6 -- Natural Selection Made Easy

Explains natural selection in simple terms. A must for anyone who is confused by the Theory of Evolution, and wonders why it's taught in classrooms. This video is part of the 'Made Easy' series that explains the history of our world, from the Big Bang to the human migration out of Africa.

(Music: Sergey Prokofiev's 'Peter and the Wolf')

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[upisoft2]

I never knew that science and medical research are part of natural selection.

[billyjack70]

You are a delusional. Guess we should just give up science and medical research then.

[upisoft2]

Yeah, perfectly fine. As the rest of all living beings.

[billyjack70]

No, I never said that. You did. You said they are "perfectly fine", which is incorrect. My opinion is that through technology we should be able to fix these issues so that a kid doesn't have to grow up that way.

[upisoft2]

Natural selection does not concern with happiness. You do.

And your friend may have uneasy life, but he does have life. Look out by the window. Look and see if any animals out there are happy or if they have easy lives.

By your definition we have to exterminate everything that can't feel happy and does not have easy life..

So.... Why should I even bother to talk to you? My life isn't easy.

[billyjack70]

I have a friend that is "perfectly fine", but has 1 leg/foot that is about 1/4 the normal size, a stub for another foot, one short hand with a couple fingers, and one stub for an arm. He was born that way. He makes his life happy because he wants to but it is not easy. Sounds like he is "just fine" in your opinion.

[upisoft2]

That someone is different than you are does not mean they have "terrible defects". If what you call "defects" does not damage their ability to live and procreate, they are just fine.

[billyjack70]

But you did. You said if someone is living and procreating, then their genetic information is just fine. That is not true. There are plenty of people that can procreate with terrible defects due to mutation.

[upisoft2]

Oh, shit big scary straw man..... Everybody hide!

I never said anything about mutations.

[billyjack70]

So mutations never happen? You are delusional.