Biologist vs. Bigot - Do Mutations Prove Creationism? | Reacteria

[@liam2386]

as a guy with a gay son its horrifying to hear someone say they want my child executed. my son is a well mannered polite loving guy who would never hurt anyone, who im incredibly proud of. I think society would be better without people like Matt

[@HER0_]

My sister is a lesbian and I felt the same way

[@Akuankka000]

yeah, I just don’t understand 1: how gay people affect him at all, it’s not like they’re hurting him physically, maybe mentally but that’s just his problem 2: Why he cares? Why take time out of your day, to attack people who just love each other. He’s the most sinful of us all dude, Jesus said love everyone like they’re your family…

[@mursuhillo242]

Welcome to the world of Religion.

[@greg-op2jh]

Thank you for standing up for us. My partner and I go out to eat. We go to the store. We go to the park. People like us we know everyone at all the stores. We don't effect anyone. We just want to be with someone we are attracted too. Imagine trying to be in a relationship with someone that you are absolutely not attracted to. Hateful people don't get that. You are a wonderful parent.

[@turbotreehouse9780]

Your son knows what's important, that's what matters.

[@ashleighcurtis6956]

“You’re not oppressed, you’re just wrong.” Might be my favourite thing you’ve said, right after “why is the waste dump next to the playground?” 😂

[@ironbuckeye]

I about died with the waste dump and playground!

[@Foolish188]

Dumps are so much more fun than playgrounds. Cool stuff everywhere. Read about one transfer station that the employees would pick out the biggest ( let's say sex toys) and line the wall with them. Had a class of kindergartners touring and one of the kids ask what they were.

[@joshuawilson3937]

Lol

[@micheljay8822]

You know…there’s fun to be had in the waste dump too

[@joshuawilson3937]

@@micheljay8822 lol

[@r0bfleming]

Sin causes mutation? So broccoli is just a naughty cabbage?

[@emmetthowell899]

This made me deeply laugh for some reason, thank you for brightening my day with naughty cabbage. I still can’t stop laughing as I type this

[@chrissievert4409]

BOTH broccoli and cabbage are mutated wild mustard....

[@h14hc124]

You don't want to know what brussells sprouts had to do to end up on your dinner plate.

[@FoxInnaHat]

God: o' adulterous greenery, I shalt bestow a curse upon thee

[@eldritchwulfe]

Well yes, have you ever tried to eat it? It tastes worse then the vile stench it produces

[@sampledgem6215]

-“What are you in for?” -“I killed and robbed a family, you?” -“I kissed a man in public.” -“…despicable.”

[@midnight4685]

Hell, not even public. Apparently private is also punishable by death.

[@stephenconnolly3018]

Texas?

[@BambiAndBeauty1128]

-"I directly killed 147 people, let a virus loose on the Internet that disrupted infrastructure and indirectly killed 112 million more, committed rampant incest, hurt babies for fun, was gay, committed sodomy everyday, called for the death of every sinner, started 11 death cults and left an upper decker in every toilet I came across" -"wow how'd you get in?" -"DUH, I told people I believe in Jesus. How come you aren't coming along? You were always the goody two shoes." -"I couldn't trick myself into belief in jesus"

[@giantflyinghog3550]

"He's basically an internet troll, but he works way harder for way fewer results" is such a devastating comment to deliver so calmly.

[@iantaakalla8180]

I mean, trolls tend toward the lowest of the low, both in terms of punches they pull and effort they put into accuracy and presentability. Why would they enjoy high-effort trolling? As for those who aren’t trolls but would espouse views like Matt, this also may be too high-effort. It is about war, and they’ve almost won with low effort-tactics. Why should they change?

[@nenmaster5218]

@@iantaakalla8180 Seen the video ' Tommy McMurtry Has A Problem With Feminism' by 'Telltale'?

[@fjccommish]

He was projecting. There are two sexes - male/female.

[@missk1697]

@@fjccommish Great arguments, you totally convinced everyone.

[@ragg232]

@@fjccommish Come to the dark side fj We have cookies

[@hadrian2801]

when he said "diamonds are the strongest subatomic particles that exist in nature" It hurt me on so many levels. I don't know how you can get something so simple so wrong, a diamond is just a certain crystal form of carbon. It is not comprised of 1 subatomic particle, instead being comprised of carbon which it self is made of subatomic particles (note: particles, plural), carbon is made of 3 different subatomic particles. This mistake is so stupid that you would have to TRY to get it wrong. Everything he says from now on I cant trust or believe after such a stupid mistake. Edit: I love how he said to whoever he was debating that they must not know much about diamonds :|

[@chrisbiebel6205]

Even worse: The same element that makes up the hardest material diamonds (Carbon) also makes up one of the softest materials, graphite (Carbon also). It's just a different arrangement of the atoms. As an element, carbon is so interesting. I mean, if you add Oxygen and Hydrogen you get so many interesting combinations available that you could probably come up with an entire branch of chemistry... ;-)

[@zoranocokoljic8927]

A nerd (me) would hurry to correct you that carbon is made of 3 TYPES of subatomic particles, but 18 particles ( 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons) per atom.

[@Laeshen]

​@@chrisbiebel6205 yeah totally, maybe called it... or- organ... organ-i... organic? chemistry

[@idaniluz652]

Matt Powell is one of those rare people who I always feel like the opposite of what they say is true, even if they aren't completely wrong. that diamond claim is one of the reasons I feel this way. a diamond is one giant chain of carbon atoms, there is nothing subatomic about it. even if he meant to say that diamonds are the strongest material to exist, he is still wrong. scientists have discovered that lonsdaleite (aka hexagonal diamonds) is stronger than it.

[@DarkDemonOfHel]

Well diamonds USED to be the strongest material out there! It was the only thing that could break obsidian! (sry that joke wanted to be said of course I agree)

[@crazycatlady2744]

My favourite part is how Matt says that we're losing 1-2% of our DNA each generation and that that's what causes Down syndrome, when people with Down syndrome literally have about 1-2% MORE DNA than the average person.

[@rationallyruby]

I know I laughed at that too😂

[@personman8734]

So if Matt was right Adam and Eve couldn’t function. They’re brains just wouldn’t be able to function with 100s of times more dna.

[@magicsasafras3414]

His kids have up syndrome

[@twcnz3570]

Please don't bother the god-junkies with facts or truth.

[@iamthemouse4483]

1-2% less would be up syndrome

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

"diamonds are the toughest subatomic particles found in nature" I too like to use big words to sound more photosynthesis.

[@isaiahscholl8479]

Criminally underrated comment

[@welcomeback2912]

"Inconceivable!"

[@jameswest8280]

Diamonds are much harder than carbon.

[@ryanknight199]

What's it even supposed to mean. It's just word salad yes? I love making word salad for the point of conversation... but just for conversation.

[@pancake1803]

@@jameswest8280diamonds are carbon

[@chibbersthesquirrel6189]

This is the first time I've ever seen a creationist say "Natural selection has the word 'selection' in it so that must be a conscious choice." I didn't think anyone could possibly be that stupid. I'm honestly kind of speechless.

[@RichWoods23]

So you've not met Matt before?

[@hayosh9309]

Wait til you hear about Kent hovind

[@zemorph42]

I used to have very similar logic. The difference is that I knew that my views were not necessarily correct and was open to new ideas and information.

[@kyaxar3609]

He heard today from Shapiro that science mathers 😂

[@zemorph42]

My grandfather taught me that, by not being able to learn it himself.

[@Specogecko]

“It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person” -bill Murray

[@marknieuweboer8099]

I disagree. Take eg Appy (my pet name for AlbertL) above. It's easy to win arguments with him. The correct version: "It's hard to win convince a person who knows what he's talking about, it's very hard to convince a person who doesn't and it's impossible to convince a person who's a stupid lying ignorant."

[@supersnakebois]

Another quote: "You will never win an argument with a stupid person, they'll drag you down to their level then win with experience" - Someone whose name I don't know

[@soupstoreclothing]

i was talking to my grandma about how irritating it is to talk with people who refuse to learn or educate themselves. she just told me, pick your battles. it's not always worth it to try to convince someone of the truth, especially if debating them gives them a platform to spread their misinformation without a really cogent rebuttal. i'm not very good at debate, so personally i just choose to not engage with people who are stupid online. in my personal life, i try my best, but if someone is wilfully ignorant, it's hard for me to be friends with them. it's very indicative of the type of person they are if they react defensively to you trying to correct their propaganda or misinformation.

[@BenjaminEaster-b8b]

I instantaneously and automatically recognized Bill Murray as a brilliant mind, in a sense, after reading the top comment.

[@SpamTongbutcool]

@@marknieuweboer8099dunning Kruger's giggling like evil

[@daudimasinde6280]

Mutations are caused by sin? That actually makes sense. It adequately explains why plants have been mutating. I've noticed that they've been sinning quite a bit.

[@countk1]

Yeah... How else would they get all that wood.... dirty little sinners.

[@rifter0x0000]

After all, Jesus' parables do say that weeds deserve to be burned to death and He cursed a fruit tree to death for daring not to be productive. There was a saint I recently heard of who chastised a tree for its fruit being too bitter, although that tree supposedly repented and began to produce sweet fruit in response!

[@SinHurr]

Counterpoint: gingers. God knows I love consensual sin with redheads.

[@fuckYTIDontWantToUseMyRealName]

Especially that rape seed...

[@SB-cm9jh]

Especially flowers....with their pistils and stamens out for the world to see!

[@TheCrimsonIdol987]

I am autistic and ADHD, popularly known as AuDHD. His comments about autism perpetuate the ableist stigma a lot of us autistic people experience every day.

[@destrorso2505]

So many people conflate autism with down syndrome it stops being funny so fucking fast "But you don't _look_ autistic"

[@Nerobyrne]

Audi High Definition Jokes aside though you are totally correct. It's extremely messed up to moralize any sort of mental condition

[@ErinaBee.sMoney]

I'm autistic (so-called Asperger's syndrome), many people laugh at me, mistaking this condition for Down's Syndrome

[@sgtjonmcc]

​@@ErinaBee.sMoney what!? How? My sister has Aspergers how can they confuse things so badly?

[@RdubPlays]

I can't even. I just can't.

[@shocken90]

As a historian, I just want to remind people how dangerous some of his talking points are. Equating genetics with sin is about as Christian fascist as it gets. It allows horrible theories about blood purity to get started.

[@somethinginthepines]

Did not expect to see a literal Puritan in the 21st century (physical ill equals physical sin, mental ill equals mental sin)

[@DidntExpect]

At least Wunderkind is getting less common among people, with Gen Z etc being less religious

[@chrisccc22]

The New Definition of Sin /sin/ "A dishonest representation of a KZbin video, editing out contradictions of your position."

[@christopherbzowski4346]

this is literally what Hitler used to to persecute jews.

[@chrisccc22]

@@christopherbzowski4346 And he'll teach his children the way his parents taught him.

[@DarkDemonOfHel]

As a person who was forced into religious beliefs and creationism and had to fight for their ability to think critically, thank you for your service against all that hideous misinformation out there! You are a real inspiration, Forrest!

[@handsome_lad]

same, he answered questions i had that my religion could never logically answer and he did it so well and logically, something that no one i knew could do

[@DarkDemonOfHel]

@@handsome_lad Absolutly! And for me He also brought Beauty to evolution. It always was a part of me, believing into evolution, but He made me proud to do so! A lit I got from my uber religious family was that Evolution was to boring to be true but man how incredible wrong they are! (It being boring was never an argument against it, I am all about :if you hear hooves behind you don't think of a zebra first' but now I am an absolut in awe everytime I learn something new about it)

[@slevinchannel7589]

Forrest, c'mon, mate, just call him what he is. No need to sugarcoat it: Matt is a Hatepreacher.

[@martifingers]

@@DarkDemonOfHel Great point about Beauty, Sera. Forrest's enthusiasm and humanity is matched by his science communication skills. He is eminently watchable.

[@DarkDemonOfHel]

@@martifingers Couldn't say it better, you're absolutly right. It was the end of the evolution song video that blew my mind and since then science blows my mind every time. Also he encourages researching topics yourself. I watch a lot creators that want to show how critical thinking works but he just does it. Idk it impacted me greatly and made me a better person. :D

[@Sahxocnsba]

As a normal human with a working brain "diamonds are the hardest subatomic particles" really hurt my brain

[@SamanthaLaurier]

Right? It's literally only carbon, same as graphite and coal.

[@kyrroti]

The subatomic particles of… atoms… atoms arranged a specific way.

[@Mangaka-ml6xo]

@@kyrroti Maybe Powel's a massive Ant-Man fan ? With thhe hate he showed toward people being fans of that kind of media it would be really funny.

[@unknowngamer37415]

I know what you mean I heard the word subatomic and I thought I heard it wrong but no he did say subatomic. I got to say it's going to be some pretty small jewelry if your diamond is that small (in fact it can't be a diamond if it's even only atomic scale because that is just a carbon atom but...)

[@LittleGoblinBoi]

​​​@@kyrroti he specifically called diamonds subatomic particles... Which is wrong, diamonds aren't particles, there are no "diamond atoms", just carbon atoms arranged a certain way - in a cubic crystaline structure. So, more correct would have been to say that "the diamond is the hardest MATERIAL, due to its ATOMIC STRUCTURE."

[@HomeLander-dt1rd]

As a person who is bisexual and also diagnosed with autism, I find this man rather frightening.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

You should. As someone who's neither I think him frightening too.

[@tedweird]

Him saying that one could evolve from a frog to a prince is a perfect analogy for how little he understands, as one is an Order of animals, and the other is a noble title. Not even apples and oranges, we're talking giraffes and skiing.

[@traildude7538]

Or as one of my science professors (geology) put it, "apples and orangutans".

[@douglasdavis8395]

@@traildude7538 - If giraffes could ski, there would be a KZbin of the event!

[@O.Reagano]

Are you referencing “I’m a giraffe!”

[@tedweird]

@@O.Reagano i mean, I wasn't, was just saying things that are not even vaguely related, but what a strange coincidence that the two things did in fact converge in a meme

[@lucaswallo8127]

@@tedweird yeah

[@geraintwd]

"If they had known about genetics, they probably wouldn't have put so much incest in there" Dude, that is the best summary of the Biblical "model" that I've ever seen. This was an amazing video, well done sir!

[@John-uk8eo]

Terrible logic.... Recording instances of incest in the bible isn't admission of ignorance. The genetic results of incest are not what make incest immoral. Those defects are just the results of the sin of incest. Incest, like other forms of sexual immorality, are sins because they deviate from God's purposeful design for sex. In other words the genetic defects as a result of incest barely scratch the surface in explaining why incest is wrong.

[@geraintwd]

@@John-uk8eo I think you're missing the point, this has nothing to do with the ethics or morality of incest. From a purely (bio)logical point of view, the fact that Adam and Eve had sons (no mention of daughters) leads us naturally to the question "who did those sons breed with to produce the next generation?" Now we know that Cain murdered Abel, so we're back down to 3 humans - Adam and Eve and their surviving son, Cain (though Adam and Eve later made love again, giving rise to Seth). From here, we see that Cain made love to his wife (who is not named) and she had a son, Enoch. This raises the question, since Eve was the only woman mentioned so far, WHO was Cain's wife? In fact, there is no mention of any other females being born or created until Genesis 6:1-2 _"When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose."_ How did the numbers of humans increase BEFORE they had daughters to reproduce with? Assuming that God had not popped any more of Adam's ribs and created some other women by this time, we have two possibilities: 1) Cain married and reproduced with his own mother, Eve, since she is the only female to have ever existed at this point OR 2) Adam and Eve had daughters as well, but they are never mentioned in the story, meaning that Cain wed and bred with his own sister. Either way, the available evidence points to Enoch's parents being blood relations. Not a great start to the genetic lineage of an entire species, right? OK, at this point I did a little research and found that Awan (or Aven) is mentioned elsewhere as being the wife of Cain in certain Abrahamic traditions, as well as being the daughter of Adam and Eve and therefore Cain's SISTER. Another sister, Aclima, is mentioned in Islamic texts, but you get the point. If this _"deviate[s] from God's purposeful design for sex"_ , then maybe he should have made a few more people in the garden to avoid that situation occurring, no?

[@aazhie]

@@geraintwd I beleive some scholars have pointed out that the Bible DOES talk about "Nod" which is a country or tribe that other, non Adam and Eve humans belonged to. Which is bizarre and confusing, buy kind of seems like the notion that Adam was God's Chosen not the only human in existence?? It's very confusing D:

[@nickgennady]

@@geraintwd Genetically (not ethics or morality) would incest be worse with parent or sibling. I think sibling right?

[@milopt.352]

@@nickgennady i think it might be just as bad for both cause you share 50% of your DNA in common with a parent and 50% in common with your siblings and that common ground is what causes issues for a biodiversity dependent species.

[@designtechdk]

As a chemist, I nearly died when Matt called diamonds "sub atomic particles". Ew.

[@shanewilson7994]

The first time I heard that I had to replay it a few times because I had a hard time a person with a brain could say something like that.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

The stupidity, ignorance and dishonesty of creacrappers are impossible to overestimate. Prepare for the worst and you'll still be surprised.

[@nenmaster5218]

@@shanewilson7994 Bigotry-Video-Essays: "Some More News"! I shall spam this comment in the clumsy attempt to fight Bigotry.

[@mariusjakobsen3778]

"the strongest subatomic particles" literally is made of the same particles as everything else

[@angeredturtle9135]

as someone who walked somewhat near a science classroom once or twice in my life, i nearly died when matt called diamonds "sub atomic particles"

[@AngelLuvr]

Forrest, I know you’re a humble guy, and I love that you promote channels that deliver similar content to your own, but you don’t have to say all those channels are way better than yours. Cause we love you and your channel. Don’t sell yourself short. As always, keep up the great content. Much love ♥️ I know it was meant to be a friendly gesture, and not taken super seriously, but I still had to let you know how much I love and appreciate your content.

[@Kim_Miller]

"He's a difficult person to underestimate" That line has to win some award.

[@albertleibold1415]

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21.

[@June_The_Goon]

​@@NSOcarthyou do realise that people have minds of their own, right? ... That quote doesn't even sound like what he said

[@curiositypiqued6573]

Underestimate = understate

[@Gnome-kc7pr]

⁠@@NSOcarthno, thats just a completely different insult. Lmao. You see a dog and you go "it copied from the cat" because they both have fur

[@maynardmckillen9228]

Poor Matt: he spends so much time spouting bile and deceitful gibberish that he can't afford more than one light bulb in his crawlspace.

[@FakingANerve]

"Nothing can penetrate diamonds because they're the toughest subatomic particles in nature." 😂 This is one of the funniest things I've heard in quite a while. It brings me back to the good old days, back in school, learning about protons, neutrons, electrons, and diamonds, the strongest of all of course being the diamonds. Fun times.

[@steve66em1]

Indeed. 😂 I may well have inflicted a permanent hand imprint on my face when I heard that. 🤦

[@tomasmickus6254]

its like that meme where "I use smart words to sound more photosinthesys" :D

[@ollieb8738]

Why doesn’t diamond, the strongest subatomic particle, simply eat the others?

[@grampadeal]

Reminded me of this ancient bit of internet history (diamond car vs diamond wall): i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/001/785/1148550915225.jpg

[@sholahverassa8582]

That was the second time in this video when I thought to myself: this guy can't be serious, right? The existence of such a moron indeed makes me question the efficiency of the natural selection, so I guess he achieved his goals by making me doubt it.

[@jkings454]

as a gay man, im terrified by the fact that people like Matt exist. thank you Forrest for calling out his bullshit

[@LilyoftheLake14]

Yep, I feel the same way. I'm a queer woman so it's pretty disturbing to know that this guy literally wants us dead. I mean, it's okay though since he said he wants us killed "humanely," though, right? 🙄😒 and just to cover my bases, since sarcasm can be hard to get across in text, that last bit was sarcastic lol. I use dark humor to process dark topics and knowing that there are people out there who follow this guy and agree with him is friggin scary. I hope he doesn't pull in anymore people who are lonely and vulnerable and looking for a place to belong cause that's how neonazis and other hate groups up their numbers. I'm just worried about how many more people than usual feel isolated lately (I'm one of those people) and it's easier to get people to follow hate groups when they're in that state. Works just like a cult, only this cult wants us to be killed for just existing. 😮‍💨

[@hankboog462]

The most horrifying thing to me is that he thinks he's helping LGBT people (I'm cishet, to be clear). He thinks hes like scaring people straight or something. I can't grasp that shit. Truly no hate like Christian love

[@patricknelson]

I’m surprised that to him homosexuality “one of the worst crimes ever.” Totally comes off to me as super-closeted projection. There are _so_ many unspeakably horrific things in this word that a person can do and _this_ is what he clings to. SMH.

[@dancingnature]

As a cis het woman , I’m terrified of stupid people like Matt. 50 years ago a gay male friend almost died and ended up with serious brain injuries because of a- holes like him !

[@JoeBoomerMusic]

As a straight man, I’m terrified. Hell, if I was a unicorn I’d be ashamed for other mammals.

[@Merkhahba]

That little audio-only segment at the end was quite the treat.

[@LandIsFlat]

Mutations ARE caused by sin: when a fruit fly fails to pray, cheats on its God-given spouse with a spider and skips Sunday mass, it changes its eye colour due to the overwhelming sense of guilt.

[@internetidiot4206]

Bacterium are incredibly sinful. They reject God’s plan of procreation with male and female, and reproduce asexually. They don’t even advocate to the other paramecium to worship God. All bacteria are headed for hell.

[@lemmon-up4er]

No it's bar shaped.

[@rachaeljohnson3217]

I needed a laugh! Thanks!

[@NubianNarrator]

As an intersex person it disgusts me when religious folks refer to people like me as defects....i don't feel like a defect, I feel like a person.

[@orangemc9358]

Do you ever throw it back at them, like "What does my existence say about your god? Aren't I modeled after him?" Or do you just ignore it? I don't mean to be personal, I'm just curious.

[@SomeRando92]

Religious folks...? Did you mean religious zealots?

[@NubianNarrator]

@SomeRando92 No, I said what I said. I've met this ignorance from self-proclaimed moderates and zealots.

[@NubianNarrator]

@@orangemc9358 all the time. I have a slick mouth.

[@rainestorm6029]

Ikr? It's so annoying, like how could you call someone defective, it's most obviously not

[@jdlech]

I remember as a teenager, I started talking about all the engineering compromises that make up human biology and a teacher getting extremely upset because I was "criticizing God".

[@shadowrylander]

​@@summerlovinxx "Which hell?" 😹 Best response, in my opinion.

[@nellymurkthewitch]

Welp, the bastard deserves some criticism to be honest, lol

[@spaceman081447]

Good for you!

[@praiseboognish1979]

I sure hope that didn’t happen in an American public school.

[@hifibrony]

Well, it's just like criticizing Batman, Daffy Duck or any other fictional character, so what's the big deal?

[@argumentativetype3218]

As an autistic person myself I'm glad this video exists. Growing up in an evangelical church I always felt like I was somehow wrong for existing. It took me years to come to terms with the fact that my autism isn't a problem to be solved but a simple difference in my wiring. Thank you for your words. They mean the world

[@JShepLord]

I think this guy is the perfect example that disproves the idea that humans are "perfect" in their current form.

[@JShepLord]

@@NSOcarth there is no God.

[@JShepLord]

@@NSOcarth wut

[@VitreousVirtuosa]

@@NSOcarthYou make a lot or assumptions about people who dont believe, it seems. Also, for the record, your god is in fact a genocidal maniac..so youre the one propping that up as the ruler of everything.

[@maynardmckillen9228]

Hmmm...so this bigot is a...mutation?

[@floppa_gamer1111]

@@JShepLord you recked that guy so much that he deleted his comments

[@jerrymcweston3510]

I'm a Christian and your channel convinced me that evolution is real. I have now realised how insane this man is. edit: thanks to everyone for their kind words. I have now changed denominations and have moved from a very conservative southern Baptist church to a much more liberal united Methodist church.

[@albertleibold1415]

“A mutation is a change in the DNA sequence of an organism. Mutations can result from errors in DNA replication during cell division, exposure to mutagens or a viral infection.” Source: National Human Genome Research Institute

[@morganwhite4788]

It's nice of you to have joined us, because UNLIKE Matt, we AREN'T prejudiced against people with beliefs other than us.

[@carriemummy]

Congratulations! Welcome to the science side!

[@th3logician]

As a 17 year old atheist who still lives with his family of creationist Christians…. The craziness is real. Hello fellow free thinkers.

[@bryanjames5256]

​@@albertleibold1415 Yes. DNA is subject to its environmental pressures. What was the point of this?

[@idaniluz652]

in short, Matt's entire argument is "I don't understand words therefore evolution wrong"

[@briley2177]

He is the physical manifestation of the argument from personal incredulity fallacy. And like so many who retain religious beliefs because they cannot fathom, or refuse to educate themselves, it’s less about honest ignorance or incredulity and more about dishonestly defending a belief system that offers them some level of power, prestige, security, solace, or the ability to perceive themselves as special within a universe that is completely indifferent to their existence. That’s why the final few seconds of the video is so unsurprisingly elucidating. That rage-filled, smugly-superior, misogynistic tirade shows exactly who he is, what he thinks of himself, what he thinks of others, and how he uses his “faith.”

[@raviolifromiceland6441]

@@briley2177I 100% agree, I've tried to put what you just said into words yet have never been able to find a way to before, you phrased it wonderfully

[@brentwalker3300]

That applies to the majority of radical Christians as well as flat Earthers.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

@Brent Walker Ya got that right

[@EnzoMaz]

@@brentwalker3300 Religious people in general, Muslims here are the same more or less

[@danthemanlavitan]

Forrest is being so nice here by giving Matt polite options. "maybe he grossly misunderstood....” "perhaps" etc. So polite to not directly call Matt a flipping idiot and save time

[@mossy1476]

I'm Autistic and I really appreciate you not just mentioning things like, that its not a disease to be cured etc and that you left resources and actively encouraging people to look into it and include us in the conversation. We are so often talked over, and not included in conversations about us (partialy, or Completely) and its just a breath of fresh air. Thank you!

[@DneilB007]

There’s an idea that autism might be part of a millennia-old attempt to deal with newborn crania being larger than the birth canal can safely accommodate. For the past 10,000 years or so, our cranial capacity has been decreasing. Some recent studies have linked ASD with a smaller head at birth than the average, with an accelerated growth rate that starts earlier than average, such that both populations end up with similar head sizes in early childhood. It’s theorized that autism might be a symptom of the brain growth during the attachment period (when neurotypical brains are not growing at a significant rate). That in turn makes growing those neural pathways more metabolically expensive than with a neurotypical brain, making those processes more difficult. Yep, that does make us mutants. Perhaps we are the early progenitors of Homo superior (shoutout to Prof X & Magneto).

[@FishyTheKobold]

@@DneilB007 I'm a mutant? Cool 😎

[@winkstack6410]

@@DneilB007 that's interesting - I've never heard of that before, might look into it

[@jrojala]

What was it Mystique said? Oh right, “Mutant and Proud!”

[@rabidporcupine0]

@@DneilB007 Damn, wish I'd gotten the power to control metal instead of the power to not carry a conversation long enough to get through a job interview.

[@idaniluz652]

I wish every science teacher was as passionate as Forrest about what they are teaching

[@slevinchannel7589]

Many are; so dont sto phere please.

[@jayandremcmurtry7331]

Same. I love science but all my science classes were taught be people with degrees is finance lol

[@joelonsdale]

@@slevinchannel7589 Your English teacher obviously wasn't putting the effort in!

[@venerexate1841]

@@slevinchannel7589 my brain had a stroke reading that.

[@ParanormalEncyclopedia]

@@slevinchannel7589 whatever percentage of science teachers are as passionate about educating kids properly we could use more.

[@WattaYog]

As an autistic person, I loved both your deep dive into the numbers based on that wack model of losing DNA every generation and also you comparing me to a chocolate chip cookie. 🥰😋 "Error doesn't necessarily mean bad, it just means different. And different can be good." -Forrest

[@ravenblackwing7888]

We need more people like Forrest

[@ThatBlondeRecluse]

I, too, am an Autistic cookie. I love this comparison & I will be using it moving forward.

[@steveOCalley]

In fact, being “different” more likely leads to the survival of a species. It’s all about the environment where the species lives. What helps in one place is deleterious in another. Genes aren’t “good” or “bad.”

[@SwenBoxum]

​@@ThatBlondeRecluseI'm going to start calling myself an autistic cookie when it comes up :)

[@korejon_]

as someone with autism i have to say thank you for talking about our disability and explaining the science we currently know behind it because its so misunderstood in the modern day

[@guilhermecastro9893]

What pisses me off is the fact that some people still think vaccines cause autism which is degrading to such a degree that it is juat a few sentences away from a human rights violation

[@JoeyP946]

I wouldn't say about myself I have a disability, but I am mildly autistic

[@TheHarleqwin]

​@@JoeyP946Society does not account for it, and we function differently than neurotypicals, around whom the entirety of society has been designed for. Autism is a disability by definition.

[@JoeyP946]

@@TheHarleqwin so is your lack of intellect.

[@TheHarleqwin]

@@JoeyP946 lol How's your reading comprehension? When I said "we," I'm identifying myself as an autistic person. Your lack of education regarding your own personhood doesn't change the definition.

[@charleshadley1468]

Always love when "Disgusted Forrest" makes an appearance. This man genuinely cares, and is not afraid to show his disgust and disappointment whenever someone grossly misrepresents science to try and prop up a horrid agenda. Keep up the fight Forrest, love your work

[@lidbass]

Depends what you are disgusted about. If you are disgusted about a homophobe who masquerades as a teacher and leader while deliberately lying and misrepresenting the very thing he argues against, who manipulates people he is supposed to be responsible to, and who glories in his own appalling ignorance then that is perfectly fine.

[@charleshadley1468]

@Fk Yu A serious and honest answer to your response, that may or may not have been a bit of a joke, I hate how difficult it is to figure out time through text. Forrest here spends most of his time trying to keep things light-heard and fun. The slip to disgust feels genuine because of it, and even in this video he went back to his fun tone after he said what needed to be said. For my part, as I am the one who posted it, that is my standard, and it isn't doubled. Seeing a genuine slip of disgust and anger from someone who tried to keep things positive and fun is something I applaud because it adds depth and makes the whole thing feel more like a true and genuine thing. If that is similar to how you would display disgust towards people like Matt Powell, then I applaud you as well. 😁

[@charleshadley1468]

@@lidbass Absolutely. Completely random thought, but wouldn't it be fun (read horrifying) if Matt Powell and Kirk Cameron did a collab?

[@lidbass]

@@charleshadley1468 We could have a competition to see who manages to say the most stupid things. My money is on Powell, but it's a very close call!

[@charleshadley1468]

@@lidbass They're definitely both Olympic level ridiculous. Kirk, with his Crocoduck pictures, is a very low bar for Matt to try and get under, though. Granted, Matt likes to site sources that actively disprove what he's saying, so it would be a tough competition. Maybe one of them would say something so stupid it shakes the other to their core, though...

[@yeettheduck23]

I’ve heard a lot of disgusting and horrible sh*t from these people but “being gay is a capital offense” isn’t something I was expecting. I am speechless.

[@loutsont2985]

Not too long ago being gay just was being hard to date.

[@Grungy1]

You've never heard that before. I have heard it preached from the pulpit.

[@WitchidWitchid]

People like Matt are dangerous. That'd why separation of church and state is critical. Imagine enough people like Matt were to be making the rules at the top level.

[@ritchie6162]

@@Grungy1bruh I grew up with this as a gay kid it was preached pretty often. Shocker I’m still gay who’da thunk that berating people didn’t fix that?

[@yk3315]

Wait till you meet Islam

[@SuperHGB]

I like how matt said "If they're not male or female what are they?" he literally answered his question before AND after he asked

[@wizardsuth]

He's going to be really confused if he ever finds out about parthenogenic species, hermaphrodites, fungi with thousands of sexes, or intersex people. He wants everything and everyone to fit in neat little boxes, and nature doesn't work that way.

[@th3g4mingexp3rt5]

I personally don’t agree with anything he said except for things pertaining to gender identity, he just worded it like an idiot

[@N0lta21]

@@th3g4mingexp3rt5 loser

[@nocbvideos6458]

@@th3g4mingexp3rt5 hes wrong though. There are people where it is biologically unclear weather they are male or female. Therefor they are none binary. And lets not forget that the question of gender is only to some degree a biological question.

[@AmEv7fam]

​@@th3g4mingexp3rt5Intersex people (literally 1% of the human population), Swyer Syndrome, de la Chapelle syndrome, and alligator DNA all debunk the concept of "male chromosomes" and "female chromosomes". Literally the only reason you'd insist on segregating everybody into "male" and "female" is to keep on justifying a literalistic interpretation of a religious document - a document that has been thoroughly scrutinized and debunked.

[@elil8094]

The fact that it’s a 2 second google search to see that xxy chromosomal syndromes exist

[@RatsPicklesandMusic]

I'm an autistic adult and I thank you SO much for explaining how wrong he was about autism!! 🖤

[@Espion-]

I'm a lesbian, and I've seen a lot of homophobia online, I've seen and laughed at and made fun of a lot of really horrifying statements, but occasionally there will be one that gets me genuinely afraid, and this guy's speech on gay people was one of those. I know that he's in the vast minority and has very little power, but it's still terrifying to think that if he was in power or had control over the legal system, I could be killed at literally any time by my government. I'm young and so fortunately never had to live through worse times, but it's still amazing to me that same-sex marriage wasn't even legal until what, 2015? I'm rambling but my point is how genuinely uncomfortable and nervous these people make me, knowing I'm looking at someone who would kill me if he could without consequences. It makes me all the more grateful for what you do here, Forrest. I've learned a ton from you and it honestly means a lot that you can stand up to this type of bullshit at the same time. Keep doing what you're doing, I'll keep watching.

[@jrojala]

These preachers and pastors are making it very scary for us... Have you seen all the recent ranting about “witches?” I’m a LGBTQ+ midwife that offers education and self-directed maternity care. I focus my practice to LGBTQ+ and other underserved minority populations and as I recall, we were often on the hit list right along with the people we serve… I’ve only recently received flack about a article from 2009 where I refer to “the pregnant person” and “chestfeeding” while talking about a non-binary client of mine. Using gender-neutral terms, something I’ve done for over a decade, is suddenly offensive? Why do they care? Honestly? Why?

[@ReiperX]

And, unfortunately, same sex marriage is being threatened once more due to bigotry.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

@ Espion and Jrojala: Rene Girard answered your question with the scapegoat principle. Bigots like MattP always use it to gain power and keep control. The bitter irony is that Girard's research turned him into a christian, because Jesus was the ultimate scapegoat - the same Jesus christian bigots claim to follow.

[@brucemibus9523]

Fear mongers like Matt Powell have turned off their listening function in order to output the garbage they have been programmed with. Religion has no place in deciding whether an individual is worthwhile, that is only for the individual to muse upon and NOBODY ELSE!

[@Isometrix116]

@@jrojala I have a serious question, is breast not gender neutral? I always just assumed that breasts were part of everyone’s anatomy and biological females had enlarged breasts, but you said “chestfeed” rather than “breastfeed” in an effort to be more gender neutral.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

He literally says diamonds are subatomic particles. Stupidity indeed has no confidence issues. 2:15 "do you think code can write itself?" - Yes, it can. In fact it's so well-known it has its own name: metaprogramming.

[@Mr_Reaps25]

Oh that's neat about code programming itself

[@phillyphakename1255]

Not only can programs write programs, I had a professor in college who designed a program that could autonomously design both software and hardware, and update itself as more data comes in to further optimize the design. He was actually a physics professor who needed it as a filter to reject obviously uninteresting data from one of the CERN super collider experiments, so they didn't have to waste compute capacity analyzing uninteresting data. Make it machine learning to figure out what might be interesting, and make that algorithm baked directly into the hardware. Pretty crazy stuff.

[@traildude7538]

@@phillyphakename1255 That reminds me of a robot intended to inspect steel bridges and find any flaws from corrosion, metal fatigue, etc. They tried writing code to do the things that human bridge inspectors do but ran up against the problem that the human inspectors couldn't describe how they could tell something was wrong well enough to put into code. So they threw that out and started with what senses the inspectors used -- sight, touch, hearing -- and provided the robots with instruments to reproduce those senses. Then they wrote code that enabled the robot to use those instruments and to follow along as one superb inspector did his work, and let the robot compare its data to the inspectors' results and write its own algorithms for matching those results. Dozens of bridge inspectors later, the robot was 98% as accurate as the human inspector, so the researchers gave it other sensors and let it work with the data those generated and also set it to working with other bridge inspectors. Dozens more bridge inspections later the robot was a better inspector than any individual human inspector and was finding flaws that human inspectors didn't.

[@TheNinthGeneration1]

@@Mr_Reaps25 and evolutionary algorithms, they’re really interesting

[@asiano3385]

What is the purpose of spam bots if they don't even lure people to click on a shady websites? I'm always disappointed when I see a spam bot repeating something over and over again but I cannot be scammed at the same time. What a waste of spam bot potential.

[@Kimmie6772]

As a lesbian atheist we're only a little over a minute in and I already fear this man. The joy and excitement on his face for his beliefs when he describes execution - killing and murder endorsed by the government if we're being accurate - for gay people is nothing less than abominable. The man looks so young as well. This combined with the political climate of the state I'm living in makes me feel nauseous. All I want to do is love and be loved and he believes that his god believes I am deserving of eternal torture and for me to no longer deserve the gift of life. This is something people say to pedophiles, r*pe, and beastiality, not consenting adults who respect one another.

[@pm1660]

Don't forget his infinite hypocrisy when they want to sell "God" as all loving being but he says that "God" hates certain people that IT supposedly has created. They contradict themselves so much, yet people still listen to douchbgas like Matt Powell and Hovid and the lot.

[@DCronk-qc6sn]

There are more decent people than evil ones. The good news is that fewer and fewer are doing the "gawd" thing. Therefore, fewer evil people. They are loud but few.

[@Kimmie6772]

@@jaxsonlee10 he is more of a symbol of my fear than fearing him in his own right. You would expect talk like this coming from older generations. My fear is in how many people can say that they dont have much issue in what he is saying.

[@JimmyHey]

That one sentence about murder endorsed by the government reminds me of a police interrogation I've recently watched where the cop asked a potential suspect if he believed that killing someone is wrong. You know to gauge if that suspect is capable of understanding the morality of what he was alleged of. All I could think was "Well the american government seems to be okay with it, they're killing people all the time, they STILL have the death penalty in some states." Apart from that, I hope you know that you're appreciated and that your life is valued and worth living even if there are insane people like that guy who try to tell you otherwise. Don't give their words any value.

[@Espion-]

@@jaxsonlee10 It's really just the knowledge that he *would* harm us if he could. That if he somehow was in power we could be killed. Just a reminder that these people still exist, so it brings with it the fear of living in a world where they get their way

[@joanfregapane8683]

I was honestly surprised and disgusted by Matt Powell’s incredibly evil and vile hatred of LGBTQ+ people. Thank you again, though, Forrest, for a thorough, informative, humane and even entertaining debunking of Powell’s video. Long live Reacteria!

[@bryonjackson3209]

Its sad and hateful, and I hope one day my LGTBQ+ friends can live without having to worry about people glibly suggesting they should be murdered by the state. Its sickening that he would even say that.

[@n0etic_f0x]

We can only be happy he is such a massive coward, he would not be the one to commit mass genocide it would be our government. Okay Matt... sure, you do know your idol Kent hates government yeah? Yet this is the most massive and insane government in the history of all time. They may need some taxes to fund this but Kent does not like those. Oh fun fact Kent is a sovereign citizen that believes laws are illegal and that he lives as the lord of the nation of Florida. I know how insane that sounds but I typed that correctly.

[@EBDavis111]

Why were you surprised? Have you ever met a fundamentalist evangelical who wasn't a bigot?

[@n0etic_f0x]

@@bryonjackson3209 we are just so powerful that at least 15 countries have to outlaw us.

[@danielkirienko1701]

He also has a giant inflatable banana in his backyard he calls Dr. Peel. I'm not making that up.

[@alexbrown128]

The "let's actually give gay people the death penalty" opinion is a rare one to see someone actually say out loud

[@Kate-uo5zv]

Not so much. It happens daily. Every where.

[@naxy7741]

@@Kate-uo5zvand it’s sad it is.

[@juliamira9621]

Not to mention that, as a farmer, I've had gay roosters, sheep, and even a dog. Obviously sinners.

[@ckwilli8142]

@@juliamira9621im gay so this isn’t coming from a place of disbelief, but how do you determine that in your animals?

[@floppyseizure8615]

This guy is so anti-gay, it's giving me the feeling that he is gay himself.

[@MrJaster45]

Once again, thanks Forrest for your in-depth knowledge and critique. We need more people like you in this space debunking people like Matt and their misinformation.

[@dr.k_6016]

as a fellow scientist (chemist), that we are even needing to have these conversations is pretty disturbing. You have a much better sense of humor about it than I do!

[@albertleibold1415]

You apparently know for a fact to be the descendant of a brainless unicellular organism called LUCA, right?

[@bswantner2]

As a network engineer (so... non-scientist) from Texas, I'm not surprised in the least. Fundamentalism makes the most decent into callous monsters. It's freaking nuts. My mother, sweetness and kindness itself, once remarked, "Son, if they lived a righteous path then God wouldn't have put the American military in their country." No empathy, yet not WMD's. Religion is frightening.

[@Christi_the_Mac]

I’m the autistic mother to an autistic adult son, and his hateful comment about Downs Syndrome and Autism being “negative” mutations made me so angry and simultaneously so grateful for Forrest being such a thoughtful scientist. Thank you, Forrest, for your kind words of contempt and disdain when you took the time to debunk his hateful lies. You are so good at making people feel seen and accepted, even appreciated, for being exactly who they are, and I hope you know what a balm that is for the people you are talking about.

[@thekwjiboo]

I'm autistic also, and my natural way to stim is exercise. If there are weights around (I keep dumbells all over the place) I'll grab em and go to town, if there aren't I'll just start slamming out push-ups or sit-ups. Because of this, I would love to see this guy come tell me to my face how my autism is a genetic curse caused by mankind's sin. He can talk all sort of shit when he's all safe and comfy on his couch spewing ignorant hate into a camera.

[@Christi_the_Mac]

@@thekwjiboo I would buy tickets to see that show. And bring popcorn ☺️ What a cool and useful stim to have! I knit and listen to documentary podcasts about history, language and science. Not very useful, except for anyone who needs hats or slippers, lol.

[@Jeewanu216]

On behalf of struggling autists, thank you for being the mother your son deserves, especially when dealing with the same.

[@NiloQuest]

@@Christi_the_MacCool stim!!! My friend made me a blanket years ago and I sleep with it every day. It provides a level of comfort unmatched and knowing they spent all that time on it just for me reminds me I’m worth effort! Your stim is very useful lol people you make things for will be forever grateful. Being able to create things is super cool and has unintended side effects you may not know! Like your friends being super grateful you’re here

[@Christi_the_Mac]

@@NiloQuest thank you so much for your kind validation of my stim! It goes beyond a hobby, lol, and it’s really an addiction. But the plus side of this addiction is everyone gets something fuzzy for holidays/birthdays! 😂 You’re very kind to remind me that people may be more appreciative of my gifts than I think they would be.

[@tak81527]

I love how poor Forrest can't even keep a straight face/stop cracking up while discussing the genetic calculations lmao

[@nenmaster5218]

Bigotry-Video-Essays: "Some More News"! I shall spam this comment in the clumsy attempt to fight Bigotry.

[@edrueter9]

Watching someone having fun doing something that they enjoy, particularly when it's nerdy, is my absolute favorite. Forrest rocked that base pair calculation! He should watch me talk baseball or football stats with my friends lol.

[@vagabondsentinel]

As an autistic person (or person with autism - I use both), thank you for addressing the complexity of autism and talking about how many gaps exist in our understanding of it, and for calling out his disrespectful and uninformed bullshit. I am not surprised to see you handle it respectfully and with accurate, detailed information, but I still appreciate it.

[@supermasterball1]

I most definitely agree with you on this as fellow person with autism(it's my preferred term but I do use autistic person from time to time). Especially when the guy he is reacting to literally said Autism is a disease which it isn't. I'm proud to be on the spectrum and do not see any part of myself is fundamentally wrong about me.

[@chiisuigintou]

I'm unsure if I should be proud of what I am, who I am, or whatever. When it comes to it, society as a whole, is one big boll of egocentric, toxic, maniacs who will talk down to you, to anyone who looks, thinks, or acts different than themselves sadly, such bs, only ads to that.,. I wish I could've went to a normal school, however, people with autism are pushed into a "special school", within Belgium, so when it comes to my education, I know almost nothing,

[@supermasterball1]

@@chiisuigintou I'll first state there is nothing wrong with you, being autistic is just one part of who you are not the whole thing. The reason I am proud to be who I am is to battle the stereotypes and show to other autistic individuals there is nothing wrong with them. I live in the US so I don't know the state of things in Belgium. But even here stuff like ableism and infantilization are still major issues even though I have been lucky to avoid most of it. I don't want to sound like I truely know your situation but I would suggest on trying to learn what ever interests you and maybe reach out to an online community of people with Autism.

[@vagabondsentinel]

@@chiisuigintou I am neither proud of nor ashamed of who I am. I simply am. Some things about me, I can change, but many, I can't. It's taken me a long time to come to terms with that, and honestly, my diagnosis has helped me recognize what I've been unfairly harsh with myself over and given me an avenue to come to terms with those things and learn more effective ways to help myself. I wasn't diagnosed until adulthood, so I attended public schools throughout my youth and went through the standard curriculum along side everyone else, which ... well, it certainly came with its own fair share of complications, but it was a standard education. It sucks that your education was lacking.

[@dyamonde9555]

@@vagabondsentinel i basically have the same lifestory. went through public schools, which actually worked quite well if you don't count all the "being bullied", until university where i horribly crashed and burned. Got my diagnosis when i was about 36, and since then things have finally started making sense. I am now a happy statistical prop.

[@bsmonkey6036]

"Diamonds are the toughest subatomic particle in nature" That one got me lmfao

[@udbhavanbanerjee4374]

Yeah I literally spit out my drink 😂

[@DeMooniC]

FR I don't get how that didn't get adressed by Forrest lmao

[@bobclack3256]

he also said "you cant carbon date diamonds, and they have a ton of C14 so they must be new", like how dumb do you have to be to not know diamonds are made of Carbon... It's like trying to date the age of Salt by measuring how much Salt is in it. I cannot with these people

[@blakksheep736]

​​@@bobclack3256lso, carbon dating only works on living things, so double stupidity.

[@bass-dc9175]

@@blakksheep736 And diamonds are generally found in regions where other radioactive material is located, which can create Carbon 14 in them, meaning we expect to find C14 in old diamonds. So tripply stupid.

[@MakotoKamui]

As someone with a computational math degree, I am still crying laughing over your number crunching in the generations to show just how silly Matt's claims are, that was fantastic!

[@mr.mcbeavy1443]

Yes, though I would say his number of generations is low. He used what he said was their life expectancy 2,000 years ago (25 yrs.) as a factor while the correct factor would be the average age of procreation 2,000 years ago, (15?). Getting older going forward.

[@alexalbuquerquerodriguesal108]

@@Jonathanking88 Yep, and english isn't exactly the center of all languages. For example, in portuguese the phrase "holy crap" isn't a expression if translated literally (santa merda), but taking a few liberties with the translation to find an actual expression that fits would "puta merda" ("fucking shit" or "bitch shit" in english, which isn't a expression in english, at least It's not something I ever heard).

[@cobrasys]

@@alexalbuquerquerodriguesal108 I've always translated "holy crap" as "meu caralho" or something similar, which is even farther from the literal translation. 😆

[@alexalbuquerquerodriguesal108]

@@cobrasys Hahaha, I forgot that one, very well put. I think It works even better than the ones I presented.

[@alexalbuquerquerodriguesal108]

@@Jonathanking88 Well I may or may not have seen the video yet and couldn't get the joke exactly, but based upon some other arguments based upon language It boiled down to "my language says X therefore this valid/true" (kinda cuss the name of the fella allegelly upstairs and performing blasphemy), but It always fails to account for any other languages that doesn't the exact same expression present. That was the point really, pretty tangential as you put It.

[@mrthewhite2620]

Regarding the flawed pelvis point. I've also read that humans are actually born several months earlier that they probably should be because a fully formed solid human skull still wouldn't be able to fit though our pelvis. Leaving our babies more vulnerable than any other mamal baby.

[@guilhermecastro9893]

Well hyenas give birth trough a pseudo penis vaginal canal, that strangulates the babies and or kills the mother some times

[@noblegas8485]

Our brains and therefore skulls are too big to fit through the pelvic opening without that tweak to soften the skull and a shit load of labour pain. So in a way we're literally born too smart for our own good.

[@vaughnhaney7020]

Human babies aren't the weakest of all mammals but we've got the weakest primate babies iirc

[@bretsheeley4034]

"[Diamonds] are the toughest subatomic particle that exists in nature." I think my brain just broke by how many incorrect concepts can be layered on top of each other in a single sentence. Update: Oh wow. It just kept going downhill from there. Update 2: "Natural Selection" - "So who is doing the selection?" Nature.... nature is doing the selection. It's right there in the phrase. The minor step is created (the mutation), and its natural ability to survive to reproduce those qualities further determines if that deviation continues on. That's it. Update 3: "Sin causes genetic mutations" - Well, for non-asexual reproductive beings, I guess that's true since Christians keep referring to sex being a sin. I mean, if there's no sex, there's no evolution for the species, since the generations would be one-n-done. Of course nobody has even proven that "sin" exists.

[@nenmaster5218]

Bigotry was covered by Some More News, Knowing Better and Emma Thorne. just so you know.

[@Cant.Take.It.Anymore]

You know...protonds, neutronds, and diamonds.

[@rompevuevitos222]

The final part sent me "And since evolution is false, that's why sin causes mutations" The most random claim i have heard

[@bobthebox2993]

When creationists ask: "It's natural selection, so who is doing the selecting" The term "natural selection" literally gives you the answer, it's selection through natural processes. Just like how "artificial selection" is selection through artificial processes.

[@Bored_Overthinker]

Yes! Exactly!

[@stephenolan5539]

I think the heart of why Creationists reject Evolution is because it means we were not planned or intended. A lot of people can't understand a world where not everything is intentional. They can't handle the concept of randomness.

[@t-wizzle2803]

"You are a hard man to underestimate" is one of the coldest slams ive heard in a while

[@iamcurious9541]

"If THEY are not a male or a female, what are THEY." That got me hard 😂

[@nenmaster5218]

More Bigotry-Coverage (i promise its also fun, just like Valkai): Creaky Blinder, Some More News, Second Thought, Illuminaughtii, Emma Thorne.

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

that part was honestly really funny and really saddening simultaneously

[@Miglow]

Walking into the point and missing it

[@characterblub]

As a they, I was like THAT. YOU SAID IT BOYO

[@va941]

@@characterblub why they?

[@scottsmith2235]

I loved Forrest’s last comment: “Matt is a difficult person to underestimate.”

[@crendler9912]

Hahaha yeah definitely

[@mariastevens6406]

🤣😂

[@alecsnider3225]

Such a brilliant non-compliment :)

[@brichavez1415]

Feel like he's mastered passive-aggressiveness

[@parallax256]

5:22 Ayyo?

[@chetleahey8944]

I have autism and the ableism the creationist displayed was painful. Our differences are beautiful, not a curse because of sin. Edit: just got to the end of the video-thank you so much for actually giving reliable sources and treating us like humans beings

[@ErinnnnL]

My father in law and brother are autistic. I'm so glad the view of autism is shifting

[@its_4life]

I have ADHD. Same message here.

[@rachaeljohnson3217]

I am tired of creationism saying that we are sinners! Your beautiful and never believe anything other then that!

[@CatherineLambert-fz7pd]

Yes, totally agreed. Same for mental health issues. My best friend had schizophrenia and I have suffered from depression; not cool.

[@s0LLagal]

As soon as someone starts trying to advocate eugenics is when I stop lending respect to them, lmao

[@barkerbikepirate4916]

I think sometimes I click on your videos just to see your cheerful demeanor and it makes me feel happy.

[@Mr_Vosakisen]

Matt - "They're literally admitting they don't even know what a mutation is" 2 seconds later- "because a mutation, by the very definition..." I wonder who came up with the definition...if the scientist don't know what it is, how does matt here know?

[@spocksvulcanbrain]

First, let's get one thing out of the way. We must kill the discussion about evolution vs. creationism. Even if evolution was monumentally debunked, that doesn't get you one millimeter closer to proving a god is responsible for the world/universe/man - anything basically. All it's done is say species as we know them didn't come to exist through the current model of evolution. The religious like to say, "so God did it." But that's a fallacy because there's no evidence for that. So all this talk of evolution vs creationism is a massive red herring.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

Try to kill as much as you want, but no creacrapper will let go of his/her beloved logical fallacies. Creacrap is build on them: Paley's False Watchmaker Analogy and the God of the Gaps. It's literally all they have. So debunking that False Dilemma won't help.

[@Christobanistan]

Yeah, creationists simply won't give up their beliefs because they aren't based on logic or truth at all. They're based on the terror that if Evolution is true, their religion (Christianity or Islam) is undeniably false, at least if taken as literally true. Some Catholics accept Evolution, but only because they accept the Catholic Church's teaching (I don't know the correct term, sorry) that the Bible is NOT the direct, literal word of God, just inspired by Him and therefore often wrong.

[@n3r3sh77]

"But if THEY are not a male or a female, what are THEY?" Funniest thing Matt has ever said.

[@caydensmith3291]

That had me fucking wheezing. what are THEY like... bruh yes

[@LinguaPhiliax]

I'm honestly kind of impressed that he phrased a question in a way in which the question answers itself!

[@Munchkin.Of.Pern09]

It’s even more ridiculous to me, because he’s talking about nonbinary people ‘not being male or female” when dude, that isn’t even the issue. Sex is biological, Gender is sociological, and both of them exist on their own spectrum!

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@@Munchkin.Of.Pern09 How many chromosome combinations are there? There's an X you get from your mother and either an X or a Y you get from your father which directly determines whether you're a boy or a girl. This presents 2 possible options: XX for a girl or XY for a boy. This is the very definition of a dichotomy, it's one or the other. Sex is biological, gender is basically synonymous (seriously, look it up). Gender *roles* are social. I don't have a problem with men keeping the house or women in the workforce. But there's a line and men trying to access women's restroom or vice versa most definitely crosses that line. That is a sexual harassment and/or assault case just waiting to happen.

[@dancingnature]

Reuben that’s not correct . There are XY women who are fertile and have given birth. If the sex determine region on the Y chromosome isn’t working or missing that person is going to be female ! There are a lot of genes that control this which is why there are non binary people. Not all of those genes are on the X or Y chromosomes!

[@bruhmoment5020]

"If THEY're not male or female, what are THEY?" hm, yeah that's a tough one

[@catherinerobertson5930]

By Matt’s logic, since the word “astronaut” comes from the latin “astrum” meaning “star” and “nauta” meaning “sailor,” someone who is a sailor on the ocean inherently has all the necessary qualifications to be an astronaut. Making a pun doesn’t mean you made a point.

[@metroplexprime9901]

Since Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins all went to the moon, they are therefore all Sailor Moon.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@marianmeletlidiscrap]

Those latin words come from greek, astrum comes from άστρο, which means star, and nauta comes from ναύτης, which means sailor. But other than that, your point still stands

[@whatabouttheearth]

Why does the term Star Sailor make me want to listen to the band Styx?

[@duetopersonalreasonsaaaaaa]

@@metroplexprime9901 alright who's gonna make the fanart. I can't die without seeing this

[@possumfrog]

Wow. I’m currently a freshman in high school and I thought I wasn’t understanding biology well. I’m passing with mostly As and Bs on my assignments and tests, but struggling to connect topics together. I felt so smart actually understanding most of the things being talked about. It’s insane to see how dumb these people are, when 14 and 15 year olds can grasp them just fine. Btw, we just started our evolution unit and I am seriously considering sending you channel to my teacher so we want watch a video on class.

[@albertleibold1415]

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists report data from a new study providing evidence that random, unpredictable DNA copying “mistakes” account for nearly two-thirds of the mutations that cause cancer.

[@lemmon-up4er]

Good luck biology is fascinating.

[@psygaud]

I'm so excited for you! I hope the curriculum at your school is good. Biology is so interesting, but my intro to it in high school was so boring that I didn't take any of the actual biology classes afterward (but now I'm a molecular biologist and almost finished my PhD!). Some of the topics and concepts can be hard to understand if you aren't told why or how they're connected, so if you're not sure about something there is nothing wrong with asking questions. Good luck!

[@TheOneAndOnlyLoser666]

I'm also a freshman, and I was thinking the same thing; glad to know I'm not the only one going insane over the idiocy of some of these people

[@dodecahedron6883]

If you don't think about it, you forget it. My mom, 51, often says she doesn't understand how her generation have forgotten their schooling and what the world was like during their youth. The same thing happened to the hippies on some level. The key is to not stop trying to learn once you're out of school, find things to educate yourself on that interest you outside of school. keep that part of your brain from shutting off.

[@VampuuriYT]

1:50 "Just the word 'it' is degrading to another human, but if they're not a female or a male, what are they?" Dude answered his own question twice without realizing my god Amazing video as always Forrest! Really brigthened my day

[@reubenmanzo2054]

How is that answering his own question?

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@Maki Mochi First, 'they' and 'them' are plural pronouns and in no way apply to an individual entity. Second, 'non-binary' doesn't apply to a concept that is in every sense of the word a dichotomy.

[@balam314]

Hilarious though, he literally used "they" to refer to a hypothetical person, twice, and then pretends you have to use it.

[@Kastagaar]

@@reubenmanzo2054 Roses are red. Violets are blue. Singular they is older than singular you.

[@reubenmanzo2054]

@@Kastagaar In what way does singular use of 'they' predate singular use of 'you'?

[@meltorme-ntor2933]

"The waste dump right next tot he playground"? I had not caught that before! I love it! 😀

[@robertburkey5789]

Hi Forrest, this comment is not specific to this video, I just wanted to let you know that I am really impressed with your content. While I am a neuroscientist and former college professor, I do not have your gift for explaining complex scientific concepts in a easily digestible manner. You are upbeat, never condescending, and very quick witted. (I have also seen you on the atheist experience). Anyway, please keep up the great work you are doing. You and “professor Dave” are perhaps the best science educators on KZbin.

[@hellovicki6779]

Nice reading your comment and that you made the effort to provide positive, meaningful feedback. Your opinion carries a bit more weight given your background. I also enjoyed the video. I get a strange sense of entertainment and terror watching critiques of zealots trying to argue against reality. Part of my horror is because they continue to put forward their arguments despite losing so badly. They are too stupid to know they are stupid. I find this content in US media, I do not think I have ever encountered these themes before. I live in Australia. Tough times for the US right now, hope it improves soon.

[@robertburkey5789]

@@hellovicki6779 thanks, I appreciate your kind words. The battle against ignorance and those who promote baseless ideas to the impressionable seems never ending. Fortunately there are those like Forrest who promote reason and data-based explanations.

[@20000dino]

Your humility and self-awareness is a rare sight among college professors (at least where I’m from). That by itself might make you a better teacher than most of them :)

[@robertburkey5789]

@@20000dino Thank you, you are most kind. There are decent professors out there, but unfortunately with time it starts to go to the heads of many of them. I am no longer a professor or active scientist in any regard. I lost my taste for teaching when the administration kept pushing us to convince more and more students to major in our department (I was in the Psychology Department), but I would see many of our graduates working at K-mart. A Psych undergrad is pretty useless and only so many can continue to graduate school. Now I am semi-retired and raise Siberian Huskies :)

[@thelastonequesqueca8982]

This comment made me genuinely so happy. As someone with a background in medicine and neuroscience academia you don't see professors encouraging the next generation in the context of utilising science to debunk many of these dangerous ideas often, and it is very heart warming. I agree, he has a wonderful gift in the way he explains ideas and is doing stellar work

[@hellforgedx]

"From a frog to a prince" - I love how creationists base a lot of their argument off of the assumption that evolution has a defined end goal at the outset.

[@thecarpeteer4107]

It does. Their mistake is their belief that Homo sapiens sapiens is that goal. The goal, in reality, is crab.

[@GaiusIntrepidus]

@@thecarpeteer4107 Crabs are the pinnacle of evolution, change my mind

[@mariastevens6406]

I mean, they do devote their entire lives to a fairy tale.

[@mariastevens6406]

@@thecarpeteer4107 crabs rule

[@digiwolfbyte8017]

🦀

[@TheStoryMakerLyzaL]

I laughed out loud during the lead-up - “…[T]he word ‘it’ is degrading to another human. But if they’re not male or female, what are THEY?” He answered his own question… 🤦‍♀️

[@LimeyLassen]

THEY 😂😂

[@undrwatropium3724]

😂😂

[@furballscave4431]

and some people use it/its

[@vulpes7079]

Some people do use it/its. I did for a while lol

[@furballscave4431]

@@vulpes7079 this!!

[@AvaEFF]

This guy is beyond dangerous. He doesn’t understand reality, does try to understand reality, and uses his gross misunderstanding to dehumanize EVERYONE.

[@rat_dragon]

"The pope of poop must not be praised simply because I said holy crap, Matt!" Best. Sentence. Ever. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kitlandslot9887]

Your entire segment on how weird human bodies are was hilarious! This may sound strange, but it actually brings me comfort knowing that my body isn’t perfectly designed. I’m not the creation of a divine being, I’m just a person with flaws like everyone else.

[@ryshow9118]

Urethras are stupid! lol

[@mistylover7398]

Same

[@TuesdayShark]

As a person with adhd, I can say I am not perfectly designed...

[@mariastevens6406]

Flaws make uniqueness and uniqueness is beautiful

[@mistylover7398]

@@mariastevens6406 yay

[@HoraceTorysScaryStories]

I once believed the "created perfect, have been genetically degenerating over 10,000 years" idea. Have been playing catch-up over the last few years since becoming an atheist. I appreciate you addressing bad faith claims in good faith, since it makes your answers palatable to people who are genuinely questioning and I may be able to send vids like this to some in my family.

[@setojurai]

Whatcha wanna bet Matt Powell thinks the "perfect" human being looks exactly like him?

[@martifingers]

Very good point, Horace.

[@enricogattone432]

Don't know if you know Genetically Modified Skeptic, he may provide some good vids for your family as well, as he uses logic and kindness to debate theological questions

[@theflyingdutchguy9870]

@@setojurai i can almost guarantee it😅

[@cobrasys]

I would second @Enrico Gattone's suggestion of looking at Genetically Modified Skeptic's videos. Drew is a treasure.

[@Constance_tinople]

As a female person whose also a lesbian this persons misogyny, homophobia, and generally disgusting outlook on life is terrifying

[@marknieuweboer8099]

This bigot terrifies this straight male too. Because after he's done with you he will go after me.

[@guilhermecastro9893]

@@marknieuweboer8099 the first country a dictator/tyrant invades is his own, normally they will weed out the people with different thinking within their group and then they will expand that to other groups, stalin did this, hitler did this, pol pot did this etc

[@cevatkokbudak6414]

​@@guilhermecastro9893These people also do a thing that Hitler did, putting your own bvllshit in actual truth so you wouldn't get caught

[@dragonicdoom3772]

"Diamonds are the toughest subatomic particles in nature" Dude I laughed so hard I was crying, never have I heard someone describe something so completely wrong in my life! No part of that sentence was correct

[@drsatan9617]

What a numbskull Powell is. If they were subatomic they wouldn't be usable to make jewelry

[@enricogattone432]

My ears fell off my head when I heard that 🤣

[@bevwinn1369]

To be fair "diamonds are" is a correct part of that sentence, because diamonds really are.

[@drsatan9617]

@@bevwinn1369 I guess! 😡 *crosses arms*

[@eggs8021]

Well you'd love the "air in space" comment

[@emmetthowell899]

As someone who has a genetic disease, whenever I hear that it’s caused by sin or is a horrible mistake it both makes me mad and scared people like this still exist, not realizing what group in history they align with. Great to have reminders that certain people think I should not be alive and might possibly jump into thinking I shouldn’t be able to continue living. (Or people trying to legally not allow people with certain conditions to be able to have children)

[@plasticvision6355]

These people are ignorant and so, so stupid. It’s very sad to see ignorance expressed on this scale and with such breathtaking confidence.

[@VakovoSheggorri]

Whenever I hear a religious person, Christians specifically, say such things it makes me wonder what they actually...think about god. How can it be a horrible mistake if they think God is all knowing, all powerful, All ect ect. Are they implying that god has made a mistake? Shouldn't that be impossible? Same with gay people, if god made them that way what reason should there be to attack them? Are you saying that god created gay people specifically to be prosecuted? That does not sound too "All benevolent" to me!

[@johnschwalb]

I too have a genetic disorder. I wouldn't put much stock on people's opinions, even if your genetics do cause issues. But hey my birth was a mistake so maybe that's why I dont care my genetics are too.

[@johnschwalb]

​@@VakovoSheggorri Christians believe God created the world and the system, but let the system run, he might tinker with it but to allow free will in humans then the system must run without his input. They also would say that humans freewill and sin introduces the chaos into the system that is the source of the problems in the world. It's not that God made it, it's that humans ate the forbidden fruit and caused the world to be fallen and separated from God and that's what caused all the evils.

[@wisekong6371]

I'm not joking when i say that Forrest changed my life in a deep and good way, i've never been able to control my random thoughts that offended, provoked and confused me for all my life, making me acting Always strange with people and suffering from loneliness for that... All of this torture until i saw your "Debunking Evolution" reaction video and, since then, you opened my eyes, you made me feel better in reality with a new worldview infinite times better than the Nightmare i've been living in for 16 years, you made me love science more than anything i ever appreciated before that, you made me treat the people around me more gently, you helped me to better understand a bit of the world and, for all of that, i will never be able thank you enough for what you've done to my life Forrest, really, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING!!!

[@cash7209]

Hey it's really touching to hear that this channel is changing stuff for people, I'm really happy for you discovering that and I hope you continue having more happiness :) this channel is really important to me too, so it feels amazing to hear stuff like this

[@wisekong6371]

@@cash7209 thanks friend, i hope you'll continue having more happiness too, i'm really happy to hear someone friendly, thanks

[@1countingcommas]

Hell yeah you deserve it cuz ur smart enough to leave ur religion. Im glad youre happy with your newfound truth cuz you deserve it

[@Ikel_wood]

​@@wisekong6371 I absolutely agree. I love that a smart person could explain to me why I was flat out wrong. I never believed the disgusting hate that this devil believes, but I'm happy I've got so few similarities with that narrative now. YOU'RE AWESOME!

[@wisekong6371]

@@Ikel_wood hey thanks, i didn't expect so many replies, hope i helped you in some way just by being sincere about how much i'm grateful to Forrest and the world now, have a nice day!

[@StupidWeb]

As someone who's part of the lgbtq+ community, who has many friends who are part of the community as well, im terrified by the existence of people like Matt

[@cantduckinbelieveit7426]

“Waste dump next to the playground.” Stunning.

[@lorifiedler13]

That entire sequence was brilliant.

[@Reverend_Salem]

and in roughly 50% of the population, part of the waste dump is in the playground

[@thefluffyaj4119]

as someone in the lgbt community hearing this man makes me disgusted in a way I never felt before

[@eatshitlarrypage.3319]

I disagree. Matt Powell is not a man. He's a monster.

[@kasioedits]

sadly this isnt super uncommon in the christian community, i grew up as a fundamentalist baptist before apostatizing and messages like this were fairly normal in my community

[@yoshihammerbro435]

I thought that they were lovers of life that think life is precious and even abortions shouldnt be done. Guess there are exceptions for some reason...

[@lucaswallo8127]

why

[@vulpes7079]

I've gotten used to what he says on the first clip, people saying I'm disgusting and that they don't want to see me expressing affection But that second part made me genuinely afraid. He wants to see people dead because an old book said they should die, and the only thing that keeps him from killing people himself is that he thinks the *government* should do it for him. Truly shocking

[@DemiBirdDoes]

As an autistic, trans and intersex person thanks for the debunk. I'm a big science enthusiast and it's really comforting to know there's people out there with us fighting bigotry. Great vid, the bit about poor human design made me laugh.

[@bigwendigo2253]

I’m only a straight white person, but it gets really disappointing and frightening with the hateful things I see on social media. These people have army’s of believers and brigadiers.

[@StratMatt777]

@@bigwendigo2253 Are there really "armies of believers in hate" or does social media just make it look like there are more than there are? (Of course, if you live in the Bible belt you're kinda screwed!)

[@v0id_d3m0n]

damn you really got all the struggles

[@v0id_d3m0n]

@@StratMatt777 porobably a very vocal minority that's very concentrated in certain areas. the reason i say this is there have been surveys done about trans ppl, and apparently ~2/3 of the participants were indiffernet/ supportive, but it sure doesn't feel like it online. maybe because those lonely angry dissenters have to fill the void with internet points or something

[@StratMatt777]

@@v0id_d3m0n The more dysfunctional a person's psychology is, the more likely they are to be bitter and isolated (nobody wants to be around their negativity), so they have nowhere to go but the internet. Also, happy content people have no motivation to make videos about anything- especially not about things they are upset about. The people who feel strongly enough to make a video about something they are mad about ARE a minority, but because they put stuff up on the internet they are over-represented, compared to how many bigoted assholes there really actually are. It's all a matter of perception.

[@lennarthess7989]

Experimental Immunologist here (PhD Candidate) This whole video drives me crazy. Thank you for explaining how the molecular biology works, in a way that is understandable. Good stuff.

[@shanewilson7994]

I hope that very soon the door opens, and you are greeting with "Doctor" and they shake your hand.

[@emilyem5817]

Matt is the kinda person who would get upset that you get aggravated that you have to repeat things to him, and stop talking to you because “you are yelled at me”

[@mx_nana_banana]

sounds like my grandfather

[@shellgun4636]

The part where you explain all the reasons humans aren't perfect is absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

[@albertleibold1415]

DNA repair ensures the survival of a species by enabling parental DNA to be inherited as faithfully as possible by offspring. Source: Encyclopedia Britannica

[@June_The_Goon]

​@@albertleibold1415"as faithfully as possible" still means there are mistakes in the reproduction in DNA

[@June_The_Goon]

​@@NSOcarththat made no sense whatsoever, but like, why wouldn't God be able to recreate his """divine idea""" of himself without looking less like himself? He's supposed to be omnipotent.

[@Nevets1073]

Powell doesn't even understand that the human body isn't perfect because why would he? Humanity is created in "God's Image" so therefore the human body *must* be perfect. I was hoping Forrest would tee off on that when Powell brought it up and like you, I was very happy when that happened

[@WokeandProud]

​@@albertleibold1415Piss off troll bot.

[@pinkcowqueen]

As an Autistic, queer woman, people like this genuinely scare me. Like... to know there are people out there who want you dead just for existing, or being born "imperfect", or going against the norm, or defying "god's plan", it makes me sick. You never know if you're talking to someone who would kill you and everyone like you if they had the chance. So, to my Autistic + LGBTQ+ friends, stay safe out there. Do your best to find a community of people like you, and pay attention to news regarding your rights. I know the world is kinda crappy right now, but all we can do is survive. Don't let them deny your existence, don't let them deny you your rights. Let them know that there has always been people like us, and how we are some of the most amazing people out there. Keep going. I can't promise it'll get better, but we can do our best to stop it from getting worse. Stay Safe out there

[@LandenParkes]

You stay safe too

[@thekwjiboo]

"The Bible says it's a crime" he says while ignoring every other "law" listed in the exact same chapter. He's just another bigot, cherry picking scripture to try and obfuscate the fact that he's just an ignorant asshole.

[@vulpes7079]

It may not get better, but as long as we're united, we'll have a place. Whether the bigots like it or not

[@playernotfound9489]

i'm possibly bi and have autism and idk homophobia exists... i SLIGHTLY get it but its still dumb, just dont harrass people about it (same with anything else)

[@joegasparro2395]

He's a radical. You are a radical on the other side. Where did anyone talk about killing in this video? You made that up. Stay safe from what? My proposal - radicals on both sides need to chill and let's all go on with life.

[@user-lb8qx8yl8k]

This guy can read a fraction of several articles on surgery and then feel confident to go perform it.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

Too much effort. Reading a handful of titles without understanding them would be do for him.

[@shanewilson7994]

Hah, you think Matt can read.

[@guilhermecastro9893]

​@@shanewilson7994ya i dont think matt has enough mental faculties to read...certainly cant understand if does know how to read...the man is solely unfamiliat with education

[@MichaelYoder1961]

Mutations have helped me personally. My father passed from malignant melanoma, as did his father and my older brother - all in their 40s. I'm 60 and I'm still concerned and vigilant, but seem to be leaning on other genetic "corruptions". I'm pulling for my grandfather's on my mother's side genetics (good old Scotsman). He passed at 96.

[@cerberaodollam]

Huh, neat. No cancer history here but dementia did come up in my family a few times so I'm checking out before 40 voluntarily

[@loturzelrestaurant]

@@carpetbeetle8349 LGBT-Issues are covered by Telltale Fireside, Some More News, and Professor Dave. Please use these most-valueable-things-i-can-recommend-you.

[@Evogurl-gf4ne]

@@cerberaodollam No! Why are people liking this comment? Don't just "check out" before reaching 40. Jesus! At least waint untill start demonstrating symptoms. You don't know for sure you have inherited the disease. You receive 50% of your DNA from both parents and even if you have history of dementia from on both sides of the family, there is no garauntee that you ingerited dementia. Most types of dementia and alzheimers aren't even genetically passed down! "Checking out before 40 vountarily." No LIKE FOM ME! You very much get a DISLIKE for this comment!

[@BriannadaSilva]

"The word 'it' is degrading to a human, but if they're not a male or a female, what are they?" PRICELESS QUOTE from this guy 😂 Hmmm what are THEY, you say? THEY are such a mystery huh 👀👀👀

[@moviez159]

This!!!! Lmao I just burst out laughing. What an idiot

[@hayuseen6683]

“He’s got a point” Yeah, that point is to dehumanize.

[@smilloww2095]

@@hayuseen6683 Read his username lmao

[@Thunder-Sky]

I was still reeling from how wrong he was about natural selection, and then I got hit with that and I just..... can we make high-school science courses mandatory? or can we at least teach that material earlier in the curriculum? please?

[@Callimo]

Lol, I just got it. Powell just Mario jumps over the irony like a pro 🤣

[@bethmewett5800]

Physics teacher here who occasionally teaches biology- I've always struggled having the same thought provoking and passionate conversations in my biology lessons as I can get naturally with my physics. THANK YOU for inspiring me to love biology as much as my main subject and keeping my students learning as much as possible from a non specialist just because of your videos. Thanks you for making me the best science teacher I can be.

[@nenmaster5218]

Why do Monkeys still exist when we came from Monkeys, a real Republican running for Congress recently asked. Disturbs me how many of my fellow Science-fans dont know how bad the Situation is, while they just casually watch Forrest debunk pseudoscience. To quote Telltale Atheist: "Go Vote. Especially for the small posts. Why are there still Monkeys when we came from Monkeys, a real Republican running for Congress recently asked. Left or Right, you do NOT want someone who does not understand the very basics of Science as a Senator. Extremists literally have voiced that they wanna go more than ever and run for Office. That’s fact, not Theory: they’re doing it now. Quanon, Evolution-Deniers and many others will fini f people are; excuse the harsh word; too LAZY to vote after informing themselves who’s extreme and who is not."

[@paulgemme6056]

Prior to 1962, sodomy was a felony in every state, punished by a lengthy term of imprisonment and/or hard labor.

[@xXEGPXx]

@@paulgemme6056 Cool, we also used to allow owning people as property and gave 50% of the population less rights than animals. Change can be a good thing.

[@paulgemme6056]

@@xXEGPXx It can also lead to further corruption. That's why this country is very close it's downfall. I was once told that Rome wasn't built in a day but it came down awfully fast. These are the last days for America, One world government is right around the corner. Calling evil good and good evil. Jesus Christ is our only hope. Jesus is the King of Glory!

[@billbillson6779]

I bet others have pointed out but: Matt claims mutations are only due to deletions and then he goes and cites Down Syndrome, a condition that results in a mutation with an EXTRA CHROMOSOME, and he doesn't stop to think how he just contradicted himself.

[@marknieuweboer8099]

"Creacrappers think" is a quite rare event. "Creacrappers parrot" occurs way more often.

[@SheWhoExists]

Thank you so much for citing ASAN instead of Autism Speaks. Actually credible sources make a huge difference

[@GabrielArchon]

Gotta appreciate Matt Powell. Without his uninformed and ignorant approaches, we wouldn't have amazing people like Forrest teaching us and helping us learn about ourselves and our world in a fun and succinct way.

[@Boppercat]

These videos make me both happy and immensely sad, the people that believe Matt will never see this educational material. And if they do, they won’t listen at all. At least those with brains can enjoy the content.

[@SomeYouTubeTraveler]

As long as you don't consider "learning about our world" to mean "learning that all Christians are like this." If so then you're just reinforcing a very lopsided bias. Indeed, the vast majority of us are apathetic about resolving the cognitive dissonance between science and our religion. But that doesn't make us bumbling, terrified buffoons like this dude.

[@infamousbranmuffin]

Conversely, if smart people didn't have to waste time debunking nonsense (which is, for the most part, only preaching to the choir anyway), imagine how much time they could spend just educating people who's minds aren't already filled with said nonsense? Sorry for coming so late to the convo btw😅

[@2l84me8]

I’ll never understand creationists attempting to cite scientists whenever convenient and then completely disregard them when inconvenient.

[@Pancakegr8]

So true. The creationist group I was in does the same thing.

[@neoqwerty]

It's an appeal to authority. Bam, solved.

[@9Johnny8]

"These scientific experts are completely wrong about anything they are an expert in, according to my definition of what they named those things." Arrogance and willful ignorance.

[@Pancakegr8]

@@9Johnny8 can you elaborate on what it is they are wrong about?

[@9Johnny8]

@@Pancakegr8 I'm sorry, I was paraphrasing Matt Powell's position to mock him. He's defined mutations as bad and therefore thinks all geneticists are wrong about their own field of study. I hereby would like to distance myself from anything in my post that made it seem like I agree with that... person.

[@XinwylFumudaiski]

What sucks for me...and this is a personal disappointmen tin myself is that I hear someone like this Matt speak with such conviction about scientifically phrased things that sounds so convincing...and I'm totally sucked into it because I don't know any better. I hate how ignorant I am