Louis CK on Evolution, animals and civilization

[@pleb7612]

Louis ck is so insightful it's crazy

[@jacobvieira1338]

The man is a genius

[@TK0_23_]

Really? What amazing insight did Louis impart on us here?

[@pretorious700]

I think it's hilarious that people think Louis has any idea WTF he's talking about.

[@naastredoux1392]

@@pretorious700 he’s just speaking his mind like the rest of us is all, no problem

[@randomone4832]

@@TK0_23_The simple insight that evolving is borne out of necessity and luck, and that’s why some animals do and some don’t.

[@Botanifiles]

Louis the only one here with actual intellect

[@conorobrien1025]

Watched this thing about beavers, and apparently the reason they build dams is a weird kinda OCD thing. Theyre amphibious, but they don't move very well on either water or land (better in the water), so they evolved the wood chomping thing and eventually learned to build homes near the water so they could protect themselves. They cannot stand the sound of running water, as it could mean a leak in their home, so when they hear it, they are compelled to fix it. They keep building and building until eventually they've built a damn and stopped the flow of water entirely. Pretty cool

[@bob3007]

"Natures Engineers" I've heard them be called _(I think)_

[@Xpzilla]

Louie is so much smarter than those other two

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

Opie especially. He always spoke, which bothered me.

[@timotbus]

When he responds to opie he often says "sure"

[@Whayleejay]

Anthony is actually legitimately way smarter than Louis. Louis isn’t as curious or as /actually/ knowledgeable as Anthony.

[@adamlane6453]

@@Whayleejay Lolol are you joking?!?!? LOL

[@Dude0000]

It’s called comedy, not a philosophy debate… it’s just Opie is just bad at comedy. Ant’s just trying to run with it for comedic affect. If you knew the show, you’d get it, cos you’d be into it.

[@paulogaviola5522]

"I got three puppies and a snack", that was so funny, so fast.

[@Nation4]

Louie has to really dumb it down to talk to these guys. But I think he has fun with it.

[@SpyroFan95]

Yeah listening to them talk about animals and nature is a little cringy... Like many animals utilize each other and plants in medicinal ways so they do use medicine so to speak.

[@oobieo]

Yeah, I mean I think they lean into the dumb act a little because they realize they have more to offer trying to keep it light than they do talking completely seriously about it. There's no doubt Louis is pretty bright in the grand scheme of the comedy industry.

[@BradReddekopp]

There were a number of species that were similar to us. They're extinct now, though. So, if you include our ancestral species and our extinct cousin species, we no longer look like such an oddity in the big picture of life on Earth.

[@avent9213]

Homo sapiens sapiens killed all the competition. Now we all have that karma to deal with everyday.

[@steveguse4481]

Stop talking like you know

[@BillyJack85]

People are fn retarded

[@FirstnameLastname-bn4gv]

@@steveguse4481 We do know.

[@tinyturnip7676]

Now we get to be alone 😅

[@jaymase3735]

No one was as smart as Louis here. They're just disagreeing and not understanding what he's saying even though he is spot on.

[@Dude0000]

As n factual, or you agree with his opinion?

[@parkerhanson4009]

this was painful. Someone publish a version with all the voices muted except Louis'.

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

These guys are seriously ignorant and barely adults, but I love that Louis humors them!

[@CraigStCyrPlus]

Opie especially. His hypotheticals are on a 3rd grade level.

[@tubinonyou]

Agreed. They're so convinced "No other species is even close" while Louis is suggesting they not view humans as the apex... annnnd then they just keep cutting him off. Anyone have the link to the lizard person bit, though? That one's hilarious.

[@vancegodin4149]

yeah i cringe when one of them screams: "HAHAHAHA," it is freaking awful!

[@pretorious700]

Louis is just as ignorant.....and so are you, obviously.

[@Jzeaser]

I hope these opportunists are paying Louis something now that he’s more popular than ever on KZbin

[@revfunk8823]

For once....ONCE....I'd give opie respect if he came up with something original.....not repeat what the talented person next to him just said

[@WillStaves]

"I got three puppies and a snack!" @15:30 😂

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

Every time I hear one of these interviews with Louis CK, I realize that he’s not only a very intelligent guy, his heart is in the right place, and he really tries to do the right thing, be a good parent, and a good steward of the environment. Yeah, he did have that one kink that got him into trouble. But overall, he seems like a pretty good guy. And he’s an incredibly funny, standup comic. His bit about being overdrawn at his bank is still funny, still relevant, and very relatable.

[@johncrook7825]

Louis is right. I read a hard science fiction (sci-fi that tries to be as accurate as possible) anthology by a guy named Poul Anderson and one of the short stories was about how humans went extinct and then octopi took over.

[@mistermarch3183]

John Crook mmmm hmmm. "fiction".. just wait, you filthy Leg Walker's . e.e

[@johncrook7825]

Omniverous Octopi o dam

[@probably_crater]

1st place: Louie 2nd place: other commentators

[@jaymase3735]

"There's not even a close second"

[@migueltrujillo8724]

bee hives. beaver damns. termite mound. ant colony

[@k_dot33]

Trump say that?

[@AltCTRLF8]

K. Lessar i think OP is talking about animals that do “human-like” things as the show briefly talked about at 7:40. you gotta get Trump outta your head lol.

[@junior1388666]

Yeah but they've been building the same thing for thousands of years and they just do it by instinct. They're not actively thinking on how to improve technologically like humans do.

[@clydecrooks]

That one dumb thing turned out to be a bat cooked rare

[@notillatall]

lmao

[@claudiasolomon1123]

Hey YOU reading this. Before you become too annoyed at their discussion about evolution & biology etc, don't forget this show is called POT Talk Mondays.

[@howardb.6205]

I remember not really liking Louie before I ever really heard him, which was fair. Now that I have heard a lot of his stuff, I just absolutely love the guy!

[@JonPrinceMusic]

"Dude.....science and shit (lights joint)"

[@boydstinnett1524]

Listening to a bunch of guys pontificate about what humans came from when they have almost no knowledge of ecology, biology, or evolution. Love these guys usually but holy shit this was excruciating to listen to.

[@honglee6100]

just as good as ancient aliens

[@Megadextrious]

my sentiments exactly.. Love these dudes, but jeesus they're ignorant

[@TheVarkol]

Actually Louie was pretty educated for someone who didn't follow a scientific career. Except for the human/ dolphin stuff

[@davidjd123]

Clifton Stinnett it was hilarious though, “no black ants complaining about red ants” 😂 “who’s second after humans? There’s no pandas with Xbox’s”

[@mattihaapoja8203]

TheVarkol Yea but wasn't the aquatic ape theory discredited in the 70's or something. Most of the arguments for it don't really hold water.

[@Choonzord]

"There's no Vice Animal" killed me 🤣

[@casualobserver2380]

Louis deserves a virtue award for turning the ac off in his hotel suite for a few minutes after flying across the country 5 times a week

[@StringsOfAndersen]

As a kid I was wondering about evolution. If all people start jumping of the roof of their house - would any possible survivor start the process of developing wings then?

[@calebjohnson2822]

that theory about bees taking us out has certainly aged well in the age of murder hornets

[@AZ-kr6ff]

What murder hornets? Perhaps it didn't age as well as you thought...dumb-dumb.

[@MizzzyMike]

Lmao your not gonna mention the COVID bat?

[@АлексейСтах-з3н]

Or a Black mirror episode

[@Botanifiles]

Lots of animals eat specific plants for their medicinal components, natives called it bear medicine for a reason, we actually learned a lot about our original medicinal plant knowledge by watching other animals consume them

[@AZ-kr6ff]

"Natives" called it bear medicine? I'm calling bullshit. What Hollywood production did you learn that silly shit from?

[@Botanifiles]

@@AZ-kr6ff I have a few friends from the Lenape tribe

[@tizzukka]

Opie's Pilkington bit isn't doing it for me.

[@bobloblaw9791]

Don't change Louis C.K. Don't ever change

[@lizardmandx]

Well maybe a little

[@louiegraff421]

6:49 "There's not one hyena who has a Wii" 😂

[@sethlutz4694]

There is no way louie wasn’t getting annoyed with opie here, he literally said the same thing for 8 minutes straight

[@RK-ck6pl]

do these guys realize Louis CK is the world famous guest? I mean why do they constantly talk over him and interrupt him like this? Go listen to Howard Stern and see how a professional interviews somebody.

[@jdepaul87]

Why is there a drop off? Because we probably killed off 2nd place.

[@raiseer]

Yes. They are called Neanderthals.

[@CovidVirgin]

@@raiseer Technically we reproduced with them so much they just morphed into our species

[@jimfuller6978]

I recently had a buddy making the same sort of argument against evolution. Something to the effect, " if evolution exists, then how come all the other animals can't talk and ride in cars etc?". That was his whole argument. I gave it a few minutes like Louie did, but eventually I just had to drop it.

[@alexyulchiev2887]

Opie the ruiner of fun

[@brandonb3174]

Anyone know the airdate.

[@ndew-tu9lq]

love this shit

[@TheDickbeard]

love you

[@Dyrock666]

11:57 Louis’s response to this is too great

[@JonValtandtheEvilRobots]

Fast forward to 2020, and you have Murder Hornets. 🤣

[@D0GG_]

#lizardtruth haha. I love this

[@Reprodestruxion]

termites?

[@TommyLikeTom]

the aquatic ape theory does not suggest that humans and dolphins diverged from apes, that is nonsense. Dolphins and hippos diverged from the same creature. The aquatic ape theory suggests a kind of aquatic ape, like a mermaid, not a dolphin

[@Ch33ziTzsk8R]

Can you just find something else in life to complain about? It’s comedy, I’m glad to be an octopus…

[@TommyLikeTom]

@@Ch33ziTzsk8R I'm not complaining I'm correcting a false statement. There was no joke in what he was saying, it was just a statement about the aquatic ape theory

[@Ch33ziTzsk8R]

@@TommyLikeTom I know I’m just being silly but dolphins do have there own language, let’s say they have different languages of there own just like us? Pink dolphin language white, dolphin language, black dolphin language you get it…

[@fro_e]

@@Ch33ziTzsk8R Most animals have their own language.

[@sasamilic720]

Pot Talk Mondays 🙌

[@rebeccaanderson3502]

The Descent of Woman..a fascinating book by Elizabeth Morgan details this aquatic ape theory

[@LoudPackMuzikChannel]

Anything close enough to be considered #2 to human I’m sure was murdered to extinction by humans. We’re not dumb enough to take the chance of being number 2. That’s why we’re here now 😂

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

“There’s no second place” Cephalopods: Am I a fucking joke to you, you damn dirty ape?

[@eivilmt]

it's this a podcast?

[@dansonoflightning2277]

The Argentine ant has ludicrously complex mounds, world peace, and telepathy of sorts. That's our vice-animal right there.

[@andrewaronson3364]

it's probably not telepathy. it's probably pheremones

[@AZ-kr6ff]

@@andrewaronson3364 Probably not world peace, either...whatever that means.

[@jorgehernandez1490]

Opie is proud that he is smarter than a zebra, if only slightly

[@adammunger742]

This way a ROUGH one lol... Opie just was built different

[@sigmundhoenigsberg5105]

Ape trouble in sector 3!!! HEHEHEHEHEEHE so spot on! ..but proves that the movie was written from an ape perspective :D

[@sajukkhar]

Birds build nests.

[@FreddieElsom]

Opie just takes Louis stand ups bits and passes them off as his own to the man's face huh?

[@timotbus]

Bees? Like in X-Files

[@senorblanco4993]

Raccoons are amazing at being raccoons in a raccoon environment. That's why there are raccoons in those environments. Das it mane.

[@tonytomei1175]

If you haven't already you got to check out Anthony's raccoon problem. Search Opie and Anthony, Anthony's raccoon problem it's a good break very funny

[@breakingpointrecords]

Why are you not writing Opie and anthony in the title ? Yeah its in the description but nobody reads that, people need know about the best radio show ever aired

[@citylimit33]

calm down, incel

[@jtapia1123]

May 5, 2020: "murder hornets" :O

[@methembethomastshuma9587]

and a guy eating a bat

[@michaelchamberlain8851]

They kept interrupting Louis, couldn't finish listening!

[@steverw86]

Pearls before swine

[@simplelife88393]

Everyone in the comments saying Louis is smart when he has literal child level of evolutionary understanding

[@vincent2053]

Thank God Opie talks over Louis so we can hear his interesting insight

[@michaelzamora8056]

He's the captain who steers the boat

[@LuLu24Ayo]

There are probably a lot of reasons I could decide to be offended, but I'm more interested in the point they kept bringing up which is "humans made medicine, no other animal can heal itself", that's some flawed thinking lol. Tigers have antibodies in their spit that helps speed the healing process, so they lick each other when they have boo boos. There are so many species who actually use nature as medicine, there are millions of holistic plants that animals eat/use/gather/etc. Humans didn't invent medicine, we just made it really complicated. I don't think it's something to be proud of that we founded big pharma as a species. If big pharma didn't exist we'd still be fine as a species, just like the rest of the creatures on Earth. I love Louis.

[@mistermarch3183]

Lauren Cole alot of animals have Antibiotics and antibodies and other things In their bodies and help themselves naturally. if they all got infected and died from every little wound they'd be.. gone, mostly lol

[@fro_e]

If big pharma didn't exist, then people with diabetes wouldn't be able to live for as long as they do.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

“We’re amazed when a chimp grabs a stick.” 😂😂😂

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

How do none of them know there were other intelligent apes besides humans? They just died and we survived because we killed them

[@ЕржанНасанов]

wow! a smart talk on opie and anthony

[@gnarlysvirsky8338]

You just wait for the octopuses to take over

[@Botanifiles]

These dudes need to retake biology

[@krmchl]

that ant remark is so "phase IV".

[@bryantwinturbo]

Opie constantly interrupts

[@tossedburrito9028]

Animals use medicine. A dog eats grass, if it has a bad stomach, because something in the grass, rebalances the digestion system, as I understand it.

[@CHSidChou]

u found it weird only people develop technology but we cant found any other species so far in the galaxy we explored?

[@ALGtheMC]

A hyena playing Halo 😆

[@DontMockMySmock]

Aphids don't have nipples, buddy. The stuff ants harvest actually comes out of the aphid's ass. And it's deffo not "milk".

[@BLK_MN]

“There’s another planet 10 feet next to ours” sounds like a Jerma bit.

[@nanothestrange]

wtf is that ridiculous aquatic ape theory?? lol i am in anthropology and I have never heard of that.

[@alliedatheistalliance6776]

Yeah, he really lost me at "some of us became dolphins". WTF? Dolphins aren't remotely related to apes, unless he means some kind of mermaid species or some shit which there's no evidence of.

[@sajukkhar]

nanothestrange yeah dolphins and whales are related to cows.

[@dinoradja2980]

I think he made it up for this bit lol. We started as fish and evolved from there, no?

[@nanothestrange]

@@dinoradja2980 I learned recently that there is an actual fringe theory about aquatic apes and its still just ridiculous. Basically reverse dolphin evolution

[@Athanael777]

03:20 Humans are second place, First place are Cats.

[@LanceDobson]

"I've got 3 puppies and a snack"

[@Mguitar48]

This might be the dumbest conversation any 3 people have ever had.

[@luisbranco7250]

neanderthals died yesterday. now we know why louis ck is depressed

[@juggernautk.captain5845]

Dolphins lack hands an apposible thumbs.

[@Homeschoolsw6]

1:04..." ridiculous "

[@satiresarcasm7701]

Unbelievable ignorance of these two and the incredible patience of Louie

[@darrenphillips4799]

octopus have two brains. crazy smart

[@mikeseiler1284]

Opie is truly a dolt.

[@tallest4eva]

This was about as difficult to listen to as listening to 5th graders discuss the intricacies of quantum field theory! Ironically, the very examples that 1 dude used to posit that humans are divinely designed, was theorized, and experimentally proven by people who would have been able to put them straight about the origins of humans!

[@s3rj81]

Louis knows HALO. Impressive.

[@Suzanne-goes-Carnivore]

"Why aren't the dolphins building stuff?"

[@patrickhughes4914]

None of them figured out the obvious. The reason there is no close second is because humans killed them off.

[@cmpdas]

If you try to kill an animal it runs away, Louis. They are not indifferent to death.

[@joserodriguez2251]

Not i think that who ever create us took a piece of every animal and mixed it up!. Think about it we are the last spices and also we can do a little be of what every animal does. It would explain. Why we never happy in a single type of environment. We always. Looking for comfort i can say more but it would take me long.

[@SkinoGreeneVu]

Opie is a pain.

[@deanodog3667]

As a species we're not that special !

[@kevintaylor9560]

our ideas on evolution and thought are backwards . Animals don't evolve traits to be successful in an environment or to adapt to an environment . They adapt accidentally evolved traits into their behaviour and success or failure of that adapting by the animal to its physical traits and its environment determine whether the genetic trait persists and perpetuates into a new offshoot of the species . Go look up The True Story of Evolution by kevin taylor here on youtube , then when you've done that , read the life and habit verus the accidental evolution of an internal and external ecosystem powerpoints on the same channel to determine the thinking and behavioural processes involved . You'll be glad you did . I promise you , 20-30 minutes reading those , you'll gain a new understanding of what you are and how you came to be what you are .

[@zetetick395]

As an addendum to Kev here, may I suggest an excellent place for a first look-see is _"Grooming, gossip and the evolution of language"_ by Robin Dunbar : Which besides the slightly dry title is a real enjoyably fascinating deep-time world spanning read! I _always_ enjoy a work where you can just _feel_ the passion of the author for his subject! :)

[@w8m4n]

This is painful 😅

[@coolmesser]

Crows are second

[@sethlutz4694]

12:03 “you’re talking about numbers” this guy is idiocracy in practice

[@tacticalnewfie2922]

A spider can make a better web than me.. As a newborn lol A hornet can make a better hive than me.. As a newborn lol

[@jordanchen23]

Humans got very far on twig technology, and once that started crossing oceans, we've pretty much taken the sport out of it.

[@marijumanji]

Opie at his dumbest and most interrupting

[@qwerty52676]

Unfortunately it isn't

[@XxfieryfirexX]

Humans coming from apes is one of the most dumbest theories ive ever heard

[@clintonleonard5187]

Okay so explain it again for me. We didn't come from apes...so how did we appear?