Ive been trying to figure out a way to explain all of this in the simplest terms possible, as everyone reading this thread may not have a good grasp on science, which isnt a bad thing. Some were bad in science, some in math, some in history, whatever the case may be. So delving into deep biological thermodynamics and entropy might sound like spanish to most people
I just got around to watching that video. They presented a quite interesting case, however the video was kinda leading (read: misleading). It sounded like they were trying to spin alternative hypothesis as "negative evidence" in some cases. There is no "negative evidence" (evidence that something doesnt exist) for evolution, or anything for that matter. You can either have positive evidence, an alternative hypothesis, or something doesnt exist until further information is provided.
I want to point out a particular excerpt in this video that stuck out in my mind, if I may, regarding the anti-evolution document. "A Scientific Dissent From Darwinism" was a document created in 2001 by a group of conservative lobbyists called the Discovery Institute. A little research shows that courts and other scientific organizations have found D.I. is engaged in manufacturing controversy in evolution, as well as other areas of public policy. The video stated that almost 700 scientists with PhDs from around the world have signed the document. What wasnt mentioned was the areas of professional expertise of the people that signed this document, which basically means that its not exactly all evolutionary biologists with PhDs, we may have some people with political science degrees, business science degrees, law science, psychologists, computer scientists, aviation scientists, etc. Less than a quarter of the signatories were actual biologists. What also wasnt mentioned is how much exactly does 700 people represent to the entire scientific community. There are about a million registered biologists according to the NSF, so if we said half of the signatories of the "Dissent" were biologists, we get far less that 1% of the entire biological science community. Even if we take all the signatories and compare them to the ENTIRE scientific community world wide (im gonna guesstimate, but I'd say ten million is a pretty conservative number) we still have less than 1% of an entire scientific community that signed this document. We also have to look at the wording of the document itself. It doesnt necessarily say "a complete rejection of darwinism" The dissent states:
"We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged."
This isnt 700 people that completely reject darwinian theory, as this video is leading you to believe, this is 700 people who are skeptical.
Another is the Miller-Urey experiment as described in the video. I'll explain later





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