The Definitive Guide to Debunking Creationists (Full Series Parts 1-5)

[@sammysamlovescats]

As a former creationist that watched through this series, thank you. I grew up creationist and only went to creationist schools my whole life, even in college. I've literally never been to a public school. And so when I finally left I realized just how much a gap I had in understanding about, well, any of this. And series like this are incredibly helpful in giving my a base of understanding that I was never given growing up

[@Chochothepimp]

Stories like yours give me faith 😂😂😂

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

YAY

[@kemicalhazard8770]

I can barely believe there are schools all the way into college that teach/endorse creationism. I live in a country where religion in school is *strictly* forbidden unless a part of courses on history and social movements, so hearing of places where it's regularly taught or endorsed, even into adulthood, is crazy to me

[@fuhq6731]

So awesome to hear that!

[@IncineroarBestPokemon]

Welcome to reality! Have a look around. The answers to *nearly* every question can be found. We've got mountains of science, some understandable, most not :). No matter how much stuff we know, theres more to be sought!

[@pketchum08]

Your videos were what initially inspired me years ago in elementary school to become an evolutionary biologist. Now I’m a senior-year high school student interning with the largest research college in my state. Thanks Professor Dave!

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Now that's a story!

[@pketchum08]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains I know! It doesn’t feel real sometimes. I don’t remember which video of yours it was, but I grew up in a very science-denying Christian family, and one of your videos made me think, “Huh. I want to become an expert on how this works.”

[@TeslaGengar]

@@pketchum08i don’t know if you know how inspiring your story is too, just reading this myself makes me want to go on to higher learning to help expand the puzzle we are filling in as a team. you’re an awesome person, and i hope to hear more about your journey, both here and in the primary scientific literature! go get em!

[@pketchum08]

@@TeslaGengar 😊❤️❤️❤️

[@Didomate]

​@FallusWren *GASP* 😱😱😱😱😱😭

[@TheCosmicGuy0111]

Some would say this is god tier.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

Hahaha

[@wontcreep]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d surely you know his viewers would like a peer reviewed paper on that accusation

[@Hvision0000]

science tier

[@mugflub]

It feels unfair to be watching this for free. What great work, Dave!

[@longshotkdb]

He knows we're better armed to make fun of crazy. Job satisfaction can't be underestimated.

[@SublimeSynth]

@FallusWren quit projecting. know who is actually a PDF? the xtian god, he got Mary preggers at 14. that's messed up, seems like something only PDF would be into and openly worship.

[@shreyvarad]

we get it for free, and he gets ad-sense. it's not as much as he deserves, but he's happy to do it either way!

[@aprylvanryn5898]

He's doing God's work

[@ThommyofThenn]

People pirate so much stuff without a 2nd thought. You don't need to feel bad learning from something created from the ground up to be freely disseminated my friend 😊

[@BIayne]

Uh oh! Looks like I need to watch this entire series for the 5th time! 😅

[@GKuriboh]

5th time? Rookie!

[@kemicalhazard8770]

gotta pump them numbers up

[@Shadowkitty360]

Same!

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

Oof I'm on my 7th

[@KoRneatsCorn]

​@@FALLUSWREN-n3dProof? That's a hefty allegation you shouldn't throw wildly.

[@idunnomanigotnothin]

This is the single best collection of debunkery I've seen in years. Thank you so much for this!

[@tycho_m]

it's a spiritual successor to Why Do People Laugh At Creationists, but even better

[@KoRntech]

Gotta save this for later. Thank you for all the work you do in freeing minds from the chains of hypocrisy and BS

[@Koifin3]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d🤖

[@ponponpatapon9670]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d 🤖

[@logandarnell8946]

@@Koifin3 you know that bot was created by a christian. probably projecting the guilt they feel that a lot of major leaders in their religion are well known kiddie diddlers.

[@fawfulfan]

Here's my go to response for any creationist: evolution is at this point an applied science, like materials engineering. We understand it so well that we use it in technology, like medicine and agriculture. Even if you were somehow able to disprove natural selection - itself a pretty much insurmountable hurdle - you haven't disproven that evolution exists. You've just disproven the mechanism for it and science needs to hypothesize and test a new one.

[@vooveks]

Yeah but bible.

[@Didomate]

​@@vooveksWorldview shifted

[@Dar_96]

@@vooveks😂

[@tycho_m]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d nice try James Tour

[@somemonkeystirnerite]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3dChristian’s are pedophiles

[@backtoblueroom948]

3:00:00 One detail to clarify here is that evolution doesn't actually suggest "survival of the fittest". The reason there is so much variety comes from the fact that while there is competition over resources, there isn't a necessity in all circumstances to compete for resources. Evolution is effectively "survival of what doesn't get killed before it reproduces." Only the lowest competitors are selected out, not necessarily the best being selected for in all circumstances.

[@TeslaGengar]

i think you might misunderstand what fitness means. a organism’s fitness might be that it survives the longest, others might be to have the most fertile offspring, some might be the largest or the fastest or the fattest. even a complex fitness like has the most numerous, robust, fertile, successful offspring might not apply to all or most organisms. “fitness”, as I understand it, is a term that refers to plasticity to a niche in an environment. as niches are a transforming landscape themselves, the labels we put on fitness and niche, and even environment, are necessarily always incomplete.

[@Didomate]

​@@TeslaGengar No, fitness is just an animal's likelihood to reproduce. Simple as that.

[@Didomate]

​@@TeslaGengarNo, it's a species ability to reproduce. Environmental Plasticity is a factor of that though.

[@TeslaGengar]

@@Didomate no, that’s not at all what it means. but here-you can easily learn something very quickly. an organism has two offspring: one has the ability to reproduce offspring very well, making a dozen every year, and the other doesn’t, making one every few years. the one that reproduces with many offspring every year isn’t able to care for them properly, they outpace their ability to gather resources and every offspring from that group dies before sexual maturity. meanwhile the one that produces one every few years has a successful lineage, and so much so that its genes dominate the gene pool as a result. a very simple, easy to understand example that demonstrably shows you that you were wrong.

[@Didomate]

@@TeslaGengar I put it in more simple terms. It all boils down to how well you can reproduce. In the example you show, one of the offspring outpaced the other because it was more resourceful by having less children, making it more likely for them to reproduce, and so they have a higher fitness. The other was less likely to reproduce because it exhausted its resources, so it has a lower fitness. You don't need all that other stuff, fitness is just simply "How well can you reproduce". This is literally a google search away, just search what the definition of fitness in biology.

[@BIayne]

*MISTER FARINA!* Write the Wave Conjugation ON THE *CHALKBOARD!!!* 🌊±√🌊= 1×1 = 2

[@tonyduncan9852]

lol.

[@circleo1992]

@@BIayne Ah, yes, an idiot and a smart person with idiotic beliefs

[@wilhelmburgdorf9309]

smh he didn’t even try to debunk wave conjugations and the sacred 19 overlapping circles, this is nothing compared to the reality bending genius of terryology

[@tonyduncan9852]

@@wilhelmburgdorf9309 smh don't know what you're talking about. Duh.

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

​@@wilhelmburgdorf9309LMAOAOAOAOAOAOAOAO this is satire right please tell me this is satire

[@GKuriboh]

Can't wait to see the Discovery Institute's failing attempt to "debunk" this. With the follow up from Dave smacking them back down.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

I think they may have figured out that ignoring me completely minimizes the attention I give to them which in turn minimizes their humiliation.

[@robertpatterson2194]

Don't get your hops up.

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

They are dumb, but not stupid😁 They won't respond directly...debate through any media only works for them if both parties and audience are unsophisticated. Professor Dave doesn't qualify😆

[@Rustylorde]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains wow. i never thought i would see the day! they actually took your advice!

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

@FallusWren show evidence or get a life

[@astroadventures3559]

Man Dave, I was watching a Mini minute man video the other day. When he was debunking the Google debunkers guy. And he says just be lucky Professor Dave didn't get to you first😆💯🤘 I was laughing my ass off. You are the A team Dave!

[@papiderpy]

@FallusWren you sure he's a pdf file? thought he was a .txt.. or maybe a .jar file Context: guy I replied to called Dave a PDF file lol

[@lllllliiillllll]

@FallusWren yo, phallus, make your next account with your face posted if you're such a white knight

[@d_fendr6222]

Yeah I hope he acknowledges Phil's existence at some point lol

[@krimzonnebula9341]

This is driving me googledebunkers

[@this_is_patrick]

​@@papiderpy It's the measure-of-last-resort for these folks. They seem to use it each time someone does too good a job at refuting their bs.

[@patrickwalsh2361]

If I was limited to watching only one KZbin channel - I’d choose professor Dave! His videos are just the cream of the crop!

[@lllllliiillllll]

​@FallusWren your name means penis. you are a phallic object.

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

Oh yeahhh. Science and drama!!!

[@ToddAMeyers]

Your content and style are both top shelf! This should be shown to students at all levels. Well done. Finally some sanity and serious skill on KZbin!

[@PtylerBeats]

1:49:35 wait a minute… this example really really makes me desperately want a website or even a physical computer that contains the entire known evolutionary tree of life completely contained in folders just like this. Starting with the oldest known common ancestor, a picture of the creature, and then folders that branch off into different species. And in then in each one of those folders, a picture of that species and folders branching out into other species. That would help normal people visualize evolution in such a fun and interactive way. That would be so cool

[@crushycrawfishy1765]

well, you better get to making it then.

[@therookiegamer2727]

it doesn't really go into the evolution thing, more the universe scale (and it gets a bit silly), but if you search up "orteil nested", you get a site with a nested structure of objects, and components of them, for example: universe-galaxy supercluster-galaxy-galactic center-star system-star-helium-proton-up quark-(sillyness with multiverses)

[@circleo1992]

There is Lifemap, Onezoom, and Open Tree of Life. They might be just what you're looking for.

[@Nxck2440]

Search google for "onezoom tree of life explorer". It's exactly what you asked for!

[@maxtermind5110]

An evolution wiki is wild.

[@M.Neukamm]

"If we come from our grandparents, why are there still grandparents?" ;-)

[@unrecognizedtalent3432]

Checkmate Atheists!

[@timlampers8610]

"If America comes from Britain, why do the British still exist?"

[@dumbdragon2129]

If we come from our grandparents why do I have cousins

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

If we came from God where tf is he

[@JohnBaker00]

If i came from my dads balls, why does he still have balls?😂

[@taquito5242]

If creationists chose to believe and accept nonbelievers for what they are instead of thinking of their kind as an existential threat, we wouldn't be here. I wish we all lived in peace, man

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

Some folk need to perceive external threats and beneficials that are not real. Similar to internal threats and beneficials that are not real😑

[@scott3177]

society under atheism is far worse look at china and soviet union

[@johnoglesby-vw7ck]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d Coward! Show evidence or slink away like the last post, jerky

[@phantomstarsx9343]

​@@scott3177 most atheists in America are secular humanists. There's still believers in those 2 countries you mentioned btw, they just have a vastly different government system. ... Britain is mostly secular... even among believers... weird you didn't mention them, you instead equated atheism to... communism? A very specific form of communism at that Should I talk about the current theocracies and how well they're also doing if you wanna play that game or...?

[@scott3177]

@@phantomstarsx9343 they have recently started to shift towards atheism and look what’s happening in the country. America at its peak was no question a religious nation, know they don’t even know how many genders there are. Also none of the current theocracies u can think of are run according to sharia law they are influenced by the west

[@chaueter1041]

Incredible video! What a great summation of decades worth of intensive education placed into one well done survey video… Thanks! I haven't been to college in over 20 years, not only was there great review in this video, but I learned a lot of new stuff! I love your channel! All the videos are incredible! You are an asset to human culture. Huge thank you for fighting ignorance.

[@ryandavis9879]

Thanks Dave! I appreciate all your efforts in debunking pseudoscience and nonsense and I enjoy watching your content. I have even used some of your educational videos to fill some of the gaps in my knowledge. Mech Engineering classes are pretty light on chemistry so its nice to have a good knowledgeable resource to fall back on in an easy to digest format.

[@ppenmudera4687]

About dinosaurs to birds, it should be noted that we now know that almost all small therapods like the raptors were feathered from head to tail, like modern birds. So an ostrich and large raptor would resemble one another even more than the picture shown on screen here

[@billy2807]

Okay. I did NOT roll into this thinking I would find out that I'm on the Creationist spectrum. I'm a Borderline Deistic Evolutionist. I'm an 8!

[@katieheys3007]

Yay! A mega series full of facts, info, debunking and of course a lot of sass! Perfect for a lazy Sunday!

[@krimzonnebula9341]

@FallusWrensure pal

[@lunasagaming5801]

@@krimzonnebula9341 just report for misinformation and move on

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

Come on why does he keep deleting, what is that troll saying!!!

[@katieheys3007]

@@TiedAlpaca00624 Just being a sad little troll accusing people of being inappropriate with children.

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

@@katieheys3007 oh.

[@Bwabel]

i missed a couple episodes, now i have a big thing to watch!

[@KurisuYamato]

Time to take all the notes and build myself a comprehensive library of these facts.

[@MBaltazarFilm]

Dropping by just to like and algorithm boost 🙌

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

Me too because I've already watched the original series. And to take a look at the comments.

[@nacl4988]

I went to a shower. came back to "This thing is a MESS" with a frog. Would watch again

[@michaelj6930]

This is an amazing breakdown. I think one slight addition that could be useful would be to refer back to the slide where you show the different "levels" of creationists. For example, if there is a certain logical fallacy you are debunking, you could show which categories you originally described with labels of which typically assert these fallacies, vs which do not. Thank you for this video. For some reason I find this stuff fascinating

[@ronalddepesa6221]

It's incredibly fascinating!

[@ThommyofThenn]

I was watching each installment as they appeared, but I enjoyed/learned from them to the point I had to tune in here to ensure I did not miss anything!

[@Ara_Arasaka]

You change lives in such an important way. For so many reasons. You’re a hero

[@Ara_Arasaka]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d go away loser.

[@zlodevil426]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3dThis won’t work here, we’re the crowd which demands evidence for every claim

[@God-King-Yhwach_The_Almighty]

​@@FALLUSWREN-n3dis a spam bot he's not human, just ignore him.

[@findrex5259]

Can you do the same thing for debunking climate change skeptics and doomists. I think that is a huge problem in our time and more education on the topic is important

[@armintanzarian3924]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3djust stop lol

[@keegan6388]

we are saving humanity with this one

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

we educating with this one

[@lllllliiillllll]

​@FallusWren nice burner ass bot account idiot. make a new one everyday do you?

[@lllllliiillllll]

@FallusWren coward

[@LittleBigMediaCo]

Sadly it'll be preaching to the converted. The Indoctrinated won't change anything but their excuses.

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

​@@LittleBigMediaCo yeah :(

[@swarajsharma858]

Your videos are so helpful for me to know what's wrong and right , I'm from India a very hollistic and diverse country , I'm from a Hindu family, but I don't believe in stories that this religion says, can you create a video about this topic with evidence and proofs . Thanks for sharing this type of knowledge that helped me a lot !😊

[@thatguyjason]

This video came out 2 hours after I binge watched all 5 parts separately... I'll rewatch just to make sure. Ya know, because reasons.

[@brightargyle8950]

This was an incredibly well put together video that's hits the high points and even gets into the nitty gritty of much of the topics. Thanks!

[@SemiIocon]

I was just about to rewatch the series as this dropped, nice!

[@FirethornYT]

​@@FALLUSWREN-n3dProof?

[@djriqky9581]

This is amazing. Exposing all of creationism while teaching me molecular and evolutionary biology in depth like no other. Love this channel

[@tycho_m]

2:18:57 - an interesting detail about the tail in humans is that an atavism occurs pretty regularly, where human babies are born with a full tail instead of just a vestigial coccyx

[@a05polzar]

Aside from helping to debunk, this video is also good for gaining a better understanding of science and how specifically evolution and all related fields work. There was a lot of information here that I either didn’t know, forgot, or was interpreting incorrectly that this video helped to clarify.

[@Wilson-Jr]

This is _so great_ that should be translated into as many languages ​​as possible.

[@biebe5981]

Not really. Only for Americans needed. Other people are smart.

[@sciencenerd7639]

Thank you Dave for all you do! I have tremendously enjoyed this series!

[@armageddon7432]

i think people can believe whatever they want. however, this is a valuable toolset in case one of them tries to "convert" me

[@alexiscorral5594]

"It's ironic that several of these individuals who so proudly touted their religious convictions in public would time & again lie to cover their tracks & disguise the real motive behind the ID policy" - Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover 2005.

[@theangryholmesian4556]

Ahh those were the days

[@theuncalledfor]

Intelligent design is just three god of the gaps arguments in a trenchcoat.

[@glennpearson9348]

I watched all five of these as you released them. Fantastic work! The take-downs are undeniable.

[@Lance-yl5sz]

Thanks Dave, a lot of time and effort gone into a great series.

[@God-King-Yhwach_The_Almighty]

Ignore the spam bot.

[@milanorichie]

"God" bless you, Professor Dave!!! This series is AWESOME.

[@JM-hz5ib]

Thank you! This is amazing. I wish I could have it all in writing. I would study it, take notes and then teach it to my children!

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

You can use youtube automatic captions for that, and there are obviously books on the subject too

[@mdandry]

Thanks for uploading this as a whole. Much easier to share this way.

[@jimbomaiboi1662]

Thank you for making this series; I’ve watched every single one and I feel much more comfortable. I studied geology in college and most of my friend group/family are creationists, and I have had to lie and various other things that I’m not comfortable with to try to belong. It’s been painful but I feel much more at peace knowing others think the same way I do, thank you !

[@FirethornYT]

​@@FALLUSWREN-n3d Are you aware of how much baseless accusations like that can ruin someone's life?

[@Destroyer-sc2mk]

​@@FirethornYT That's what they're trying to do

[@jimbomaiboi1662]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3dgeez just because a scientist gives evidence that doesn’t support your world view you automatically go to defaming them. What a loser

[@Arkin647]

Is it ok to make my friends and family watch this video?

[@davidwatson8118]

Handcuffed to a chain and eyes taped open.😅

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Of course. By force if necessary

[@unrecognizedtalent3432]

​@davidwatson8118 No god, please no!😂😂

[@Paraselene_Tao]

​@@davidwatson8118 Good plan! 😅

[@facundotorres175]

"It's my birthday and I choose the movie"

[@xJunkSciencexGaming]

I'm a reformed Catholic with family members that don't even talk with me anymore. I get bullied when I talk about atheism and get treated poorly except by my Mom and Dad. I wish the world would accept certain fundamental understandings that we are here and we have each other. That we don't need a deity to live and we are responsible for the wellbeing of all not just under the pretense of a God.

[@lllllliiillllll]

religion is inherently intolerant. its tribal. as long as religion exists, this world you wish for can't.

[@dravendarkplays9607]

It's crazy how the religion that everyone claims has an all loving god that teaches love and acceptance, even if people different than you in faith, is the most religiously intolerant religion possible

[@xJunkSciencexGaming]

@@FALLUSWREN-n3d Yes, That is why religious leaders hide pedophiles and say god is above all common law and will forgive pedophiles as long as they accept the lord jesus christ as their lord and Savior they get a pass to assault more children. You are a pedophile yourself. that is just projecting on Professor Dave.

[@Mapleson]

@xJunkScienceGaming As a former Catholic apologist, when dealing with hypocrisy among current Catholics, I default to a 2 point system and 2 questions: 1, they have some personal belief that is a heracy by Church doctrine. 2, the pope himself has estimated 10% of Catholic priests to be pedophiles. 3, Why do you believe a two-thousand year promise for an imminent return that gives power to 1 in 10 of pedophile priests saying they are holy, but we are going to burn in hell as we are both apostate. 4, If you reject the priesthood as the source of moral authority, how is the holy book decided? The first step is the hardest if you are dealing with strangers, but with family, there are some obvious ones you probably know: transubstantiation is a literal transformation into blood and flesh, while the physical structure of the wine and bread is preserved; the pope may speak infallibly on matters of faith and morals; or, money is a suitable replacement for promised moral punishment.

[@spectralreality7004]

​@@FALLUSWREN-n3d even if he was, still doesnt dismiss his arguments of a different topic entirely.

[@Deep40000]

Hi Dave, just want to say thank you for this video. Extremely informative, and you absolutely go over pretty much all the points all kinds of creationists use to argue against evolution of life and this planet. My family are all Jehovahs Witnesses (as I used to be as well) and it's tough seeing otherwise intelligent people deny basic scientific fact and understanding. Even my own father who was a physics professor previously in his life does not believe in evolution of life. Thank you for providing ample evidence and solid arguments against basically all arguments I heard growing up as a JW. The toughest part is always presenting this in a way that does not appear to be an attack on their beliefs but unfortunately theres never an easy way to do this. Again, THANK YOU!

[@Ruud_Brouwer]

I watched all parts, but I'm going to watch this one too, just in case

[@florintudor3033]

Man, I love this video and all your work, your channel is amazing! Many awkward thanksgiving meals after this one though

[@siwilson1437]

Looking forward to wrapping up so many comments by linking to this.

[@chriscasperson5927]

Nice! I've been waiting for the supercut.

[@bennyuchiha8501]

I was waiting for this, thank you.

[@TrevorWeissman]

This is the best most educational video on the internet to help educate young earth creationists. I used to be a creationist all the way up to a few years ago after I graduated from College with a degree in science. I wish this video existed in 2019 when I started learning the truth of evolution and more scientific truth. Not only would this video had taken me out of YEC much much earlier but also would’ve been beneficial for college students taking classes like biology for example. I probably would’ve gotten a A instead of a B. Keep going Dave!

[@satyakedarshan]

Great work 👍👌👌👌👌💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@TiedAlpaca00624]

YESSSS ITS FINALLY HERE!!! NO MORE PLAYLISTSSS I GET TO WATCH IT A 7TH TIME!!!!!

[@Classifiedg]

Bless your soul brother. Soon you will get the reward you seek!

[@MeekandMe]

Yes!!!! This is just what i was trying to find more info on and now THIS!! Couldn’t of wished for a better video. Thank you Dave!!!!

[@MeekandMe]

@FallusWren just because you are a pedo doesn’t mean everyone else is. Grow up loser

[@OxygenEnjoyer]

NEW PROF. DAVE CONTENT WOOOOOOOOOOO

[@SuitYourself]

This is a fantastic series, Professor Dave.

[@omeysalvi]

This video >>> Any long Martin Scorcese movie

[@dagamerboi]

I love the sign that graphic had at the end permian

[@mask3284]

me rewatching this every night for the algorithm

[@Chrysalis208]

I am learning so much lmao. Never was a creationist, but never understood these parts

[@Daniel-jh1np]

Creationists reacting to evolutionary biologists: 😡😤 Evolutionary biologists reacting to creationists: 😆🍿

[@whenyoudiporeosinmilktheyb8329]

Im a christian and I am not mad

[@phantomstarsx9343]

​@@whenyoudiporeosinmilktheyb8329 did they say "christian," or did they say, "creationist?" Are you a Christian creationist? If not then the comment wasn't talking about you.

[@Ondonol_]

@@phantomstarsx9343 Well if you are a creationist then the chances of you being religius are like 95 percent.

[@phantomstarsx9343]

@@Ondonol_ yes but not all Christians are creationist. The OP referenced creationists. They said "I'm a Christian I'm not mad" So I'm asking if they're a Christian creationist cause otherwise the statement doesn't apply to them.

[@Ondonol_]

@@phantomstarsx9343 I'm religius but i'm not a christian.

[@gagank478]

This video should be show in school. Beautifully done man. I'm speechless. The amount of work out into this video. Great job man. ✨️💪

[@Spolt_main]

This is the kind of magnum opus I have been needing to send to all those ignorant uncles. Thank you chemistry Jesus!

[@lucienmoolman8017]

44:41 No! Any disrespect to that Frog will NOT fly. He isn't a mess, he's the literal embodiment of perfection

[@jordan_hoodie5810]

Watching on October 23,,, happy 6027tj birthday Earth!! (According to James Ussher)

[@danbeachy8402]

I love what you do Dave. You're a fantastic educator for the public, and I've learned so much from your content. Thank you for what you do. If I had to give one complaint, it'd be a very small one. I just wish you wouldn't use the same adjectives so close together in time. I only noticed it in this video though. So, it's probably just an oversight. It's a testament to the quality of your work though that this is the only thing I can think of to have a slightly complaint about. Cheers.

[@pastaranger]

Hey Professor Dave, love your videos, you saved my ass more than a few times in high school and college. I have a quick question regarding the fallibility of radiometric dating, the logic is that we can determine the half-life of a material by observing the amount of decay that occurs in a relatively short timespan, and we assume that the decay rate is constant. Later on, you mention that creationists often use the decay rate of Earth's magnetic field as evidence for a young Earth, but that it's just an example of them extrapolating a temporally local trend. Would someone be able to argue something similar for radiometric dating, i.e. that we're just extrapolating the current decay rate over billions of years? Or is the magnetic field argument specifically bad because they're extrapolating without considering other evidence that demonstrates that the magnetic field has been oscillating for millions of years, whereas we have no evidence that demonstrates a non-consistent decay rate of any material?

[@lepidoptera9337]

I don't know what the "decay rate of Earth's magnetic field" is supposed to be. The field doesn't decay. It changes polarity and loses most of its dipole moment more or less periodically. That has nothing to do with radioactive decay. We are, by the way, NOT measuring the decay rate of long lived radioactive isotopes in a short amount of time. We are measuring the ratio between the number of observed decays vs. the total number of nuclei. If the decay rates were significantly non-constant, then the isotope ratios in old samples would be wrong, but they aren't. The world is consistent with constant decay rates.

[@pastaranger]

@@lepidoptera9337 I'm referencing the creationist argument at 30:43.

[@richevangelista3069]

Thank you Prof Dave! Needed this.

[@ChrisBreederveld]

I was brought up as a theist and concluded the day = age myself to rationalize the bible vs what I knew about earth history. I was 8 at that time, I can't even fathom how adult people can consider 7 literal days. Don't worry, I deconstructed when I was 10 when I read the bible in more detail.

[@vegangence7081]

I truly appreciate your hard work! You make great content!

[@swampsprite9]

Excellent. And the last part about religion making people accept authoritarian rule is the biggest problem; I've been banging on about that for a while. The powerful elite love that they can make a sizable portion of society believe literally anything they want. I mean if you can get adults to take the children's stories of the Bible as fact you can completely control them.

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

Ironically, those cringe sects who read the bible literally are instrumentalising anti-authoritarian resentments of their follower against "mainstream" science to indoctrinate them into an even worse authoritarian system. It's really a strange dynamic.

[@aboxoftentacles1395]

@@Spielkalb-von-Sparta Are you from the 1300s?

[@Spielkalb-von-Sparta]

@@aboxoftentacles1395 ?

[@pranays]

​@@aboxoftentacles1395it's happening today you ignorant liar.

[@maxtermind5110]

@@aboxoftentacles1395they’re being satirical, look at the other comments they’ve made and who their subscribed to

[@dylanphung412]

To me mutations actually have a positive connotation and is something to be proud of

[@krimzonnebula9341]

Can you talk to my grandparents? they wont listen to me lmao

[@ChalkyWhiteChalkyWhite]

The content is legendary, now if only we can share and discuss to make the video become historical! I had to talk to a flat earth proponent. We can enlighten ourselves and others, thank you Dave.

[@shreyvarad]

crazy how ur longest videos are debunking creationists, huh? It makes sense when u realise that there isn't much to say in response to the flerfs, so makes for a short interaction, but I feel that if u went a bit deeper down the alt health rabbit hole, then those videos would be MUCH longer since it is a lot better at disguising itself as science than creationism or flat earth.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

yep i will be tackling that more seriously soon

[@shreyvarad]

@@ProfessorDaveExplains Can't wait!

[@RedLucarian]

​@@ProfessorDaveExplainsthank you for looking into it deeper, I regularly get alt health/diet shorts and they make me so angry, those people cause so much harm yet their easily debunked videos get such big audiences because they offer hope.

[@snehashispanda1651]

Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system, or life stance that embraces human reason, logic, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism, while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basis of morality and decision making. Secular humanism posits that human beings are capable of being ethical and moral without religion or belief in a deity. It does not, however, assume that humans are either inherently good or evil, nor does it present humans as being superior to nature. Rather, the humanist life stance emphasizes the unique responsibility facing humanity and the ethical consequences of human decisions. Fundamental to the concept of secular humanism is the strongly held viewpoint that ideology be it religious or political must be thoroughly examined by each individual and not simply accepted or rejected on faith. Along with this, an essential part of secular humanism is a continually adapting search for truth, primarily through science and philosophy.

[@Zebiuiui]

I tried the "snowflakes form naturally, therefore many complex objects form naturally" argument and the counterargument was that God made the snowflakes

[@InspiredSpoic]

Then just ask where the hell is the evidence for that ?

[@A-12-1-14]

@@InspiredSpoic "But book say space wizard wave magic wand and go "let there be snow" and make snowflake! Mean it true!"

[@PresidentByNameOnly]

Awesome! Thank you for this consolidation, Dave.🙏🏾

[@omarmiller314]

This man is a straight savage.

[@balaclavabob001]

This should have a much wider audience . @Netflix should pick this up.

[@michaelsicowitz362]

After 40 years of fighting ignorant creationists, I can't do it anymore. It's not working anyway. There's more now then when I tried using physical anthropology, early 90s. DNA, fossil record, none of it works. Go for it, you're awesome Dave. When you reach an age, it's time for you to care for yourself. Many people, some very nice pleasant people, can drain you, take all your well-meaning energy and leave you feeling empty. Sorry to be a downer.

[@the_h0undstanevil52]

Been holding my breath for this one

[@ItsA7.3L]

Thanks Dave!

[@mjallen1308]

7:05 “Kablooey graphic” 😂🤣 I love you Professor Dave.

[@K4inan]

Whats the song in the beginning? thats my kinda jam

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Linked in description!

[@K4inan]

​@@ProfessorDaveExplainsThank you 😊

[@Dnmac69420]

You would think the fact that these groups disagree on the level of intervention from said deity anywhere from about 100% down to 1% and none of them have any justification or logical reasoning for selecting their version of the story would make them rethink the whole “hypothesis” but nah

[@pears0094]

I appreciate what you’re doing here, and there’s no denying how intelligent you are. I’m just curious, and correct me if I’m wrong if I’m misinterpreting this/being too sensitive… But, why do you seem to come off so condescending and snarky in your videos? 🤷🏻‍♂️ Your cadence, the tone of your voice, the words you choose, etc. really come off as arrogant and elitist. I understand that the people you are debunking are very ill informed/spreading what you would consider erroneous information, but is a condescending attitude really necessary ? Isn’t the ultimate goal to inform, present a better argument, win people over out of misinformation to truth? Again, maybe I am misinterpreting/hearing this wrong and this is just the way that you have always communicated with peers, family, colleagues? That being said, I do appreciate your channel (I’m new) As well as the wealth of knowledge and various arguments that you take on.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

This series is for arming people with the tools they need to take matters into their own hands regarding creationists in their own circles. And I just tell it like it is.

[@TheKids422]

​@@ProfessorDaveExplains Can not wait for your upcoming academic videos?

[@scottselenak]

Why try and dictate someone else’s tone? I don’t think you’re misunderstanding. Dave takes a different approach than a lot of other communicators. There’s nothing wrong with that and if people don’t like it, they can watch another channel. I find it refreshing for someone to aggressively callout all the charlatans and pseudoscience peddlers since the majority of the scientific community and online science communicators tend to stay more neutral. There are plenty of other channels that take a more reserved approach. Sometimes you need to pull out the big guns and humiliate the con people. That’s what Dave does better than others.

[@ronalddepesa6221]

Because Dave is a fellow new Englander like me. If you don't like it too bad

[@ChalkyWhiteChalkyWhite]

Give em the benefit of the doubt here when you have to suffer so many fools for too long or worse I encourage you to make a remake with your own cheerful character though 🙂

[@dv0.lconstr]

a very underrated video against creationism, yippee

[@jcuhtred3569]

I love how these stupid flerfs say "Antarctica is at the bottom"... northern snobbery 😂

[@spritesensation]

Thank you for listening to my suggestion

[@nicosaboludo]

so this has nothing to do with the video, but do you know what happened to Andrew Gold? I remember you posted a documentary with him (in 2022 i think?) and I just remembered, cheked his twitter and.. oh my god

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Yeah once I became aware that he’s a total douchebag I removed all his content from my channel.

[@nicosaboludo]

@@ProfessorDaveExplainsshitt, good for you man 😭😭

[@iliyanovslounge]

@@ProfessorDaveExplainsMay I ask why Andrew Gold is a douchebag? Just curious, I really liked the documentary personally, but haven’t checked up on him since.

[@ProfessorDaveExplains]

Disgusting Zionist anti-woke obsessed loser.

[@facundotorres175]

Sheesh, yeah, went off the deep end

[@Power_to_the_people567]

Im definitely falling asleep listening to this