Trees and Webs | The Light of Evolution - Episode 4
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Forrest is a biologist and an educator who specializes in evolutionary biology and bioanthropology. In this series, he shares his love of evolution by teaching the basics of this extraordinary science!
Thanks to Dr. Pete White from Michigan State University for helping out with this video!
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Can you put this series of videos into a playlist? It would make it a little bit better to watch.
@@pursueallthings581 it is already, if i'm not mistaken it is called " the light of evolution"
@@raysalmon6566 so? It was very entertaining and educational. Just because you don't like something doesn't mean it has no value to someone else.
Hey Forrest, noticed Chaos by James Gleick I loved that book, what I understood of it haha it’d be cool to see a book recommendation video my current favorite is Behave by Robert Sapolsky!
One of the greatest things about studying biology is how humbling it can be. We are all related at the evolutionary and biochemical level, and all populations have niches and selection pressures that result in more effective reproducers. The arbitrary guidelines and rules that humans have created to better understand the fascinating absurdities of the natural world dont alwasy count for the fortuity observed in nature. The nebulosity of what life is has always intrigued me, and how we truly are jsut conglomerations of individual microorgansims is testament to how conencted life is. A single cell is just as much alive as the macroscopic structure that it is a constiguent of.
Another great video Forrest. As a, former 56 year old young earth creationist, I can honestly say, your videos have helped me to relearn so much of the science I willingly chose to ignore. If it ever crosses your mind and you wonder if your videos help anyone, trust me, they do, I'm living proof. thank you and keep up the great work sir!!
This means the world to me! Thank you so much!
You're very brave.
Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, therefore no matter nor energy would’ve existed to do the causing. Consequently, whatever did cause the universe to exist, would need to be immaterial and exist beyond time and space! Genesis 1: 1 god creates time space and matter!
Entropy is somewhat opposite of evolution and why did this come into the universe if everything’s getting better. Genesis 2:17 says death came into the universe through the first sin!
First two chapters of the Bible not the 500th chapter or the thousandth chapter; explain what evolutionists have not explained;, The first two laws of thermodynamics!
DNA does not auto encrypt, it did not write itself the code writer is outside of the code. 3300 billion lines of computer code in 1 humans DNA, would fill the Grand Canyon 50 times of Books, let alone plant and animal DNA and it did not write itself! One person‘s DNA could stretch to the sun and back 61 times! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“.
John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did the world will not have enough room for the Books, telling of it“
Job 38:35 “were you there when I created the lightnings and they say ‘here we are!”’ This is God talking to Job!
3300 years later, James Maxwell discovers that light rays and electricity are two forms of the same thing!
The Bible Predicted telecommunications
@ JHan: "... would need to be immaterial and exist beyond space a time."
Like quantum fields, yes. No creator-god needed.
Entropy is not opposite to evolution at all. Keep on talking about physics you don't understand, you do a good job disproving your own "arguments".
@@jjphank everithing IN the universe has a cause, but that can't be automatically extended to the universe ITSELF, but assuming that the universe NEEDED to be created (wich is not necessarily true as i stated) and that it's creator was immaterial (again not necessarily true, it could have been a material cause outside of the universe) it doesn't mean that it is intelligent. It could very well have been a physical process we courrently don't know of, but even if it was something intelligent it doesn't mean it remained to watch and manage the universe, maybe it simply created energy, matter and wrote the laws of physics and then left to create something else or maybe even died (and it sure does seem the universe runs only on the laws of physics without any intervention). But even if it's creator remained to watch over the universe it doesn't mean that it is your god (or any god of any religion for the record), it could very well be a complete different entity maybe not even omnipotent, but just powerfull enought to create a universe (wich sure is powerfull, but not even close to the power to do ANYTHING it wishes in any way it wants, defying any law or limitation conceivable and inconceivable to man). And even if it was your particular god how can you be sure the Bible is it's word? It was written by men and men are imperfect and prone to error. Maybe god inspired the first writers, but maybe they accidentally or voluntarily misunderstood his words and wrote something completely different and even if they didn't, the Bible has been traslated thousands of times from hundreds of different languages and even in translation there could be, angain, accidentally or voluntarily errors. And finally maybe the Bible was only a metaphorical message to reach god and not a precise story of how the universe came to be and how it functions.
Do you understand that even if all your premeses were true (wich shoud be demonstrated in some way) your conclusion that the universe was created EXACTLY as written in the Bible could very well be not?
Do you understand that even if the first living thing was placed on earth by god himself and not formed from organic molecules derived from inorganic ones by natural processes, that would not in any way, shape or form disprove evolution by natural selection?
I don't even care whether or not I learn anything in these more introductory level videos, the enthusiasm that Forrest has just fills me with a drive for knowledge that no other educator can get from me.
same here. i have studied this subject for so long but its never boring to have it repeated to me. and it ofcourse makes us better at explaining it as well.
@@theflyingdutchguy9870 Same here! And he keeps bringing it. I do have to watch these more than once (a LOT more). But his enthousiasm makes it fun to do so.
Exactly! 😊
Yup. Bloke was made to be a teacher. Wish I had these as a kid.
That is the key. You want to know more. You want to learn science and you have learned enough from high school to understand what Forrest is teaching. Or like me you have a college degree in the humanities and not science. I love these videos.
What worries me is the number of adults who don't have even a basic understanding of high school science . Or worse they don't care and think they know better because of religious faith which is against evolution.
I'm glad to be in this biosphere with you all. *Hugs for everyone!* 🥰🥰🥰
*hugs you back*
When I was a child, I had an epiphany that we were all cousins. My cousins had other cousins I didn't know...and I had some that *they* didn't know about. My eight year old brain didn't quite realize the 'extent' though. 😊
@@jasonGamesMaster i always end up thinking about this. all the things we use to divide eachother arent inherent to us, theyre learned. and even if you want to argue that unfamiliarity can cause those feelings, it's as simple as hearing someone out and relating to them, because in the end we all share the experience of being human and no matter our differences we can all find a common ground to at least respect one another as people. the unwillingness to empathize with others is taught, its the opposite of human nature.
@That Guy
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What playground is this??
I was that "different kid" and believe me, the other kids cared.
They cared so much that they bullied me incessantly.
@@kinglyzard Really depends. Social contact theory applies --- if a child is raised around people of a particular look, (whatever it is,) *then* they don't care. After all, the brain is designed to take what it knows well for granted and focus on the novel.
Forrest was the first person to spark my love for evolution and biology. Now I'm planning to go to college to do the same. I'm 31 years old and I feel like this is the first sensible thing I've ever come to learn, and I want to be able to educate people, even if just on the personal level.
Thanks for all of this, man.
I've been thinking about going back to school for biology and anthropology at 32 too! That's so cool!
Congratulations. I loved college (even though my focus is shot)
See Aron Ra's 50 part series 'Systematic Classification of Life'. I used that as a framework, a sort of skeletal structure to learn alot more about evolution, cladistics, taxonomy and nested hierarchies.
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Do it! Better younger than older, but it's never too late. Education is life long.
Y'all, I'm 36 and gonna graduate (finally) with my bachelor's in Chemistry! It's never too late! I'm so proud of you all for bettering yourself and never stopping learning!
High school teachers also are required to teach the curriculum the set by state standards. Teachers have to submit lesson plans, give and grade tests, give individualized lessons to the students with IEPS & 504 ( SPECIAL ED). In addition, there are faculty meetings, reports, grades, progress reports, and parent communication. There are a multitude of tasks that teachers have to do in addition to teaching. Forrest is a great enthusiastic teacher who can craft his own lessons, but he doesn't have to do any of things teachers have to do on a daily basis.
Just giving some perspective on what teachers have to do besides giving an engaging, vibrant, lesson to students.
The people here want to learn. A high school classroom is not the same environment. You have kids who are downright defiant to teachers. There are kids who need learning or emotional support. There are kids just learning English all in the same classroom.
Do you think it's easy being a teacher?
I got goosebumps multiple times during this video. Your presentation of the material is just as important as the material itself. Thanks Forrest.
At all these things that rely on each other just happen by chance; especially whenever living organism creates one way or the other wouldn’t show a creator or just be a miraculous cosmic accident?
Boy howdy, do you guys believe in magic, …….boy howdy!!
@@jjphank by "magic", do you mean a sky-daddy (and conveniently belonging to a peculiar religious one) coming into existence from nothing and then creating everything that exists from nothing ?
No, we don't believe that sh-t.
@@vishwakumar2864 No, I mean SUPER magic without a magician is what you believe in that organization to the extreme intelligence bar none, came into existence by accident> that’s what you believe (so put your hardhat on cause nothing could explode any second now and create a whole new universe)!
WOW! YOU LOVE YOUR FAIRY TALE LIFE- so cross your fingers and hope there’s not a creator who wants to hold you accountable for your sins!
God exists outside of time there’s a speed the time; it slows down it speeds up, so time is not a constant, like time is some sort of “God” to you!
28 or more verses in the Bible; God is from everlasting to Everlasting, God creates time in the first verse of the Bible!
Eternity is chronology without clocks! sometimes you can dream in past present and future, all in the same dream, giving you a glimpse of eternity;;; therefore you need to repent, until then, try to keep using your brain, I’m not done with this subject yet!
@@jjphank so you believe that god poofed into existence like magic, without any "magician" ?
If the claim "God exists out of time" is true because it is written in bible, then the claim "avengers went to multiverse" must be true because it's written in marvel scripts.
What else can you do other than hiding your imaginary impotent god out of verifiable and testable conditions !
Such a childish tactic of making unfalsifiable and unverifiable claims by theists of every other theistic religion ! Happens when one is illiterate of critical thinking.
@@vishwakumar2864 both DNA and the first law of thermodynamics need a creator, they point to a creator, they did not make themselves!
READ CAREFULLY;
Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed, therefore no matter nor energy would’ve existed to do the causing. Consequently, whatever did cause the universe to exist, would need to be immaterial and exist beyond time and space! Genesis 1: 1 god creates time space and matter!
Entropy is somewhat opposite of evolution and why did this come into the universe if everything’s getting better. Genesis 2:17 says death came into the universe through the first sin!
First two chapters of the Bible not the 500th chapter or the thousandth chapter; explain what evolutionists have not explained;, The first two laws of thermodynamics!
DNA does not auto encrypt, it did not write itself the code writer is outside of the code. 3300 billion lines of computer code in 1 humans DNA, would fill the Grand Canyon 50 times of Books, let alone plant and animal DNA and it did not write itself! One person‘s DNA could stretch to the sun and back 61 times! Psalm 139:16 “in my members you have written many books“.
John 21:25 “I suppose everything Jesus did the world will not have enough room for the Books, telling of it“
Job 38:35 “were you there when I created the lightnings and they say ‘here we are!”’ This is God talking to Job!
3300 years later, James Maxwell discovers that light rays and electricity are two forms of the same thing!
The Bible Predicted telecommunications
As a former Jehovah's Witness who was born into the religion, I never took notice of evolution when it was taught at school or when it was mentioned in nature programmes etc. But I've always been facinated by life, our planet and the universe. I was taught that evolution would steal the 'divine purpose' from me; that if the big bang was true, my entire life was inconsequential and meaningless, that I couldn't possibly be special or noteworthy if I'd simply evolved from a blob for no rhyme or reason.
And yet, it was that very 'divine purpose' that left me feeling inadequate, deflated and depressed. What if I didn't want to be what God had made me to be? Jehovah's Witnesses believe that God will one day cleanse the earth of wrongdoing, suffering and sin, replacing it with his original intention: a paradise earth where pain, suffering and death are no more. They believe that all righteous ones (i.e. all jehoahs witnesses lol) will be ressurected to enjoy this paradise, and that we will live for eternity.
But... what if the idea of living forever on a 'paradise earth' surrounded by hive-minded drones and copy-paste 'perfection' was actually my personal idea of Hell? What meaning could I possibly derive from my life if I was already perfect, never made a mistake, could never fail at anything, never felt pain or went through hardships, and was surrounded by other perfect people... with eternity to 'enjoy' it all? Man, I don't mean to glorify suffering, but there's a reason nothing good lasts forever - you really wouldn't want it to. And I knew that it didn't add up, but it's hard to question things that you're taught from birth.
I'm SO much happier now that I have evolution and the sciences in my life. I can find my own purpose. In fact, I don't even NEED a purpose at all - mans just here, innit? Lol. I define myself, or I can chose not to define myself at all. I have the oppertunity to be wrong and therefore learn how to be right - there is great satisfaction in the process if you have the right mindset. I can experience pain and suffering, and therefore appreciate the joy of that pain or suffering subsiding. I know bad, so I recognise good. Everything is so much more beautiful to me now; I can see how everything links together and I can relate to things around me in ways I never could have as a creationst. Conversations feel more meaninful, watching a little bird on the tree outside my window makes me happy, sunsets and rain and a cool looking pebble on the beach get me excited and emotional. It's like, I can feel it all. (NO i am not on drugs hahaha).
Yes, I still suffer from typical human problems like ADHD, anxiety, the odd depressive bout here and there... but knowing where those things stem from, knowing the history of my brain has helped me to cope with these things in a way that 'Oh, well just have faith that god will fix it, maybe, if you pray really hard and do this and do that...' never could. And it's not because I didn't try those things, it's because those things literally never had any effect whatsoever - not negative, not positive. Nothing. Because it's not real.
THANK YOU for your videos. You are amazing. I can only hope that others who may be feeling trapped in the boxes that theism and creationism crams them into can one day learn the truth, and free themselves.
I too was a JW from birth and everything you said rings true for me too. I too always was taught that evolution is completely unproven and just what people who have no faith in God use to explain how we are here - but it's full of holes and is directed by Satan, the spirit of the world.
As you rightly say, escaping that nonsense and educating myself on science (with the help of Forrest and reacteria) is like a medicine for my brain to fight all that crap that has been rammed in there for 30 years. JWs like all other cults create an illusion for you and if you dare question it they make you feel like your a prideful fool who is being pulled away from Satan.
Science, evolution, and understanding what we know about life has made me feel so much better - seeing the truth of the world. Not getting hung up on guilt for a dominating creator, but instead marvelling at how we are all connected and how beautiful that is.
Totally agree also about the promise of eternal life on a paradise earth being led by 9 idiots in NYC and carbon copy JWs - couldn't think of anything worse!
Good luck on your journey escaping this cult and if you need help/advice, or just to chat to an exJW - I'm here.
I'm an ex JW too, and every time I see another one of us comment on these types of videos, it makes my heart happy. I'm glad to serendipitously bump into you :)
The idea of "living forever on a paradise earth" always irked me, even as a teenager. I ran away from home at 16 because I didn't want to go to the meetings anymore because I didn't believe any of it, but "until you're old enough to make that decision for yourself, you'll go to the meetings". As if forcing me to stay for another 2 years would somehow change my mind 🙄 But I had this argument with my dad, who doesn't seem to grasp the concept of what "forever" means. I said to him Don't you think eventually you'll get bored? To which he said no because there'll always be more to learn, and used the story of the biologist who studied one type of flower his entire life, and at the end of his life stated that after 80+ years, he still didn't know everything there was to know about that one flower... I said, yes but you'll live forever. Even if learning that one flower took 7000 years of study, guess how much longer you'll live? Forever. And even if learning *everything* there was to learn took you 97 trillion years, guess how long you'll have to live after that? **Forever** . Eventually you *WILL* get bored. But that concept didn't make sense to him.
He even stayed home from work one day so that he could research and plan everything he wanted to say to me, and as soon as I walked through the door after school, he called me over to the table, where he was sitting with the bible, reasoning from the scriptures, insight books etc etc.. he literally skipped work and used the entire day to plan his arguments and believed that he would win the argument against an unprepared teenager, but it didn't go that way.
I also asked him that if I can see how fake and disgusting all the people from the local congregations are, and want nothing to do with them, what makes him think I'd want to spend eternity with them? I told him that even if I died and suddenly found myself in front of Jehovah, who said that even though I didn't believe, he wanted me in paradise, I'd just say "thanks but no thanks - just give me the second death".
I've got so many more stories to tell, as I sure you do too, but yeah, it really is comforting to see how many JWs comment on these videos.
This series should be shown as an introduction to biology in highschool! It’s amazing ❤
It will never happen in the theocracy we're headed toward. It wouldn't happen in many states as it stands right now. The religious zealots have infiltrated the schools, demonized science and critical thinking. Fortunately, there are still plenty of people that will fight back with facts and evidence. Forrest is one of them. 👺What's Roland up to this weekend, Forrest?
this series should be shown in all churches, mosques and synagogues as well .
This could save a lot of kids' lives .
@@charliesthill4790 Couldn't agree more. Incredibly well said, Charlie.
One take away personally for me is that this video has lessened my depression and made me feel good about being alive. Thank you
Evolution made me realize that humans are part of nature and we are not separated from nature and give me spiritual feeling. I feel connected with world around us.
Hopefully no one will say something like "haha that's just satanism" or "yea because same creator smh". I am tired of those claims that are based on assumptions.
Its because we were created by a same creator. The divine flying lizard in space created us, and I know its hard to believe this but please just have faith
God created the earth for our enjoyment. Mankind was given dominion over the earth. We have responsibility of care for the earth. No other creature can fulfill that role.
@@wendelljenkinsjr9793 who?
@@wendelljenkinsjr9793 no one made shit, stay in your brainwashing cult, and don't spread it
Imagine making shit up to feed your "human best" ego
Humanity is nothing
We are just another animal
Keep it coming Forrest! There is no one that I know doing what you do for science and with a smile that’s infectious!
Atoms and molecules
Atoms and molecules are 99.99% empty space with electrons circling themselves constantly. Making solid objects impossible without God setting the laws of physics. Electromagnetic fields or the four forces, would interfere with each other; without God, you have no stabilizing force.
The strongest destructive force controlled by man, is tearing apart one of gods smallest building blocks.
Forcefully changing unstable atoms can destroy a city, forcefully changing more unstable atoms i.e. hydrogen, will destroy a small country!
I know this may sound like it's not my place, but thank you stranger for supporting this extraordinary show by one of the most brilliant youtubers.
His enthusiasm for teaching is incredibly alluring, isn't it? Just imagine a world where all teachers/professors shared Forrest's enthusiasm, charm, passion, and charisma! I don't mean to be cynical, but I think it's safe to say that the world would be a very different place, to say the least.
Thank you for being so kind and supportive of his work, ColoradoKid. Very respectable, my friend!
I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present! Thank Forrest. You rock.
Biology is so damn weird and the more I learn about it, the more I love it.
I wish I had a teacher like you in school who would've sparked my interest in it (I knew many things and of course understood Evolution on a basic level, but never was thrilled to learn more)
His enthusiasm for teaching is incredibly alluring, isn't it? Just imagine a world where all teachers/professors shared Forrest's enthusiasm, charm, passion, and charisma! I don't mean to be cynical, but I think it's safe to say that the world would be a very different place, to say the least.
Creationists just click on the video, don't even watch it and just immediately assault the comment section almost like they're insecure and feel threatened
I wish I had a science teacher with so much excitement and enthusiasm as Forrest when I was in school. The joy and wonder is infectious!!
This is the most beautiful thing to me in my deconstruction, I saw so much more love with everything around me.
Man, you are best, like you always do. When you described it fully, i had some tears in my eyes. No one is ever explained this to me in my 28 years, and it's so beautiful, dammm.
Thanks for your work! Btw, music is very nice!
I want an episode all about LUCA!!
As I watch this series, the thought comes to me that biology and history are very much related. We study evolution partially for the same reason we study human history - we want to know what those who came before us were like, what they did, what they suffered. In that way, biology is very much like the history of non-human beings, and as a historian's child and history enthusiast, it's really cool to see and create such connections!
Good title drop at the end lmao.
it would be pretty short episode
@@spatrk6634 I'm pretty sure there's quite a lot to say about our search for LUCA.
Where are the intermediate life forms fossil record? Dinosaurs became birds? Seriously? Where is the proof of such a "population"?
I absolutely love this series so much Forrest, thank you for taking your time to put it together.
Evolution was glossed over in school, and while I always figured it was true just based on the surface level stuff I heard about it, it's so awesome to learn more in depth with such a fun, charismatic and passionate teacher! 😊
Whenever a fundamentalist says:"Look at the trees!", I want to shake them and yell: "I AM!!!" Most people (me included) couldn't be as precise as you, but it is not rocket-surgery to grasp the big picture, and when someone like you lays it out, it becomes apparent just HOW MUCH actual EVIDENCE we have accumulated since "the church" lost its iron grip on "Truth". Keep teaching, Forrest! I´ll keep learning :D
"I don't know" doesn't mean that magic is a more reasonable answer.
Forrest has to be the most passionate and friendliest and most welcoming and loving person in human history.
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This explanation of where life comes from and where it goes after we pass is infinitely more comforting than any story of a magic man who will let you come live in his penthouse so long as you follow all of his rules and don't question his shady activities.
This series of videos really belongs in the curriculum of every high school science class in America. Bravo Forrest.
"These cows don't live in a void, they live in a field" Thanks Forrest
I’m watching this to refresh my biology knowledge, it has been 30 + years since I got my degree. You are such an excellent role model for enthusiastic and informative teaching and for bringing the joy of learning to life. I hope I will be half the teacher you are!
If only every communicator could deliver with with the graceful and seemingly effortless precision.
I have so much appreciation for this series. It really should be the model against which science communication should be developed.
Thank you Forrest
When I teach symbiosis to my students, I tell them that it is not always clear cut what kind of symbiosis is happening. The relationship may be more complicated than you think. Those birds picking ticks off of cattle may not really be helping very much. They generally only pick off ticks that are already engorged, and they often pick at open wounds (and have even been seen to lap blood from the wounds). It is completely possible for a species to both help and harm another, so how do you weigh whether there is an over-all benefit or harm being done? Nature doesn't always fit into the boxes we make to try to categorize things. Maybe it is better to think of symbiosis as a spectrum.
Nowadays we realise everything is a spectrum, I feel. It's hard to classify things.
I love this series so much! I wish you had been my biology teacher.
Great job! Loved this series and still learning into my 6th decade on this amazing planet.
That's the wonder of reality, always more to learn.
Learning is fun, keeps the brain active!
Explaining the chemical reaction that causes fire just gave me the answer to the question from Christians on where we go when we die. The chemical reactions that keep us alive end. So like a blown out candle - we simply are no more. I knew that but, now I have a succinct way to express it. Thanks.
I cannot thank you enough for this series and really your whole channel. Not only is evolutionary biology something I'm interested in, but my child is a very curious person. Watching your videos has helped a lot in explaining things to her whenever she asks me a question about animals and humans and where they came from.
I envy your friends, Forrest. Probably the nicest thing I can say, as it encompasses not just the knowledge which you so freely and passionately share, but also the joy that one must feel simply being in your presence. Thank you for everything you do here.
Forrest Valkai video for Christmas! Great gift! Love your enthusiasm! Whenever I hear this story of how science says we're all related to everything, I feel like a kid hearing an often-repeated bedtime story. "Tell me that one again", I'd say. "But I told you that one every night for the last month. Don't you want to hear about Goldilocks", says my mother. "No. I like the same one. It's so cool!" For me, the evolution story is my warm, fuzzy bedtime story.; how, through vast time, I and all things got to where we are. So much better than any fairytale (such as a god or something directing things) Just wow! I always learn something from you, A lot of times that I know so little. and I'm 74. Anyway, thanks again. peace
It's beautiful to read this.
This should be required viewing in every church in America. Absolutely phenomenal presentation, as usual, Forrest. Your passion and enthusiasm for educating people is remarkable. Thank you for sharing, and please keep up the fascinating work, my friend! You are truly one of a kind. (The real kind. Not the nonsensical, undefinable religious kind of a kind, of course!)
The way you concluded this and told this story of how all life is related is inspiring.
I'm learning so much about how to explain this stuff to people who don't know about evolution/biology from this series! I'm trying to get better before I TA again :) also a wonderful refresher for the basics!
-a tired ecology doctoral student
The bigger the lie the easier for some to believe it. As I understand it, all the wonder of life on earth began "randomly" from inorganic matter which continued to "evole" from single cells over MILLIONS of years! This is not science. It is theory!
I live in a quite frankly backwards village in Germany right now, where people are mostly quite religious. I'm atheist. When I say what I am, they start saying "well, do you think we came from monkeys?" I try to explain we're actually more of a cousin to them. I fail. I don't know if it's because I can't explain things as good as you (I'm no biologist, and speak german only since 7 years or so) or if they're dense... I wish I had your way of explaining things, because it'd make things easier. Thanks for refreshing me with your lessons. You're pretty good!
They use that "came from monkeys" BS because they don't understand how evolution works. NO ONE says that except ignorant people. Evolution doesn't claim that either. It is a totally misconstrued talking point that creation believers have. And if they don't want to learn what evolution actually says, don't debate them.
OR you could look around the room and then declare "yeah, SOME here actually did come from monkeys!"
Ask them if they think their cousin is their parent. If they say their cousin is still human, respond with something like this: theyre still genetically different than you. And the further away someone is relations, the more genetically different they are likely to be, and at a certain point, that genetic difference can become a reproductive barrier, and hence, some you are related to are different species entirely, and some of those species are species of monkey, and indeed, go far enough, and you'll find every living thing in your family tree, because almost every facet of life is mutable.
Hopefully thatll help, idk. It may be that they need a bottom to top primer on biology to have the basis to understand just how mutable biology is at all.
@@rickkwitkoski1976 can't do that. It's my girlfriend's father. Actually a decent person. Just very religious
@@peppermintgal4302 You know, when I started talking about all of this he said something like "well, scientists are also making theories and doing guesswork" and my german isn't good enough to explain him how different the word Theory is in the scientific community from the common people, and that this "guessing" is grounded in much more than "guesswork". I simply lack the words for it.
The Netherlands have their own Bible Belt. There is a Dutch Young Earth Creacrap website called Logos. They turned off their comment section ao because of me.
These people are nearly hopeless. Better to avoid the topic.
I have thoroughly enjoyed these 4 episodes Forrest. I LOVE this topic and you've made it so approachable and interesting. Your enthusiasm for it is totally contagious. Thanks @RenegadeScienceTeacher
"Form & Function" makes me think of my remedial massage diploma. That was the name of the main textbook that we used when learning about human biology, so thank you for the flashback 😄
I'vs studied biology for most of my life now and i must say, i'm impressed by how you chose to talk about differents subjects. You make connections in the themes of episodes that i never saw in my courses and they make perfect sense ! I've studied phylogenetic, ecology and biochemical cycles but would have never thought of presenting then all together like this.
Keep up the great work ! This series is stunning !
Love this video. This is a great series. Sad to see it end. Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks Forrest. I had my first argument with a creationist today. Normally I try to avoid them because I don't feel like it's a good use of my time, but this just fell into my lap. Your teachings helped me hold up my end of the argument. There is no chance I changed his mind, but I came away feeling like I did something worthwhile. Thanks bud.....
Beautiful conclusion, this series is by far the best education I have gotten regarding evolution. Your excitement for understanding life is catching.
Another masterpiece! Thanks Forrest for an early christmas gift
Thanks Forrest, this series is amazing. With your passion, your dynamic presentation and your ease at vulgarisation, I bet lots of kids will grow a love for biology (and maybe a career!)
this was a lovely video to watch while drawing mushrooms decaying a body in a forest.
Wow, you’re getting me excited about science
I've been SO EXCITED for the next episode of this! Thank you Forrest!!
I was so wanting another episode of this series! What an awesome Christmas present!! Thanks for creating these Forrest! ❤️
Atoms and molecules
Atoms and molecules are 99.99% empty space with electrons circling themselves constantly. Making solid objects impossible without God setting the laws of physics. Electromagnetic fields or the four forces, would interfere with each other; without God, you have no stabilizing force.
The strongest destructive force controlled by man, is tearing apart one of gods smallest building blocks.
Forcefully changing unstable atoms can destroy a city, forcefully changing more unstable atoms i.e. hydrogen, will destroy a small country!
@@jjphank Did you ever consider that if your god that you believe in created everything, he also created sin and the ability to sin? That sounds like a really shitty god.
All of Forrest's videos are terrific, but this one might be the best one yet. This should be shown in every science class in every school worldwide. As we live and die on this planet, it's pretty cool to realize we are part of the evolution of the planet. Thanks Forrest!
Hey! I love the series, I watch it casually whenever I can because evolution and biology is a hyperfixation of mine. But fun fact: the example near the beginning with two butterflies were both male, female monarch butterflies don't actually have the dot in the lower wing. That's how people identify them when tagging butterflies during migrations to Mexico. I've raised these guys a few times, along with made sure there was milk weed in the back garden for them to lay eggs on.
Amazing episode! That’s for your incredible work! This should be shown in classrooms!!
Love your way of explaining. Biologist here, it’s fun and helpful for me to see how your teaching style gets broad appeal, and from comments many seem to learn well. But, I’m confused by your monarch butterfly example. Not sure how to get a population going when all those individuals were male (with diagnostic black spots on their hindwings) 😢❤
I’ve decided that my part in the universe is akin to that of the tonsils or the appendix. Maybe one day I will turn out to have been useful
Forrest! You are the best!
Happy holidays Forrest hope you have a good one. Great content as always!
Atoms and molecules
Atoms and molecules are 99.99% empty space with electrons circling themselves constantly. Making solid objects impossible without God setting the laws of physics. Electromagnetic fields or the four forces, would interfere with each other; without God, you have no stabilizing force.
The strongest destructive force controlled by man, is tearing apart one of gods smallest building blocks.
Forcefully changing unstable atoms can destroy a city, forcefully changing more unstable atoms i.e. hydrogen, will destroy a small country!
I LOVE THIS SERIES LETS GOOOO
This series is outstanding! you have a fantastic ability to convey complex ideas in an easy to digest format. Keep this type of content coming please Forrest.
You blew my mind on mitochondria. I knew it gad started out as foreign bacteria that symbiotically evolved within cells...but I never considered that it was still evolving.
6:40 just had to think of
"The cosmic law of gravity
Pulled the newborns around a fire
A careless cold infinity in every vast direction
Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone
She has a tale to tell
From the stellar nursery into a carbon feast
Enter LUCA"
For everyone not aware, check out Nighwish's song "The Greatest Show on Earth" from the "Endless forms most beautiful" album. They also were able to gain a well-known scientist as a narrator for this song. If you like, check out their live video from Wembley Arena where this narrator is there as a special guest. It's really worth the 21 minutes in my opinion (the song, not the whole show).
Meh, Floor Jansenbis a one trick pony. Boring.
All hail the Valkyrie Queen of Metal Floor Jansen. Giver of Floorgasms and Goddess of Music. (Richard Dawkins is the scientist you're thinking of btw). The song was inspired by Dawkin's book of the same name.
@@marknieuweboer8099 Ah, a die-hard Tarja fan. That's cool. In Nightwish's ballad-like songs I kind of prefer Tarja's classical style over Floor's, but I like Floor more overall because of her incredible versatility in different singing styles and tones.
@@marknieuweboer8099 Floor being a one trick pony? Tarja can do exactly one style of singing and is now trying to learn new styles. Floor has a wide range of styles to pick. Now whose the one trick pony?
BTW: The mentioned song was composed waaaaay after Tarja. What's your point other than living in the past and obviously feeling the inner compulsion to tell everyone?
Maybe you should see a doctor due to your obsession about Tarja?
@@johnscaramis2515 Its not an unreasonable inference, a lot of people who dislike Jansen only do so because shes not Tarja, but hey, Mark MIGHT think Tarja is a one trick pony as well.
Personally, I'm alright with both. I don't listen to anything either produce anymore --- I sort of forgot to keep tabs on what Tarja makes, and at a certain point, Nightwish music started seeming to me to be obnoxious earworms with a weird folksy element, (though I somewhat suspect my issue with the last of their music I heard was maybe neurological --- I'm on the spectrum and given I find some things taste bitter to me and not to others, its possible theres something similar going on with my taste in music.) But Floor is not the problem I have with modern Nightwish, personally.
The band I'm really annoyed with though is within temptation. They started just making covers of music in a kind of boring style, I want to call it "generic metal" or maybe "generic metal" but I'm not sure thats accurate, and its generally songs I never liked in the first place and the improvements they make seem trivial to me.
But I mean, I'm sure you'll agree, its all subjective anyways. All these groups are probably doing what they want and love, so I don't really hold it against them....
I WISH I HAD FOREST AS MY TEACHER 🧠👌
I am in tears with the beauty of the web of life ❤!!! Thank you Forrest !!!!!!!
The one thing i actually didn't know in this video was the fact that better taste in fruit is beneficial. I never really thought about it that way
When you're done watching these fantastic videos, check out Aron Ra who just did two vids on the evolution of snakes. Great stuff!
Thank you so much! This format is awesome and I cant wait to see what is next. Yes, I knew quite a few things you talked about, but you made them sound even more awesome than they already are. I hope you are having a great day!
Bravo, sir. I am saving these away for when my nephew and niece are old enough for me to send directly to them, because their parents (my sister and brother-in-law) would have an aneurysm if I asked them to show them these. SMH. So sad, but I will win before its over. Kiddos are into dinosaurs and animals and just recently got into astronomy. I just keep sending them science books for birthdays and Christmas and let their little minds work out the rest....
babe wake up, new the light of evolution dropped
Am I the only one who's brain kept saying mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell what he said something about them XD
Yup, and Dapper Dino recently had a video where they talked about an organism that didn't have mitochondria (I think it was a type of jelly fish) and first thought was "but what's the power house of their cells?"
This is the best series about biology I've ever watched. You're a great teacher
Absolutely inspirational, as usual. I can't wait until I get to share your knowledge and enthusiasm with my 4year old grandson.
Now that you basically mentioned it, did you name the series after the quote "Nothing in biology makes sense, except in the light of evolution"?
Yes! I say it in the intro of the very first episode. Good catch!
Clever! How did I not notice that sooner?
@@phoenix0166 In the light of evolution is a classic saying, and it's rightfully true. So many very weird things, until you see the full progression, then sometimes there's no other way for to have happened.
Somewhere between that Cat and the Human were Catgirls and Catboys and they went extinct. We must go back.
I think those might look a bit like some raccoon furret thing
@@ghostagent3552 close enough
I can't stop watching this series. No-one help me!
The chemical reaction and explanation of life was particularly helpful, thank you.
For a long time, I've just said, "we continue to not exist after briefly existing". But this adds more nuance to that.
Yeah you need to electricity just like in young Frankenstein , it starts every beating heart every time!😢
I feel for Forrest. He could speak to everyone on this planet about this topic, showing them ample evidence of evolution. Yet, he would still come across morons like @R L and others who spend their days commenting on their religious dogma. These people are genuinely sick in the head--mentally ill.
Being religious should not prevent a person from seeking the real truth. Belief in a god--or many gods--is normal and natural at the expense of your critical thinking. Once religion dies out(It's already happening) I think that we as a species will benefit greatly. Nearly all crisis's humans have experienced were caused by religious people.
for some reason these people think that by commenting on their religious beliefs, that they are collecting some sort of "gold stars" that Jesus will count and pat them on the shoulder
@@spatrk6634 I know, right? Ridiculous mentalities will be ridiculous.
Life is a chemical reaction, my mind is blown
kinda ridiculous how long the reaction is for immortally replicating organisms like the immortal jellyfish
I like to think of life as kind of a chemical "accretion" in a sense, (though I think accretions are supposed to be solid.) It explains both the layered (systems built on and dependent on other systems, all layered and compiled by time, just like a geological record in and of itself,) and the evolutionary aspects of life.
This channel has sparked my love for biology. Thank you Forrest!
what an absolutely fantastic series. thank you! you're a great teacher
Soooo… one could say that this “web of life” is a “world-wide web”?
One could say that, and I could be mad at myself that I didn’t think of that sooner.
A Question: How can we know a single LUCA existed and not multiple different Common Ancestors which might not be Ancestors of all living things. After all we know not living things can combine into living things. We can even recreate it in Labs. So we know it happened more than once. How can we be sure a single "kind" of organism came into existence and not two. Then some life could have LUCA A as an Ancestors and other life forms LUCA B as an Ancestor.
Because all life has similar genes.
If there were multiple “original organisms” we would see that those from A have completely different genes from B, if I’m not mistaken.
@@dino_drawings This. While there could have been multiple "LUCA" events given the size of the planet and how many potential hotbeds and other areas of the earth were (and still are) right for the start of life, the life that we see has *very* strong markers for a single common ancestor that everything else deviated from.
Likely, any other LUCA class species that existed couldn't evolve when their environment shifted (the volcanic vent they evolved in erupted far more violently than their structure could handle or cooled, levels of chemical saturation shifted to no longer be favorable, etc), never underwent any major changes for whatever reason and simply didn't evolve new organisms, were out-competed by another species and went extinct, or simply never left that primordial niche and exist only within the absolute most remote and inhospitable (for us and most of life) places in the deepest of oceans.
And *if* they still exist, any evolutionary offshoots of other potential LUCA species that might branch out would likely find (and have found) whatever niche they had been pushing towards already occupied by multiple other species that were already competing for those resources, leaving this offshoot little to work with and ultimately driving them to extinction. Like a copper mine attempting to establish a dig site in an area that's already been stripped down to the earth's crust, or a farmer attempting to plant crops in fields already tilled and filled with apple orchards by a global megacorp: They're a bit late to the party, there isn't any room left for them, they don't have tools to compete with the dominant existing species in the area, and that's going to drive them away. But unlike the company analogies, these species don't have the option to move to a new location. If they can't make it work in their initial environment, they simply die out.
So yeah. Admittedly a lot of speculation there what with all the "likely"s and "potentially"s and such, but hopefully it gets the point across. Yes, there *could* have been multiple LUCA's, *but* our current understanding of genetics shows that the life that we can currently interact with and study points to that life having a single common ancestor. Those other LUCA's simply didn't branch out or survive for one of a massive variety of reasons.
@@loreguru3083 so… what I said, just with a lot more details 😆
But that’s for the additional information!!!
@@dino_drawings Yeah. Was replying to you for emphasis... but it should still ping the original poster! Right? Right?!
... I've been on this platform for over 14 years and I STILL don't know how the comment section actually works help me I am a sweet summer child adrift in a sea of confusion and sleep deprivation aaaaaaaaaaa
@@loreguru3083 I cannot help you fellow sea man, I’m lost among the sirens and shipwrecks myself.
I love this series so much. I’m a science nut who is fascinated and in awe of Evolution By Natural Selection. And watching this series gives me so much joy! At 61, I still have so much to learn and absolutely LOVE doing so.
I gotta say you have one of the most infectious smiles I have ever seen. You never fail to put a smile on my face Forrest thankyou for being on UA-cam.
TIL: cows don't live in voids
This was the most important part of the video. I'm glad you picked up on it.
Cows live on a moist rock that floats around an average sized ball of fire in an average collection of space stuff in an uncaring void.
So A C T U A L L Y…
If anyone reads this comment, have an amazing day
easily my favorite series on youtube at the moment.
I like thinking that I was once a dinosaur and a tree. Thanks Forrest
California squirrel has developed stronger immunity to diamondback rattlesnake bite, evolution in front of you....
Another great example to add to the list!
Beautiful video. The message is so vital, and more people need to hear it, know it, and enjoy it. Keep up the phenomenal work, Forrest, we need your light more than ever!
Crazy to think I'm related to those newly-discovered cave bugs
If Forrest knows an infinite number of fictional events, why does he insist on being called a scientist?
If you insist on being scientifically ignorant.
And your knowledge comes from one ancient book.
@@davidwatson2399 My ancient book is factual. Forrest's books are a mixture of pagan ideology and observations, but at no point does his knowledge reflect the truth. At his home is the wall of shame, accomplishments in fiction, laureate in science fiction, also known as The Darwin Awards.
@@janicebeams4809
Your projection is IMAX huge.
@@janicebeams4809
You said “my book is factual.” We’ll accept that claim ONLY when you provide solid, scientifically gathered & accurate evidence. Which so far no one has been able to do.
Awesome timing! I just finished rewatching the series. Great job!
Simba wasn’t kidding when he told Kiara “We are one”
I just love this series. I've learned all of this before but some of it never made sense and so much I've forgotten. This series has resolved both of these issues.
I just love your enthusiasm and passion explaining all the concepts involved in the processes of evolution. Thank you Forrest, this was a great series. All the best to you.
thanks to you i found my passion in biologie, your videos inspiered me to become a biologist. Thank you Forrest
Forrest, this has been a fantastic series! I love the opening sequence, I love your enthusiasm, and I love the way you bring the material to life -- pun not really intended, but it wanted to be there. 😊
I love how excited and happy Forrest is in these videos.
Thanks for another really great video. The best thing about your videos is that they can be shared without dividing the one sharing them from the ones seeing the sharing. Your videos don’t create an us vs. them situation. They’re unifying instead of segregating.
Professor Dave could learn a lot from that.