Dr. David Berlinski: What Does It Take for Change? (Clip 5)

The producers of the critically-acclaimed documentary "Icons of Evolution" sat down for an interview with Dr. Berlinski. This is a clip from that interview.

David Berlinski was raised in New York City, educated at Columbia College and recieved his Ph.D in philosophy from Princeton University. He later became a Fellow of the Faculty in Mathematics and a Post Doctoral Fellow in molecular biology at Columbia University.

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[mjfoster0825]

So then why haven't hippos evolved into whales? They pretty much live in the water too. Hmmmm. Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

[periechontology]

Remember, they number in the millions, statistically, aren't they likely to produce something in the short term capable of edging it out of their collective ecological niche?

[periechontology]

@mcmanustony

Questions: Breathing apparatuses, diving apparatuses, Lactation systems etc. Are all very complex systems. Every minute mutational step in their development is not likely to be so extreme it will lead lead to the eradication of all immediate predecessors true? So we are talking about long stretches of time where the animal has no unique competitive advantage over those predecessors but where they have the potential to develop more immediate advantages.

[mcmanustony]

@nancycogar

"This is one of those things evolutionists never address"- "evolutionists" as you wrongly call them account for 99.99% of life scientists. how many have you asked?

[ttcmp0]

Its idiotic to suppose that evolution allows for cows to be able to become like whales in few steps. Of course there is a myriad of changes needed for a cow to transform into whale-like creature. How about letting the cow first live close to water, live in shallows, eat seaweed etc for, say, few thousands of years. I likely that some of the features will start to change. We will likely have hundreds or thousands of intermediate species before the end. Why does Berlinski insist on bad arguments?

[BestVideoResponse]

Alright fancy pants. Where did you get the fake eyebrows? This fine gentleman is a Star Trek fan, enjoys Pooktre tree shaping and is also a duct tape artist.

[gregrutz]

@rmir2 Yes Neanderthals were a side branch. How do you explain two different kinds of humans on the earth at the same time 30,000 years ago?

Evolution is easily falsified. Find a bunny fossil it the Cambrian Period. or A Bird with mammal DNA.

[gregrutz]

@nancycogar The animal that lived near the water and ate meat and fish [not a cow] changed over time. By swimming in the ocean it could find an unlimited amount of food.

[gregrutz]

Whales didn't evolve for cows, dummy.

[nancycogar]

The most important question was not asked.. WHY?

Why would the cow even evolve to a whale to begin with? If a cow is surviving as it is on land, then what is the need for it to evolve at all?

This is one of those things evolutionists never address..