Dr. Berlinski fails to destroy evolution

A rebuttal to a video posted on youtube as "Dr. Berlinski destroys evolution in under 5 minutes" located here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-UCo7JQm-A . It points out that Dr. Berlinski's claims are either never adequately examined, or just plain dishonest. For more on Dr. Berlinski's comments about John von Neumann, see http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2008/08/von-neumann-on.html

Credits:

All images are either public domain or by the author, except the following:

Pakicetus: Illustration by Carl Buell, and taken from http://www.neoucom.edu/Depts/Anat/Pakicetid.html.

Sperm whale limb rudiment Adapted from National Geographic, November 2001, The Evolution of Whales, by Douglas H. Chadwick, Shawn Gould and Robert Clark. Re-illustrated for public access distribution by Sharon Mooney ©2006, used under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5

Indohyus by wikimedia user ArthurWeasley, after Thewissen, 2007, pencil drawing, digital coloring.

Ambulocetus: Adapted from National Geographic, November 2001, The Evolution of Whales, by Douglas H. Chadwick, Shawn Gould and Robert Clark. Re-illustrated for public access distribution by Sharon Mooney ©2006, (image may be re-distributed, under condition all original credits remain intact.)

Kutchicetus: Illustration by Carl Buell, and taken from http://www.neoucom.edu/DEPTS/ANAT/Pakicetid.html

Protocetus by wikimedia user ArthurWeasley, under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

Archaeocetid skeletons by wikimedia user Thesupermat, under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2

Cetacean dental morphology illustration taken from "DENTAL MORPHOLOGY OF REMINGTONOCETIDAE", Journal of Paleontology 75(2):463-465

Cetacean skulls: Adapted from National Geographic, November 2001, The Evolution of Whales, by Douglas H. Chadwick, Shawn Gould and Robert Clark. Re-illustrated for public access distribution by Sharon Mooney ©2006, (image may be re-distributed, under condition all original credits remain intact.)

Cetacean tree by Felix G. Marx, University of Bristol. Images of cetacenas adapted from National Geographic's The evolution of whales by Douglas H. Chadwick, Shawn Gould and Robert Clark Re-illustrated for public access distribution by Sharon Mooney 2006. Open source licence CC ASA 2.5

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• evolution
• whale
• dolphin
• creationism
• debunked
• Discovery
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[shortist2003]

Your contentions against Dr. Berlinsaki are loosely constructed, playing with the truth even as much as you accuse Dr. Berlinski. Dr. Berlinski stated he "stopped" at 50,000. Also, his comparative analysis was designed to explain the lack of evolutionary mutations found in the geologic column known as the fossil record.

[conradleviston]

@shortist2003 Meh, Dr. Berlinski is a liar who put forward a terrible argument. He lied outright about von Neumann, and there is no getting around that, and his unsupported assertion of 50,000 (unless you count half a dozen examples as support) solely relied on the perception that 50,000 was too big a number for evolution to explain, which as I showed it wasn't. There are a huge number of mutations found in the fossil record given the number of fossil sites, Berlinski's demands are unrealistic.

[Atriviality]

Berlinski HAD credibility to destroy?

[Barkeroni]

Very good video...once again proving that religion has an agenda and science is simply studying the overwhelming evidence for evolution. Thanks

[lourak]

For those interested in Berlinski's response to this familiar, yet misleading critique, see his article: "Darwin and the Mathematicians" of November 7, 2009.

[kheim1954]

whales, dolphins, etc closest living relatives are hippos.....who spend half their lives in water

[buktomsin]

@strattgatt wow your a sad, sad, strange little man.

[strattgatt]

@conradleviston So what?

[conradleviston]

@strattgatt You are not doing a very good job of convincing me that you are not a troll.

[strattgatt]

@conradleviston Yes i do. I am sorry. I was taught to not mock the afflicted but i can't seem to stop.

[conradleviston]

@strattgatt Seriously though, what was your point? My video argued that Dr. Berlinski's argument ranged from smoke and mirrors (50,000 morphological changes) to outright lying (von Neumann). Your response was that it was good to see people moving away from evolution. Your response was a total non-sequitur, and I was wondering if you had anything of value to add.