Evolution: A Lie?

Some people say evolution is a lie. I think they're going a little overboard.

The music in this video is by David Schombert, from his album "Quiet Life vol.1" which, along with three of his other albums can be downloaded from www.jamendo.com free of charge (unless you care to make a donation). It's released under a Creative Commons license, so no problem using it in my video.

I strongly recommend "The Gate Of Silence". It's one of the most beautiful albums I have ever heard in my life.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• evolution
• creation
• intelligent
• design

[bravetoday]

Calling it a lie may not be fair as you say, however, unproven theory may be a better descriptor. Blanket statements about the "entire" scientific community declaring Evolution as a fact is untrue. In contrast, there are just as many scientists, biologists, geologists, and archeologists that view Evolution as an unproven theory. The huge problem is that, since Darwin's death, not one single transitional fossil has been found. No transitional fossils makes Evolution very difficult to believe in.

[quasarsphere]

So, what you're saying is, you have no idea what the word "theory" means? OK, let me try and illustrate the difference between "theory" and "fact": Imagine you're sitting in an armchair reading the sheet music for Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". That's theory.

Now imagine you're at the piano playing Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata". That's fact.

Theories describe facts.

[Darwinsgift]

Good vid! I missed your style!... I can be drawn away by Medieval II Total War every now and again! .. The urge just returns!

[quasarsphere]

In my case it's Civilization 4. And Vietcong. And the old XCOM game from 1993 - shit graphics, but the ancient version of the game has something none of the recent versions have managed to recapture.

I really cannot play any of these games. It's embarrassing!

[PainSurgeon]

@MeBeMat i know, i was confirming you :p

[MeBeMat]

@PainSurgeon Preaching to the choir here, pal! That's what I said to @bravetoday

[PainSurgeon]

@PainSurgeon too bad there are still idiots in the world who need too much attention, by saying it's a lie.

[PainSurgeon]

@MeBeMat a "theory" in science means : a proven and working concept of the way the universe works, with room left for improvement.

Now a "hypothesis"; that's unproven, and could still be wrong.

Evolution is a theory, not a hypothesis. It is proven, but there are always little details we don't know yet.

[MeBeMat]

@bravetoday Yes, evolution is a theory, a theory will a remarkable amount of evidence to back it up. In scientific vernacular, theory is the word used to describe something as close to a fact as it's possible to be in science; gravity, relativity and heliocentrism are referred to as theories, and they have overwhelming evidenced to support them, would you consider them unproven?

Also, there's been an over-abundance of fossils found that support the evolutionary model, Google is your friend.

[newbology]

you're awesome, keep making videos :)

[lordofdarkdudes]

it wasent my cat it was my dog and he dident last moday....dumass :P

[woohootrainiscoming]

type 'fossils of transitional evolution' into google. Such a simple task will give you all the evidence you need.

[bravetoday]

Re: QS The Tiktaalik Roseae is another desperate attempt to push it as a Trans. fossil. Tikaalik is said to be 9 ft. long. It would weigh hundreds of pounds and it's fins do not have skeletal connection to the rest of it's body. Tiktaaliks fin was not connected to the main skeleton, so it could not have supported its weight on land. Missing Link? - WRONG!