What Kind are You?

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[@Kidney0Beans]

Yes, creationists want to see animals evolve like Pokémon

[@chameleonx9253]

To be fair, so do I. I would rather have a fire-breathing wolf than a Chihuahua that won't stop pooping on the carpet.

[@Michael-sb8jf]

​@@chameleonx9253 Now you have an Arcanine leaving giant poops on the carpet

[@tyoncat8289]

Nah they think of it more like digimon

[@AndrewRiebe]

I mean...who doesn't. Except it's a metamorphosis rather than an evolution...try explaining that to a creationist.

[@user-cl3zu7kp2v]

No wonder why fundies label Pokemon as "demonic" because it "teaches evolution." That's quite a tacit admission that they don't understand the concept.

[@firefly4f4]

"I could put that more bluntly, but again I'm trying to be kind." *standing ovation*

[@drpatriciamushonga5411]

“They distort evolution into what it isn’t, so that they can keep themselves confused and avoid the risk of understanding what they’re forbidden to believe.” 🎯

[@katyungodly]

It is called a strawman argument. They make up a wrong version of what you believe, then knock it down and claim victory.

[@PrivateSi]

Yep, that describes The Science Establishment. Darwin believed in pangenesis, dismissed by Science, now looking increasingly likely. Cells / creatures can purposefully adapt their offspring.

[@kinglyzard]

​@PrivateSi There is still a lot to learn about life and evolution. I wouldn't be surprised if life cannot guide its own evolution somehow.

[@PrivateSi]

@@kinglyzard .. People like Dawkins worship Natural Selection as the Prime Mover, when it's likely Intelligent Design for all but the most basic viruses, NS secondary, with the intelligence to adapt offspring (and own cells in response to stimuli) built into and gathered by the parent at a very deep level. As I'm utterly against normal imaginary and techno Intelligent Design this is a problem! DNA Error correction and modification and DNA itself are separate, symbiotic things.

@@kinglyzard all species "guide their own evolution" this really isn't that hard.

[@337vinnyvukko]

I'm a black atheist from the "Waterboy " part of America, and I want to convey my gratitude for all the information I've received over the years. It has helped me understand why I'm a non-believer and why science is more important than religion for the future of our species. Your videos are opening the eyes of a few family members, especially the videos about the Bible and slavery. SCIENCE RULES!!!!!!!! And thanks again for your hard work.

[@jursamaj]

"'Waterboy' part of America"? What does that mean?

[@twonumber22]

​@@jursamaj Waterboy is a movie that takes place somewhere in the bayou.

[@patrickkilduff5272]

It's not that science is 'more important' then anything. It is just the ONLY way (currently) to ascertain the truth. It would be like saying learning math is more important then the Marvel Universe. It doesn't really make sense. Religion isn't in opposition to Science...its in opposition to wanting to know the truth.

[@kinglyzard]

​@@twonumber22 I love using movie references

[@dogwalker666]

Welcome to reality, The religious cults in USA are scary.

[@aralornwolf3140]

I'm currently the Cat Bed kind... but as soon as she gets off my lap, I'll just be a human kind again.

[@RealPumpkinJay]

I’m the tired kind (nurse, just got off from night shift)

[@thephantomeagle2]

Thank you for your work

[@babotond]

o7

[@david2869]

Just got off the breakfast shift

[@dimbulb23]

That was kind of you.

[@Sergiu.antifascist]

too tired for sex as a sport?

[@dalebewan]

Your Systematic Classification of Life series is absolutely worth it. It's *the* definitive go-to resource for getting details to answer the kinds of questions that the slightly-less-stupid creationists ask (it's not really needed for the stupider ones).

[@pete_lind]

Also the bible talks about fish with scales and fins, and not to eat fish that are without. Ancient Judeans commonly ate non-kosher fish surrounding the time that such food was prohibited in the Bible, by a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Tel Aviv. The Judean capital city of Jerusalem, bone assemblages included significant proportions of non-kosher fish remains, before Roman era. The study is from 30 sites which date to the more than 2,000-year span from the Late Bronze Age (1550-1130 BCE) until the end of the Byzantine period (640 CE).

[@TheNudeBrewer]

If anyone is new to this channel, it is a **FIFTY** part series that should be required viewing for anyone that considers themselves a thinker. You will either learn something truly amazing, or (even better!) you can ADD to its resource of knowledge-- because we don't deal in "revealed truths" around here. Even when the series was current, people would point out corrections in the videos and Aron would acknowledge them and allow for discussion. That is how EVERY subject should be treated. Compare to creationist who just deflect-deflect-deflect when you bring up their errors. I rewatch it at least once a year. It's AMAZING!

[@keltar2007]

Well said.

[@55Quirll]

@@TheNudeBrewer I agree ☝️

[@jacobwheeler6136]

Your videos have helped me a great deal when it comes to explaining evolution to my catholic girlfriend. She has slowly been pulling away from her religion. I don't push her or try to convince her that her beliefs are dumb. I just answer her questions and back it up with evidence. I've also been having her learn about logical fallacies so that she will have more skills to help her critical thinking when it comes to religious rhetoric.

[@PROtoss987]

That's what helped me, I studied logic and mathematical proofs out of interest, which soon led to reasoning myself out of faith

[@stephenweppner7433]

Um, Catholics believe in the scientific theory of evolution. Your assumptions and premise is wrong

[@pythondrink]

That's rly cute. I wish you success in your endeavor. And happy learning to your gf.

[@fritzhaselnuss7852]

I dont think regular people can appreciate how complex and intertwined a single category of our knowledge base is by now.

[@christianadam2907]

And it is F***ing amazing.

[@weerwolfproductions]

They can if in high school / secondary school / middle school they are taught the fundamental principles of science. Once you have those, you can apply them to all things that are new to you. I was taught biology with the Linnean classification system, so the switch to clades was completely new to me. But it makes so much sense.

[@doknbox]

I am a Christian medical doctor with a good knowledge of biology, but I'm not a Young Earth Creationist. I accept all demonstrated science including the fact of evolution, which I debated the creationist, contortionis Kent Hovind about earlier this month. I am highly impressed with your knowledge of biology, taxonomy, and evolution, and I watch you whenever I want to learn something new. Thank you!

[@DemiRurge]

The problem with creationists is that they use the aspects of science that fit with their narartive and then proceed to bash the aspects that they don't agree with. Which basically makes them more dishonest than a believer who accepts the scientific theories.

[@fepeerreview3150]

Thank you for your efforts in supporting science.

[@ferociousfeind8538]

Your devotion to modern sciences and your own religion BOTH, flies in the face of their most closely-held beliefs- the paranoid fears that science must be steadfast against religion. For being a living contradiction of their fear-mongering, I thank you

[@AronblocksU]

Let me educate you Doc, 100% of the evolution we see if adaptation by mutations that create a slight birth defect that is sometimes beneficial. In other words degradation. Darwin’s finches have a mutation on the ALX1 gene creating a birth defect that creates smaller deformed beaks. That’s how it works. Evolution from a common ancestor or macro evolution would require the creation of new sets of genes making useful proteins that create a new system or body part. This is impossible since random mutations cannot create DeNovo proteins in groups. We have never seen macro evolution.

[@haggismcbaggis9485]

Did Dr. Kent Hovind whack an atheist you with his slides until you were destroyed?

[@rudylikestowatch]

When asking for a "kind" changing into another "kind," I think of a radically new body plan. But then creationists reject the fossil record of whale evolution.

[@DarkRanger1975]

Another biology lesson in the morning. A great start to the day.

[@CynHicks]

You can't seriously get your biology lessons from him. May as well get a lesson in physics from Kenneth Copland. 😅

[@DarkRanger1975]

@@CynHicks you can learn more about biology from Aron Ra than you can from any preacher, minister, or apologist. Evolution is the foundation of biology.

[@MohammedFedotov-zj7wd]

​@@CynHickslet me guess you never made it far in school

[@BigZebraCom]

When the beard matches the shirt, AronRa earns multiple bonus points. Bonus points can be redeemed at participating locations.

[@MPMcV]

I'm just catching up to Aron, is it normal for him to color-code like that?

[@thomasgallipoli8376]

Your mileage of redemption bonus points may vary, but not if you’re very persuasive. I have faith in all of you 😅

[@BaronVonQuiply]

@@MPMcV Roughly as often as Matt's goes pink (since it's the internet, I'll clarify that they've both dyed for charity. Some might call that poor phrasing but to that I say Hey Look! A Seagull! **scurries off** )

[@Andrea-cq6eg]

​@@BaronVonQuiply 😂

[@BaronVonQuiply]

@@Andrea-cq6eg Somewhat on topic, I got that seagull joke from _Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal_ in which Josh (proper translation of the name) and Biff wait in silence as an old monk meditates in front of an empty bowl, motionless for the entire day, until Biff, fearing the man had passed, reaches out to check on him when the monk suddenly springs to life, enthusiastically points and says the seagull line, then abruptly hands the boys the bowl, now full of rice, and tells them to cook it. I like the simple joke that the monk was able to supernaturally materialize food at any time but spent the entire day pretending to meditate just so he could do it in the brief instant they look away (later on there is a hint that it could have been sleight of hand but it's set in a universe with magick regardless). Anyway, that's the only book on Jesus I voluntarily recommend to people

[@ExplosiveBrohoof]

I watched the entire Systematic Classification of Life playlist last year when I was sick. It is extremely educational and entertaining, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it yet. It's hours upon hours of Aron Ra talking about a field of science that he's clearly extremely passionate about.

[@n0etic_f0x]

My favorite question has been asking what the different kind is. Dog, Wolf, Fox, Hyena. To them, those are all "Dog kind" or "Wolf kind" Too bad Hyena is a felid, so now cats are dogs.

[@alienplatypus7712]

Yeah the fact that a walrus is closer to a wolf than a hyaena is a great little pitfall in which to catch someone who thinks to claim knowledge on taxonomy without possessing it. If you can get someone to claim golden moles are in the mole kind or tenrecs are in the hedgehog kind the entirety of placentalia would collapse into one kind were they honest.

[@DragonBallsolosyourverse]

Hyena is more close to mongooses Then felines.

[@DragonBallsolosyourverse]

Were at the point where all these relations are confrimed by genetics Its down to the dna level

[@DragonBallsolosyourverse]

I just wanna note this Alot of the same people who say evolution is not valid say trans people arent valid Its like genetics only work as a argument when it suits their given belief system If genetics are ok to use in one case, their ok to use in all cases

[@phantomstarsx9343]

​@@DragonBallsolosyourverse both are Feliforms. Mongoose isn't in caniform, so both are still closer related to cats then dogs, or any other caniform.

[@joshkeyser]

“I’m trying to be kind” went unreasonably hard.

[@emanuellandeholm5657]

I, a Euarchontoglire, watched this with my friend, who is a Laurasiatherian. I took Aron to <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1882">31:22</a> to reach the point where our ancestries split. Of course, since then, my line evolved in one direction and hers in another for dozens of millions of years. We are pretty similar in many respects, me and my cat. Yet there's also a vast chasm of geological time between us.

[@professorariel]

Your "Systematic classification of life" is like the nowadays "Cosmos". Amazing job

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Great comparison mate!

[@55Quirll]

I enjoy it and have downloaded and watch it often and learn something new each time

[@jamesmiller7457]

@@professorariel true. The show Cosmos was a historical fiction TV show, loosely based on science. So, yes, I see the resemblance.

[@keltar2007]

Man! That was a Library of Information!

[@Bob-of-Zoid]

@@jamesmiller7457 Right off the bat you are lying as if the OP suggested that: They did no such thing to suggest what you are: NOT EVEN CLOSE! And just where the flying F did you get that idea that it was "Historical fiction" or only loosely based on science? It was not a fiction at all, and wholly based on science! I demand your evidence to backup your claim!

[@BaronVonQuiply]

"Show me a modern protozoan evolate into my cousin with exactly ONE mutation!"

[@Therian13]

Explanations like this, is what made me subscribe in the first place. Aron Ra uses very simple, step-by-step explanations, while still using scientific terms. He introduces the word, uses it until you understand its meaning, and then proceeds to a new lesson or term, while never treating the watcher like an idiot, but never bombarding them with a bunch of new terms. Yes, he likes to use the same jokes, but rehashed slightly, but his priority is to get the lesson across. He doesn`t train you to REMEMBER words. But he DOES train you to understand them.

[@captainstinkyvonpoopberg4925]

I knew it! I'm surrounded by assholes!

[@D-Pocalypse]

😂

[@alanhilder1883]

OK Dark Helmet ( or was it the "evil" Mel character )

[@Support_Ad_Blocker]

Try living without one 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Bunny-ns5ni]

"keep firing, assholes!"

[@be1tube]

Congratulations on summarizing more than 50 hours of taxonomic lessons into under half an hour! This is condensed enough to be worth memorizing.

[@kinglyzard]

His intensive 50 part series on Animal Phylogeny is totally worth a binge watch or two!

[@Theprofessorator]

Cannot express how much the "Systematic Classification of Life" is a gift to mankind. I toss it on probably once every other year and just listen to it over the course of a couple weeks. Thank you!

[@gmgurp6666]

I love the mixture of innuendo and bluntness that you bring to any subject. Thanks for the great laughs that get me weird looks at work until they join in when I explain what I'm laughing at. "What kind of asshole are you?" 😂

[@alanhilder1883]

We all begin as an Asshole ( Arsehole, I'm Australian ) but SOME of us "evolve" to being more.

[@derinderruheliegt]

@@alanhilder1883If someone asked me that I’d have no rebutthole.

[@pythondrink]

Lmao ​@@derinderruheliegt

[@SpeedLockedNZ]

Creationists are Kinda confused

[@patobrien235]

No, they just don't want to know

[@Pan_cak]

I see what you did there💀

[@terbospeed]

Feelings over facts, every time

[@adamstrange7884]

Not kinda, very!

[@after5hock273]

Nice one 👍

[@jeffknetzer856]

Pure insight. No emotionally driven statements which is what the religious but curious world so desperately needs to hear. Thank you! And thank the Enlightenment

[@phantomstarsx9343]

Bot Ra is back

[@Sergiu.antifascist]

it is not uncommon to science. true science is so

[@allendesomer]

Simple mindedness: "I don't know, therefore, God".

[@NoOne-uh9vu]

Except thats not their standard. Their paradigm is an uncreated deity from whom everything follows causally. Materialism and evolution are logically just subsets of that first axiom. Thats their standard. If we assume that Neo darwinian evolution could be proven without even the slightest doubt remaining it still would not change this paradigm it just changes to "evolution therefore God" which is already some peoples believe (because science has knocked out the biblical account as a narrative from their pov). None of the materialistic empirical facts could ever touch their first axiom since materialism / naturalism is always defined as a subset of the metaphysical set (uncreated -> created) and thats not a unique position to religion. For example Idealism which does not use religious arguments similar to ID has a similar approach to reality. Idealism defines the mental as foundational to reality while the material observable world is defined as a dashboard object of our disassociated minds. Just because you hear someone making a god of the gaps argument doesnt mean it's their axiom. Maintaining that strawman is not the slam dunk you believe it is. In fact you are just employing a thought terminating cliché. Google it

[@robb3210]

Don't you mean I can't be bothered wanting to know.

[@thehellyousay]

no, don't mistake simple minds for ignorant ones. simple minds just tend to cut straight through bullshit. ignorant minds wallow in it.

[@allendesomer]

@@thehellyousay The English language is a delightful playground. Touché! 🤺

[@DustinDustin00]

"Please condense 4 billion years into 2 minutes. K? Thx bye!"

[@basschepoxx]

Make it 30 seconds for tiktok ... 😂

[@phantomstarsx9343]

And any detail you leave out will be used as "evidence" against you.

[@markrothenbuhler6232]

I would like to propose the collective noun for creationists is an ignorance. So the Creation Museum is an ignorance of creationists.

[@petrine5]

👍🏻👏🏻

[@adamstrange7884]

A cluster of dumb?

[@adamstrange7884]

A dumb of creationists?

[@aiya5777]

are you sure you're not talking about yourself?

[@danielhamid5569]

Likely talking about you specifically judging by your low brow comment ​@@aiya5777

[@SR-ry6hs]

Amazing, simply Amazing... that creationists can look at all of this evidence and still deny evolution. This video should be played in every school, to every grade, to the start of every biology class. Amazing.

[@rainwilson2105]

lol what evidence, Evolution cannot be observed. You dont know anything, please actually read the Papers, stop listening to someone explain it to you

[@SolstaLynn]

Thank you. You just demonstrated that my wacky statement that there is only one kind of life on this planet, living kind.

[@TGW757]

Thanks, Aron. This was a fantastic watch and yes, we are pretty great apes.

[@fepeerreview3150]

Even if I wasn't already subscribed and never miss an Aron Ra video, I'd have clicked on this one for the thumbnail!

[@Sköldpadda-77]

The background would make one hell of a great poster. And while I was pretty much aware of almost all the information you shared, it was more like separate islands of knowledge. Never before have I seen it laid out in such a clear, straightforward, and easy to follow manner.

[@SiganQ]

"You can still call it Facebook..." - That got me dude. 🤣 Thanks for that

[@kinglyzard]

A "KIND" is a grouping of creationists. A herd of cattle, a gaggle of geese, a kind of creationists

[@donkink3114]

I'm stealing this, thanks,😮😊😅

[@Sergiu.antifascist]

i love you!

[@NickHand-c9l]

Catchy. I might use it.

[@LaNwamNi]

The curious kind. Thanks for sating it, Aron.

[@captscarlet8793]

As the bard said "you've got to be cruel to be kind, in the right measure"

[@laurajarrell6187]

Aron, I'm so glad you still do these. You are such a wordsmith! Funniest thing I saw yesterday was a christian channel posted himself on his ring door bell, from work, arguing with a JW at his door, over doctrine! 😂👍🏼🌊💙💙💙🌊🥰✌🏽

[@PokemonRules333]

It’s always amazing seeing different denominations of Christianity being at each other’s throats despite believing in the same book and god

[@charlespoe5155]

@@PokemonRules333it always seems to amaze me that the Bible experts forget to leave out - that many will come in his name bringing in false doctrine, false teachers, false prophets that deceive many and that the great falling away happening now is due to fake Christian’s having itching ears and not truly believing and wonder after their own. God didn’t come to start a religion that was man who created that hence all the denominations especially counterfeit Roman Catholicism that all churches bow down to. The Vicar of Christ is the replacement of or instead of.

[@steveaustin4118]

A good concise lead into a well worth watching 50 hour playlist

[@7EV1N]

"What kind of asshole are you..." I can't stop laughing at that! So good lol

[@nemostrangesonginthedirt8448]

The sexy kind

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

The "silly old fart kind", 🤣

[@rembrandt972ify]

I'm both of those kinds. 🤪

[@MrCanis4]

@@rembrandt972ify The missing link ??? 🤣

[@unoriginalname4321]

I am a meat popsicle

[@reasonablespeculation3893]

every kind is sexy to their own kind

[@Cat_Woods]

I really love this. I appreciate it for my own education. I watched the whole 50-part series, but it went past me very fast. This helps me get it more. The only thing I wished is that you would make another version where you clip out words like sh-t as well as the references to people's beliefs. That version could be showed in classrooms to children, so they could learn these things early.

[@berthaduniverse]

Aron, thanks for all your (so well prepared) works... Wonderful stuff here. For years I was a student, then a TA, then a grad-school TA teaching labs in human anatomy, physiology, marine-bio, and comparative vertebrate anatomy, all of which I left behind for self-employment in an unrelated field. Here you remind me not only of those days (80's thru 90's), but how much I have forgotten. You are a true scholar, so the deepest of respect to you.

[@austinhornbeck5060]

"I'm kind, just not your kind" :p gotta love these people.

[@katyungodly]

Megadeth reference?

[@austinhornbeck5060]

@@katyungodly yep

[@michaelblacktree]

Back in the 1980s, I was the kind who rewinds. Aron knows what I'm talking about. 😎

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

They where relevant until the early 2000s.

[@jaded_gerManic]

👊

[@Rallarberg]

A 35 minute long setup for a pun, I appreciate it :)

[@keltar2007]

Jeez! This man knows his shit in extreme detail!

[@lawrence5117]

A comprehensive explanation. Thanks Aron

[@lukeriely4468]

Thank you, Aron. Yet another well "created" video. Excellent breakdown of kinds. Well done.

[@timhaines3877]

This is the video I've been hoping for since your systematic classification series! That series is amazing and chock full of the details needed to truly understand our descent with modification, but it doesn't lend itself to being a quick response to "My daddy ain''t no monkey!". This video isn't as pithy as Erika's (Gutsick Gibbon) description (that I can't for the life of me remember right now), but is a great overview of how we classify organisms and how we fall right in line with it all.

[@niblick616]

Physics proves creationism is absurd. Biology proves creationism is absurd. Genetics proves creationism is absurd. Geology proves creationism is absurd. Astronomy proves creationism is absurd. Geography proves creationism is absurd. Reality proves creationism is absurd. Creationists prove creationism is worse than absurd.

[@MetallicAAlabamA]

I've commented alot on AronRa's amazing content, and many other atheist, or anti religious content over the last couple of years. Where I've mentioned that my mother, whom is a big time Christian, or at least makes that claim. For years, I've tried to explain to her how the mechanics of evolution works. And time after time, she pulls a cut me off, and tries to change the subject or will say to me "You believe what you believe, and I'll believe what I want to believe!". Well, if miracles were actually a thing, I'd say that one happened with her a couple of days ago. And I wanna thank AronRa for being someone that explains it in a way where people, especially someone who is 73 yrs old can understand. His Systematic Classification of Life series was what helped. But there was a heartbreaking moment as she wants to question it, but she can't, because it makes way too much sense and she knows it does. And I had to explain to her that just because evolution is a fact of reality. That it doesn't mean that she doesn't have meaning to her life or that we don't have meaning to our lives. Even though I believe that when we die, we simply no longer exist. And I used to say to her when I was a teenager - "Do you remember anything before you were born? That's what I feel how it's gonna be after our brains shut down. I understand it's a hard thing to get around for people who have been taught from birth basically. That we are God's creation, and that God made everything, the Bible is the truth, and Jesus is the one to follow." And I'm like AronRa when he says - "It's not death that I'm worried about. It's how I get there is the problem." I know that's not his exact words, but I think it's close 😊. She nearly fell out laughing about the episode where she learned that at one point in our evolution, that we were literal assholes. 😂Thanks AronRa!

[@chameleonx9253]

As someone who never bought into religion to begin with, I just don't understand how people wrap up so much of their identity and purpose in a bunch of childish fables from the iron age. I have meaning, purpose, value, a moral code, etc. and I don't need an invisible space wizard to give it to me.

[@NoFalseTruth]

​@@chameleonx9253 The reason is because so many people are indoctrinated AS children. When youre taught by parents that you trust implicitly that god is real, it's hard to break free of it, ESPECIALLY if said parents are also hardcore with their beliefs and discourage learning information that goes against it. I was raised in the Jehovah's Witness cult, it took me 31 years (and 8 of the last years spent in mostly isolation due to agoraphobia and social anxiety) to start thinking for myself and break free.

[@MetallicAAlabamA]

@@chameleonx9253 My mom took me to church when I was a baby, until I was 10 yrs old. My first and middle name is Joshua Adam. And she literally wanted me to be a minister or pastor. I don't know why I never could believe any of the words of religious doctrine. I'd like to think that natural selection kept me from being able to have my brain turned to spam spread. So you could imagine what my mom was feeling as her 10-12 yr old baby boy told her that he believes that book is a load of horse shit! I used to have the typical tantrum a young teenager has sometimes. And she would say I was possessed by the devil. I'd tell her - "I ain't possessed by no devil. I know exactly what I'm doing!". I love my mom, and she is a good person. Just has been fed a bunch of insane bs from the time she was a little one. And I think she doesn't want to believe that her mother lied to her. Which I try to explain that no one was lying to her on purpose. And that her parents were fed the same deceptive nonsense, as did her great grandparents, her great great grandparents, on and on. I think alot of people today, that believe. Only believe because they're affraid to think differently. Maybe being affraid of becoming an outcast by other believers, or that they've lived with this belief for so long, they wouldn't know how to think if they decided to stop believing. Mom and her sister tried to tell me that the bible is the way to understand how our morality works. So I decided to read the damn thing one day. I read it once with confusion, the second time with even more confusion, a third time made me angry, the fourth time made me sick. It damn sure helped me with my morality, I agreed with that. Because I knew I was 1000 times more moral than what that book of lies, contradictions, manipulation, and insanity ever could. Just wow!

[@kylegonewild]

@@chameleonx9253 "and I don't need an invisible space wizard to give it to me." They don't "need" it either. They want it.

[@Sergiu.antifascist]

people still consumed by instincts of tribal appartenence

[@LeandroOliveira-hs6su]

"What kind of asshole are you?" was precious!

[@myhalflifecrisis]

Thank you for putting this together - I’ll be sharing this link to anyone who yaps about “kinds” when denying evolution.

[@Z4r4sz]

"Everything was animal, mineral or vegetable" That sounds like the homeschool episode of the dinosaurs where Earl had a board with animal, vegetable and rocks written on it :D

[@telbut2269]

An eloquent, humbling, and yet, awe inspiring explanation Aron - thank you. We are all so grateful for the years of study and hard work that you have undertaken to enable us all to learn from you. Wonderful!

[@KellyBergerDeusVult]

I think Dave mustain and Megadeth said it best: what do you mean I'm not kind? Just not your kind.

[@Gxlto]

That outro song gives me such a distinct sense of realization and nostalgia

[@sjzara]

This is outstanding - a real achievement of the presentation of evolution.

[@wadehathawaymusic]

Wow, that is among the most concise and digestible explanations of where humans are on the tree. Thanks!

[@uriituw]

This is one of the best videos from AronRa.

[@amygrowls]

I’ve learned so much from these videos. You’re a national treasure, Aron

[@zbruh617]

Good one Aron. Not only did I learn something but I also got a few good chuckles to break up the work day

[@jay2times814]

Intellectual laziness is cowardice. Aron 🫵💯🥷 💙🕶️💙

[@lisaboban]

In the information age, ignorance is their choice!

[@cynicallyskeptic4295]

A "kind" is a group of animals that creationists put together at the moment to support their refusal to accept the reality we live in.

[@kinglyzard]

A " Kind" is a grouping of creationists. A gaggle of geese, a murder of Crows, a flock of seagulls, and a kind of creationists.😅

[@Sergiu.antifascist]

a kind is a person that gives, you silly

[@joshuathomason5729]

Almost first, love your content, I quote you very often Aron! ... But at one point, I was just a butt-hole 😂

[@DharricRolyat]

You explained the system more clearly in less than 40 minutes than my Biology teacher did over many hours of lessons across multiple years. Thank you.

[@egyptomaniac6453]

I just shared the bit about all of us starting as a$$holes in the family WhatsApp chat... Coolest bit of trivia ever 😂

[@smoothpicker]

I really enjoyed this episode, you break it down to where its much easier to understand and follow, and as always adding your humor makes it even better!! Loved the " what kind of asshe are you?" Comment lol😅

[@TheNudeBrewer]

I lived my wild 20s around an interesting mix of super wild party people, and pretty straight-laced people. There seemed to be a code for almost everything. Most people know "if you're in the Lifestyle" (a swinger), but there was also "are you Kind?" (means you smoke weed), and "do you party?" (means you did cocaine). There must have been 100 of these silly euphemisms. lol I've been following AronRa for what seems a decade now, and every time this "what is a KIND??!" argument comes up, I always laugh at this internal joke. Esp since Aron has always seemed like a weed-friendly fellow, so I've always winked at the screen and said "Yooouuuuu know what a 'Kind' is, sir!" ;^)

[@FullFrontalNerdity-e3z]

The systematic classification series is a masterpiece, like Cosmos or Connections.

[@wcsxwcsx]

You see, this is why I generally avoided biology throughout school. I prefer to stick with simpler and more straightforward things like quantum mechanics or general relativity.

[@Sergiu.antifascist]

:))

[@latheofheaven1017]

Very cool summary, thank you. Anyone who wants more detail, broken up into bite-size chunks, I can't recommend Aron's Systematic Classification of Life series enough.

[@fepeerreview3150]

The short version of this is, "Life is complicated, really, really complicated, way more complicated than the likes of Kent Hovind or Ken Ham can even begin to comprehend."

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Honestly just listening to Aron gradually make his way through the taxonomic tree towards humans is incredibly relaxing.

[@martinurbani]

Bluebeard is back,connecting people! Trying to be kind.

[@Moribus_Artibus]

"They distort evolution into what it isn't so they can keep themselves confused and avoid the risk of understanding of what they are forbidden to believe" - Aron Ra

[@llongone2]

Creations hear the word "evolution" and imagine lycanthrope.

[@eljay5746]

OMGoodness what a brilliant & erudite educational snapshot of how to explain cellular diversity. Many many thanks Aron.

[@nooneatall5612]

I am not a kind, I am rude.

[@kidslovesatan34]

Yes you are, you're kind of rude.

[@nicolaimanev]

a rude

[@MrCanis4]

"Kind" in my language it means 'child'. LOL.

[@Geoffreydarcy-pv4mq]

A rutabaga.

[@catpoke9557]

@@MrCanis4 Is your language German?

[@filipv2167]

"the content of his character' I love that

[@MattSinz]

One hilarious argument I heard from a creationist was the universe was created 6,000 years ago, but created in a state that was 13.9 billion years old. Meaning the universe simultaneously 6,000 and 13.9 billion years old, and that evolution and young earth creationism are both true at the same time.

[@kidslovesatan34]

Make sense to me 🤷‍♂️

[@ritchie6162]

Yeah that’s a lot of my family. The dinosaur bones aren’t old, apparently the dinosaur bones JUST SO HAPPENED to be in that state and date back to millions of years because SATAN/THE DEVIL wanted to TRICK HUMANITY. I used to believe it too… I still shudder at my years of brainwashing and look forward to a few more years of working through my hell anxiety.

[@bakkerem1967]

Sounds like a pretty good pretzel.

[@Foolish188]

So God is a LIAR! I think they are worshipping the wrong God. It does explain why their god is so vicious in the Old Testament and demands to be worshipped.

[@lukeriely4468]

You should have asked for scientific data to support his assertion. I'm pretty sure he'd either have nothing forensic or use arbitrary units of known data to form into a thread or hypothesis. His hypothesis is based on magic, as with everything they conceive of. It is a construct of the abstract.

[@odojang]

Each time I think I know what you are about to talk about, I learn tons of new stuff. Than k you Sir. You are a great and generous communicator,

[@anthonynorman7545]

Puns are off the chart!

[@Dnyn]

I never realized how complicated it is. I like how you went through how each kind breaks off by types

[@WessexBladesHandMadeKnives]

he's going to slip that pun in somewhere.....any second now,,oh, missed it. oh wait .nailed it!

[@a.k.1902]

That was a fantastic presentation. Thank you very much.

[@gardian1701]

"I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING YOU JUST SAID . . . . THEREFORE MAGIC SKY DADDY DID IT!"

[@arkdark5554]

Aron Ra. Big man, great knowledge. Respect.

[@paco-8-8]

An Concise edition of the 52-episode list of what we are 😊 And yet, again in sufficient detail! 😊

[@C21H27NO-atj]

Another excellent video kindly received on the Lizard Peninsula. Thank you Aron.

[@MAJMAJESTIC]

👍 🎵Kinds ,kinds, everywhere there's kinds , frigging creationist loosing their tiny little minds!🎵😂

[@humbleevidenceaccepter7712]

Old enough to get that.

[@breadfan7433]

What an amazing video on what a human is. Educational, entertaining and thought provoking. Thank you, AronRa.

[@jospehjack]

I'm kind of goofy. I'm kind of silly. I'm kind of hungry(making breakfast ATM). Thats 3 kinds just off the top of my head. I'm sure if Aron reads this one, he will get a chuckle.

[@carolmartin1298]

Your knowledge always amazes me Aron. These types of videos are my favorite of yours.

[@chutspe]

I have been called "kind" before.

[@usingerinamoapensis180]

bonus point for your last sentence. That was great!

[@mikedoesstuff4222]

Well, clearly there's the bird kind... you know... like bats...

[@Andrea-cq6eg]

Honestly one of the funniest titles and thumbnails i've ever seen 😂