffering, etc. May I suggest you rethink your choice of faith. There are many flavors of Christianity. Choose one that works for you. Give it a try.

[@davegrillo4761]

@ there is no true Scotsman. I’ve studied many variants of Christianity, among other faiths. At this point I study purely for scholarly interest and historical context. But by all accounts, I’ve seen no compelling evidence of the abrahamic Gods validity. And overwhelming evidence it was largely fabricate and stitched together starting about 500 BC and continued to grow from there.

[@gabek1381]

​@@billwendt9571 Bad Christians are still Christian. Maybe try to avoid the no true Scottsman fallacy. Also, there are many ways to be cool and live a meaningful life that have nothing to do with Christianity.

[@matthewhelm7069]

One of the most compelling evidence is tiktalik. Paleontologists searched for a species that would have been an early land animal and found it in the right place and right geological strata. Fairly compelling evidence

[@TacticusPrime]

That's the thing that real scientific theories do. They guide research and predict future results. Evolution does that in so many ways.

[@fydofire]

Dear God (yes, I am religious) that this is still necessary at all in the 21st century. Religion is not about solving mysteries of the past, but about showing us a good way forward within society. It is about having a compass to lead a moral and ethical life with our fellow human beings and fellow animals. And that does not subordinate religion to science, it actually puts it on a higher level. So stop wasting your life with anger, just study both. It's not that difficult. Great work as always Matt.

[@oh2propedsj]

Im also religious the creationist comments remind me of a conversation I had with my peers about the bible parables. I said, I don’t believe the parables are true history, but that doesn’t mean God any less real. I don’t believe them being true is relevant. The whole point of the stories is about the morality and the lessons. how we should react to life and help our communities.

[@MrLittlejeffey]

Which god do you believe in? And what evidence do you have that they are any more real then the 1000's of other religions and gods that you don't believe in?

[@jaloniwilson]

​@@MrLittlejeffeythere is no evidence nor would they want to provide you any evidence. It's about belief. People believe things. Just like morality, it is a belief. Murdering an innocent person isn't objectively wrong, because "right" and "wrong" are matters of value, and value is subjective and centered on a species wants and/or needs. But we have collectively decided that we don't like murdering innocent people, because it threatens the kind of lives we want to live. So we argue day and night that such an action is wrong. So we all believe without evidence. People are free to believe in God, it's not about proving anything to you because no should care about what you think about the idea of God and you shouldn't care what others think about it either.

[@Swedish_nerd]

As an atheist I really like your way of looking at it. I may not be religious but I understand people's religions and the ways they choose to follow them.

[@martinstent5339]

The most obvious evidence to me is the way the environment has “sculpted” each part of each animal/plant etc to its environment. The bark of a tree, the skin of a whale/fish, the length of a plant’s roots and so on. Almost every characteristic of every living thing is superbly adapted to its environment. I always say “You can see evolution in every blade of grass, leaf of a tree, flower of a plant and so on and so on.

[@haniyasu8236]

I really appreciate how kind you are when it comes to things like this. Like most of the time you write your episodes to have their academics be enjoyed by everyone, no matter their religion. And even here, where you end up discrediting creationism, you still try to empathize. It's honestly very nice.

[@虎瀬野]

and evolution still ongoing...there are several fish species that have evolved quickly, including the little pupfish, seahorses, sturgeon, threespine stickleback, and saltwater steelhead trout...the cichlid fish in lake victoria are known for their rapid evolution, with over 500 species evolving in just 16.000 years....this is one of the fastest examples of adaptive radiation in the animal world.

[@chasingcheetahs5017]

0:32 The irony of "A lot of speculation believed by faith", creationists (Young Earthers in particular) tend to project all the time. It's like the pot calling the kettle black, except the kettle is green.

[@ISawABear]

Just wanted to say thanks for updating the chart, i came into the store and bought about 10 for my Ecologist colleagues for xmas and they love them!

[@the_om4r]

This is too good.

[@paisano777]

13:28 thank you for keeping track of how often they split and fuse. Extremely difficult to track something that happens every few million years or so

[@etatauri]

I find the fact that all living things are related and that we can trace our history back to LUCA much more awe inspiring and spiritually satisfying than to think that man was created out of clay and that everything except for the male human was created as his accessory. Some religious people think that atheist are reductionists, ruining the majesty of the world, but I vehemently reject that claim. I find a rose to be beautiful not just because of its color and shape, but also because of its biology, the chemistry and quantum physics that allow matter to exist, the electromagnetic properties that allow me to see it. the cosmology that explains why the sun is there to shine the light, the neuroscience and psychology of the emotion I feel, etc. The world is awe-inspiring, mesmerizing, and wonderous as it is, adding a creator on top of that does little to none for me.

[@nikok410]

Great job Matt! 🖖

[@creounity]

Hi Matt. How's your health these days? Hope you're doing well now!

[@UsefulCharts]

Doing much better. Thanks.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

Some people are still gonna watch this, and not admit that they have been polarized and double down on whatever ideology they have

[@yasharox]

Im curious if anyone who doubted the theory of evolution has changed their mind because of this video. Its so informative and tasteful.

[@AbstractVisionMedia]

I love this channel and I love Stefan Milo's channel as well! Keep up the good work. I still can't decide with charts I want to buy!

[@adamredwine774]

Excellent and thank you.

[@adamredwine774]

Though observing the Earth orbiting the sun from far away wouldn't change anything about how we describe it.

[@georgepretnick4460]

Matt, Great video. Creationists aren't stupid. The problem is they insist on limiting God to Genesis. I am a Christian that deeply believes in God. I believe God created everything, but it took him 4 billion years to do it by means of evolution.

[@xway2]

Kind of sad that you have to make this, but that said it was a really nice summary so I'm glad you did.

[@isaac.raskin]

Great video, but I had an issue with 1 of the phrases you used, which is "all animals" a few times when you said that I think you really should have used "all vertebrates" or "all tetrapods" or maybe even "all bilaterians"

[@cathyharrop3348]

I noted the same thing. When Matt was talking about the homology of animals he meant the homology of tetrapods. Arthropods have homologous traits as well, it's just a lot harder to demonstrate. The reason is all bilatarians have Hox genes, which you're a young year creationist who wants to say God is a lazy designer, you can certainly point to.

[@mitchellraeck4133]

Around 6:30, you misspoke. You said "All Animals share the same basic anatomy," when you should say "All VERTEBRATES share the same basic anatomy." Arthropods, Cephalopods, and Sponges have extremely different anatomy from us

[@Magdalena8008s]

As you said at the end.Theres so many religious people who accept evolution and just say it's part of gods plan. I dont get why some creationists fight this so hard. Its no different than "God of the gaps." Nobody is saying you cant reconcile the two. I dont. But you religious people can. It will be okay.

[@cathyharrop3348]

Oh that's easy to explain. Being an ape, monkey, primate, mammal, tetropod, vetribrate, animal means that it is up to your parents to make you feel that you are special. They find it easier to out source the job to religion. Creationism is just a version of "I am special ism". Eccelisastics tells you you are not by the way. So the Bible disproves the fundamental claim of YEC.

[@jeffculbertson]

Based on conversations with my family, it's because it necessarily means we are not created in god's image (i.e. god doesn't look like us). Don't ask me *why* that's important, but it seems to be to them. Based on what I observe, they love to use the words of the bible explicitly to support-or, more often, squash-certain behaviors and beliefs in others, so then feel obligated to stand by the words of genesis as written also. 🤷‍♂

[@Poltergeist7814]

It's not possible for abrahamics which believe in adam and eve story

[@theothenintendomaster3717]

Legendary Video once again, Matt.

[@jacksonokane4176]

Another way to look at evolution is with comparing human and other placental mammal fetuses..they all start out virtually identical

[@tthompson9244]

This was an excellent video. Sometimes it seems like you might be talking down to us, but frankly, I think that's what we need.

[@TheScepticalChymist]

3:43 Creationism is NOT the "contrary" of Evolution. Evolution is what scientists rely daily to make science. Creationism is a belief, like Santa, or Gnomes. They're not in the same level AT ALL.

[@edielungreen]

There’s something about the evolutionary tree that I have a pretty much spiritual response to. Your beautiful poster is like a stained glass window and your presentation like an eloquently thoughtful sermon in my Church of Deep Time ❤️😸

[@Logan_Bishop_YT]

This is where the fun begins!

[@SirBolsón]

In before the Creationists come knocking down on this video's door!!

[@florgenhorgen3124]

NO U, WHY NOT CHOOSE STOP EVOLVE TO GAY?

[@gg.1739]

Where? Are you off your schizophrenic meds?

[@RyanGoutbeck]

So evolution is a random occurrence?

[@davidaugustofc2574]

​@@RyanGoutbeck it is a constant occurrence, from one generation to the next.

[@Colonel_Jurten]

I like this ​@@florgenhorgen3124guy. He doesn't know what's going on so he started screaming. I think we can learn a lot from that

[@michaelrae9599]

I think there should be an episode on carbon dating to settle THOSE doubts, which leads to a lot of THESE doubts.

[@xerxes-ei9gl]

Been waiting for this ❤

[@Dagertagiyool]

16:43 The ancestor explanation is right ,but this species is not ancestor of tiger and elephant.This is for someone who will believe that it is a true ancestor.

[@mitch4509]

I appreciate your call out that the theory of evolution and faith in a creator are not in conflict with one another; however, I think it should have been at the beginning of the video instead of the end. People that do not finish the video will leave with impressions that reenforce their own biases. Creationist are more likely to believe you are attacking their faith and ignore everything you say. Atheists are more likely to believe all religious people always reject the scientific method. It might be helpful to appeal to authority like the Vatican and other judeo christian organizations that are not in conflict with the scientific method and invest in performing scientific experiments.

[@cathyharrop3348]

It is so sad the Christians see a challenge to their capacity for faith in the unprovable as an attack on their beliefs.

[@Poltergeist7814]

It does debunk Adam and eve story though

[@liruenth]

@@Poltergeist7814 Not really.. Even if god chose not to create Adam and Eve from scratch he still could have guided the evolution process to create humans and then just picked out 2 `humans` and brought them to a safe place where they would be able to reproduce. Maybe during the garden of Eden time the other `humans` died off 🤷‍♂ He basically did that with Noah after all.

[@paradisecityX0]

Adam and Eva were the first behaviorally modern humans. But fundamentalists and their fundie-Atheist counterparts aren't capable of thinking that deeply

[@wmaconick]

I can reassure you that the large majority of atheist/agnostic do not think all religious people are creationists There are some that do sure, but those are the loudmouth, ignorant ones (essentially our own version of your creationists) Sorry about them, just try to ignore them if possible (even though it's much harder with the internet as with all of other form of extremism) Though I do agree with your point that for communication sake it would have been better to have it said in the introduction of the video

[@AlexanderWeixelbaumer]

Didn't expect Matt to be a fan of Stefan Milo, but yeah, understandable

[@UsefulCharts]

My wife's an even bigger fan of his channel. She watches it more than she watches UsefulCharts :(

[@Swedish_nerd]

​@@UsefulCharts that's really sad 😭😭

[@dfmc001]

Love your vids!!! Just bought this poster!

[@davidbockoven161]

I really like this video a lot. It presents pretty compelling evidence in a way that I think can be convincing to a wide spectrum of people. Allow me to add on to the recommended reading that Matt offers near the end of the video: 1) Quammen, The Tangled Tree; and 2) Grosz, The Nick of Time: Politics, Evolution, and the Untimely. 1) Quammen looks at some interesting problems that have cropped up in evolutionary theory since Darwin. In this book, I first learned about the idea that placental mammals (of which humans are obviously one) likely came about as a reaction to a viral infection millions of years ago. Quammen's book specifically speaks to Baker's fifth and sixth poiints (the title speaks to how sometimes, yes, there is some genetic movement between different branches of the evolutionary tree). 2) Grosz wrests an interpretation of Darwin away from the Social Darwinists and puts his ideas into dialogue with Nietzsche, Bergson, Deleuze, and Irigaray.

[@jacques-andresaint-laurent1300]

Shoutout to every Christian or Muslim that listened, with the most powerful tool God gave you, that is your capacity to think by yourself, until the end. Getting out of creationism is often difficult, thinking that God may punish you for your change of thoughts and beliefs. The values of love, family, honesty, humility, compassion, forgiveness and solidarity, promoted by those religions must live on, maybe as the belief in a superior loving force, but creationism is really a beam in one's vision of life and humanity.

[@Juve_Fan2601]

You can believe in evolution and believe in God at the same time.

[@imonawatchlist]

9:40 I think it’s important to note that it’s not they “no longer needed them” but it was more advantageous to not have them.

[@JonnoPlays]

Joe Rogan VS Mel Gibson has entered the chat 😅

[@mypathunfolding]

I appreciate your work!

[@DavidMFChapman]

Thanks for explaining the usage of the words theory and hypothesis.

[@jesse6344]

Thank you Matt for putting together such a comprehensive summary of why evolution is real. I do want to make one comment. You pointed out how difficult it is to wrap our tiny brains around the idea that we evolved from a single cell. Which I admit is difficult, but what I find even more preposterous to accept is the idea of a creator that designed creatures with such obvious flaws. Why does this creator allow new born babies to be born with birth defects? Why did this god create flaws that allow cells in our bodies to be become cancerous? Or why does it allow mosquitoes that carry malaria to even exist?

[@KevinUchihaOG]

You probably meant to say "all tetrapods share a body plan" and not "all animal".

[@laletemanolete]

Was waiting for this one!

[@jcortese3300]

Regards how embryos develop, one of the coolest things I ever learned was that, at a very early stage of development, cetacean embryos (dolphins and whales) actually have hind limb buds. They're reabsorbed early on as well as they go on to develop into baby dolphins and whales, but they do indeed still have the potential that they inherited from their land-based ancestors for hind legs.

[@geocyclist]

That principle is captured in the phrase " ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny"

[@cathyharrop3348]

Humans do the same thing with our tails, growing a full monkey takes and then reaborbing all but three of the vertibrate, which fuse into our tailbone. A stupid metabolic expense for the mother and fetus which sometimes results in babies with tails, sometimes with musculature.

[@davidmorse8432]

Good video, thanks!

[@DerrickSeaborne-d2j]

Awesome 👌

[@saturnhex9855]

Okay, that Tiger-Elephant looks cool as hell. Mad Scientists, get on this!

[@Red1Revival]

You're talking about the phylogeny of tetrapods but referring them as all animals. most animals are insects, not tetrapods! insects are animals

[@adamredwine774]

Tetrapods also are animals.

[@UsefulCharts]

Yeah, I was using "animal" more colloquially in that instance.

[@billyr2904]

Humans are also animals (massive misconception that they are not, because you cannot evolve outside of a clade).

[@InternetDarkLord]

Actually, most animals are worms, esp nematodes. But all life conforms to this pattern.

[@geocyclist]

3:43 Wait, based on your previous definition, can we really call it the "Theory" of Creationism? Certainly is at most a hypothesis, but probably better described as a belief?

[@Go4Noctis]

Yeah a theory needs a body of evidence which creation does not have

[@TheScepticalChymist]

No, we cannot. Creationism is not a hypothesis either, since it cannot be falseable. It's a belief, for whose who cares.

[@biniyamwhite3015]

Love it!!!

[@ClipsOfficalX]

0:00 already a W video

[@RustyDodd]

I believe in God and evolution. I believe it is his design. I do think we are special though.

[@Juve_Fan2601]

Humans evolved physically from apes but not spiritually. Genesis 2:7 is the creation of our souls not our bodies

[@nicwand]

That moment when you buy the evolutionary life chart and than use full charts comes out with an updated version 😢

[@NorbertSD]

Get ready for all the Ken Hams and Kent Hovinds to jump on this video and still argue that evolution is false and cling to the YEC worldview.

[@GreatCollapsingHrung]

Just wanted to mention that speciation actually has been observed in the lab. Things with short enough reproductive cycles, such as bacteria and insects, can go through generations fast enough to evolve into separate species well within the length of a scientist's career. Some bacteria can reproduce every few minutes, which can mean tens of thousands of generations in a single year.

[@lesdickson3169]

Excellent!

[@nakuspanderson]

Creationists seem to be referring to the end of the giant glaciers and the start of agricultural society. The human species was here before religion was developed by human imagination.

[@Natgrid02]

Pls do anything charts of Indian detailed history which includes south India dynasty as well❤🎉❤🎉

[@Snowflake-id4fw]

As your chart points out chordates (fish, birds, mammals etc) are one phylum of animals. Jellyfish, sponges, molluscs etc are also animals but not bilaterally symmetric - so from the POV of the animal kingdom there is another 'level' if shared ancestry below chordates. I didn't know creationists were selective evolutionists (micro and macro - OMG!). Once again, information I didn't know I needed to know.

[@BillGreenAZ]

This is a great video. Thanks for being so logical Matt. However, I am a creationist that believes in evolution. One thing evolutionists can't explain is how DNA evolved to be the programming code to determine how a cell will be formed. Evolution works in changes in environment that leads to natural selection. But natural selection can't be used to explain how DNA was originally arranged to code the characteristics of the cell that allowed changes in the environment to shape the cell.

[@state_song_xprt]

11:06 Your fourth point is pretty close to the Recapitulation Theory, which has been broadly rejected by modern developmental biology.

[@InternetDarkLord]

Close, but fetuses do provide much evolutionary evidence.

[@ScentlessSun]

I’m not sure why exactly it’s so difficult for creationists to understand that the creation stories in Genesis were parables used by at least some of the Canaanites. Evolution doesn’t threaten a person’s pursuit of an understanding of God. Nothing in evolution refutes cause and effect or the notion of some ultimate cause for all of the events that we see unfolding. These notions may be refuted someday, but the theory of evolution does not challenge this concept.

[@JP82395]

These people also believe in some wooden boat full of animals actually happened. Lol

[@dinostorion]

I remember several years ago I had an argument in the comments of the logistics of Noah's ark. He's right that there's no convincing them

[@Saiyaman49]

Love from Pakistan brother ❤

[@kubin226]

gonna be honest I think (hope) half of those comments show are trolls

[@adamredwine774]

Sadly, they aren't.

[@kubin226]

also nu uh it's obvious that God created everything like that because he wanted to do it that way, because

[@tomdouge6618]

Learn to be honest with the evidence. Stop taking medicine, as testing requires a knowledge of the Tree of Life. Medicine isn't mentioned in the Bible, only faith-healing

[@Geek-A-Hertz8707]

darwins evolution preceeded mendels genetics by a couple of years. while darwin noticed a trend, his concept of what caused it was wrong, while mendels concept of genetics got it right.

[@paradisecityX0]

Evolution further magnifies God's creative majesty, if anything

[@davidaugustofc2574]

It would make God too majestic to be the one described in the bible too.

[@paradisecityX0]

What do you mean by that? And the Book of Nature is as essential as any other book in the Bible.

[@Go4Noctis]

Is that why god majestically made the male angler fish tiny and desperate to find the female causeing him to latch on melt and only leave his genitals behind? Or the majesty of flesh eating viruses and eyeball parsites that children get?

[@davidaugustofc2574]

​@@paradisecityX0 I mean the Abrahamic god would've made sense back in day, because we thought the world was small and that stars were lights with no physical bodies, that it would be easy to see Sin as a bigger than life issue that cannot be easily solved. But clearly he must be much more powerful than he was when they first imagined him.

[@davidaugustofc2574]

​@@paradisecityX0 What I mean is fairly obvious, people saw the world as small back in the day, therefore less powerful entities were necessary to create it, making it believable that they couldn't find a reasonable solution to all of the world's problems if they weren't so sadistic and just wanted things to work right.

[@SolarMechanic]

Woah, we know our common ancestor was called John Gurche! Science is amazing.

[@rickball3147]

For theists of all stripes I would recommend Dr Francis Collins "The Language of God" as well as Dr Denis Lamoureux "Evolutionary Creation: Moving Beyond the Evolution Versus Creation Debate"

[@Blueeeberrry]

Haha.... you using a picture of Stefan Milo is somewhat hilarious... I like his YT channel too.... same as you. 🤭

[@SuperRedtrout]

Would love it if it shipped to Norway

[@UsefulCharts]

For some reason, it's really expensive to ship things to Norway. Do you know why that is?

[@SuperRedtrout]

@@UsefulCharts sorry i do not know why that would be (there is an import tax i assume, but surely that would be placed on the buyer). But is it possible to include this expensive option?

[@dju-dju]

What is this country where you still have to convince people evolution is real 🤦🏻‍♂️ grow up people

[@Based_Shivers]

2:25 Is it a GAME THEORY?!

[@2023-better-research]

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[@Tymbus]

What saddens me is that there are plenty of scientists who are also Christians but the "creationists" set science and Faith against each other. Philosophers of science recognise there are things including types of knowledge are outside of science (eg literary criticism) and Christianity,(eg The Church of England) recognise the findings of science

[@vesuvandoppelganger]

8:09 "The recurrent laryngeal nerves provide sensation to the laryngeal mucous membrane below the vocal cords (lower half of the larynx), motor and sensory innervation of all, except one, of the intrinsic laryngeal muscles, motor and sensory control of the inferior constrictor muscle (swallowing), is involved in the gag, swallow and cough reflex, and provides parasympathetic control of the heart (slows it down) along with visceral sensory and parasympathetic motor control of the upper trachea and upper esophagus. All the nervous control provided by the recurrent laryngeal nerves affords us the ability to breathe adequately at rest and with activity, have coordinated swallowing, proper protection of the airway and sufficient phonation." "It’s also important to note here that on the left side where the left recurrent laryngeal nerve wraps around the aortic arch it actually does it at the site of the ligamentum arteriosum, which during intrauterine life was the ductus arteriosus, a very important shunt between the fetal pulmonary artery and the aorta. The ductus arteriosus allowed newly oxygenated blood from the placenta to bypass the closed and “not ready for prime time” lungs for fetal survival. Once delivered from the mother and loss of the placenta had taken place, certain chemical changes in the newborn signalled the ductus arteriosus to close off, degenerate and later become the ligamentum arteriosum." Things seem a lot more complicated than long: stupid; short: intelligent.

[@clowneggion]

Usefulcharts x Clint’s Reptiles collab when?? Lol

[@PeloquinDavid]

Sadly, the tenuous grasp of a large minority of people in the US is FAR from being limited to their views on evolution...

[@btaos1625]

Are all of your charts available online?

[@alanreplicant]

people could just sit their ass down in the wilds and observe everything in our surrounds. There is billions of similarities between all living things, you just need to start to look at it to find.

[@BenAvraham배루린]

Science is a systematized body of knowledge gathered over a long period of time to explain the world we live in ✌️

[@Andrea-Marie]

What a great video. Congratulations and thank you.

[@ryannel3899]

Hey Matt. Is there a possible way to get this to South Africa? I know it's a crappy place to ship to. I'm happy to buy a printable file from you even. My dad would love that chart

[@martinstent5339]

The best book is still "The origin of species" by Darwin. It's stll readable over 150 years after its original printing. And just as convincing!!

[@koengerts]

I disagree. Darwin coined the theory but his On the Origin of Species is a little dated and too focused on adaptation. A more modern, reader friendly book would be more likely to keep creationists interested and convince them.

[@martinstent5339]

@@koengerts Perhaps you are right. But, for me, evolution is all about adaptation, and "origin" was written FOR creationists because, back then, there wasn't anything else!

[@Me-ei8yd]

Stefan Milo is human. You are correct.

[@-RONNIE]

Personally I can't believe any notion that we evolved from apes it's laughable. Darwin's theory of evolution was in 1859 I had to double-check the date. As well as carbon dating was created in 1940's by Willard Libby both were scrutinized in the beginning now it's standard practice for dating material. Really you don't know exactly how old the world is or how things came to be because no one was there or wrote it down while it was happening. So is all a guessing game.

[@radoskan]

😂 How can you believe otherwise. So puzzling!

[@oriscomapping1565]

In my opinion, as a agnostic/Christian. The proof for evolution can only give 3 right answers (in the context of Christianity) 1. God as a perfect being simply does not exist as a perfect god would not have designed life witch such issues even with the most pro evolution interpretation of the bible the fact life has evolved with attributes such as parasitism and predation rooted in there designs would mean a god that goes against the portrayal of God in the bible . 2. The account of creation is wrong. The reason why we can't know but its wrong. Or 3. Evolution is false and there's some reason that nobody but god knows on why he created so much evidence leading towards evolution.

[@UsefulCharts]

Why not 4. The account of creation given in the Bible is meant to be poetry/myth/literature, ie. not meant to be taken literally but still of value in communicating a certain kind of truth.

[@puntvandekomma9498]

@@UsefulCharts What makes a prophet a prophet? And if you are a prophet, how do you get yourself known? Say Jesus comes back, he wouldn't drive a fancy car, be loaded with money....He would be more humble and have no focus on materialsm, how would he ever be seen as the son of God? I am not really religious, i just don; t know if there is a God or not, just curious. You seem to know a lot so if this messages comes true, i am curious what your answer would be.

[@UsefulCharts]

@puntvandekomma9498 I can't really answer your questions because I don't believe that God speaks through prophets or that God could ever have a son. For me, the Bible is ideas ABOUT God, not ideas FROM God.

[@tomdouge6618]

@@puntvandekomma9498 Read what the gospels say about His disciples: They were competing against mendicant Buddhist and philosophers and were charged to be just as ascetic, wandering from place to place "with no place for the Son of Man to lay his head" and not carrying a bag to hold even essentials. They were not to use prepared material, but to let the Holy Spirit speak through them. There are obviously no true disciples left. As you say, church leaders don't want to live the way Jesus said they should

[@Minx5892]

4) Its allegory. The earth being created in 7 days is allegory to how humans rest on Sundays, the 7th day. It may just be 7 days for god, but millions for us. Observation shows that grass and plants cannot come before water unless it was pressured by the environment to do so. Personally I’m not entirely sure about how the fall of man can be explained given how science can be interpreted by Christian’s as explaining the mechanics of the world. I guess once humans had gotten into existence the fall happened with the apple. But how can we find out that sin came after our evolution/creation. Are hormones what drives sin? The fact that animals other than us have no obedience to gods will or wishes and have always seemingly done so suggests that it was a fallen world already. Then there is the fact that people are not born equal, in intelligence or physicality. Some are born without the ability to contribute to others at all.