Yes this is evolution

This is a response to Kanbei's this is evolution...just my thoughts on the videos content :)

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[benthemiester]

You misunderstood, we do not "use" not "they dont have a function"

If something has a function then are bodies do use them unless there removed. Not all so called vestigials are critical but either are your hands or feet. You can still live with one lung.

[gsusreloded]

^ The here is the question becomes a question of scope and power of the designer...why would it give us wisdom teeth or cross our breathing and feeding tubes. That is an extremely profound ( and arguably unanswerable question, this is not good for something that is supposed to be a scientific theory) Using occam's razor, we can conclude that the most simple answer is that we were not designed, and that we have these things in common with previous lifeforms because we have a common ancestor.

[benthemiester]

Why would you think that we have parts that we are not needed. This argument was used by Robert Wiedersheim in 1893 when he listed almost 100 body parts he considered vestigial including the spleen, pituitary gland,appendix,Plantaris muscle,thymus, tonsils etc.........

[gsusreloded]

@benthemiester ^You misunderstood, we do not "use" not "they dont have a function". Wisdom teeth are a great example of our humble beginnings as a lower primate. They have no function (They are functional as teeth, but they usually cause migraines and the displacement of the rest of your teeth, or a jaw deformation) or impede the function of other teeth, but they still grow in. Things that are designed don't have things like this...

[benthemiester]

@gsusreloded "why would it give us wisdom teeth or cross our breathing and feeding tubes. That is an extremely profound"

I already responded to wisdom teeth question. This is basically an argument of (I wouldn't have done it this way so therefore its bad design)

[benthemiester]

@gsusreloded cont....The human body is exquisitely put together and is capable of extremely remarkable things. If your having trouble breathing and eating then you should see a doctor. An argument of ignorance is not evidence of non design. According to population genetics and mitochondrial DNA, our common ancestor was a human colloquially named Eve. No one has to date been able to put forth a

[benthemiester]

@gsusreloded cont....standard & cohesive cross species phylogenetic tree. These are called the assumptions of the neo Darwinian synthesis. Eukaryote life does not appear gradually but appears within a geologically blink of an eye and in orders of several magnitudes. Some put this sudden global sudden appearance of trillions and trillions of multi cellular life forms and already highly complex and with no known ancestry in as little as 3 million years. There are some Chinese who

[benthemiester]

@gsusreloded cont..... study the Cambrian radiation event who say it happened all at once and that Darwin's tree of life is upside down, and American scientist go there to learn from what the Chinese have discovered. Have you ever entertained the reason why we are made up of the same kinds of proteins and DNA is because we all have to live on the same planet, get our energy from the sun and eat the same foods. If we were all cellularly different there would be no eco system.

[benthemiester]

@gsusreloded "Even if all of that were true...you're still light years away from proving intelligent design" I disagree, & there is no such thing as proof in the historical sciences. All we have is evidence, & ID theorist are now getting this evidence published in peer review science journals and university press and have a small but growing minority now including members of the National Academy of Science as well as scientist & scholars from around the globe including agnostics and atheist.

[benthemiester]

@gsusreloded "Wisdom teeth are a great example of our humble etc. They have no function" I can attest to the fact that they do. I still have mine and aside from having had a little teething pain that lasted a very short while they still work. In fact there is evidence that removing wisdom teeth can cause migraines. "Wisdom Teeth Removal Can Lead to New Daily Persistent Headache" There are many things that are designed and are nor perfect including cars, planes etc. This a fallacy & straw man.

[gsusreloded]

cont... earlier organisms. And that suggests a limitation, which is something that monotheistic gods aren't supposed to have. In addition if the designer is responsible for the blueprint of all life, then why did he make us appear to have parts from precursor organisms? How could you blame anyone for coming to the conclusion that we evolved? lol (Beside the mountains of scientific evidence)