Richard Dawkins - Evolution, Embryology, Stars & Universes

[geckothelizard]

sort of disagree with dawkin's first answer. stars are made up of previous generations of stars that blew up in super novae. matter changes from being in a star, eg you get bigger atoms formed. so todays stars are more metal rich than the earlier generations of stars (initially the only atom that existed was helium).

it's not "evolution" as such but previous generations do have a direct impact on later ones.

[bdhanes]

I agree. This is why I asked the question. The more I study, the thinner the line get's between the evolution of life or biology and the evolution of matter. At some point matter became life; so why wouldn't we see evolution and/or natural selection in matter in the cosmos?

[Stringprodigy]

Wow, what a great answer. Dawkins is amazing.

[Unkewlioso]

Good question! How did you get your questions to send? I had a series I really wanted answered, but wouldn't go through.

[bdhanes]

I tried to text it but it wouldn't go. It was a longer question, ultimately asking about examples of cosmological evolution or natural selection, but I condensed it and wrote it on a yellow post-it note then simply handed it to the girl reading the questions. I was annoyed how she asked it; as if it was a dumb question. However, Dawkins totally got what the question was getting at, and gave a wonderful answer, clarifying what evolution actually is.

[Unkewlioso]

Yeah, I wasn't pleased with how the whole night went, but it was pretty good nonetheless.

LOL have you seen the "related videos" to this?

[bdhanes]

I don't see why every single related video is by ZULKARNEYN2099. WTF is going on YouTube!?