WHY I BELIEVE IN GOD (the scientific case) Part 1/3

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The video uses relatable examples from nature (animal flight and breath-holding) to illustrate a complex concept about intelligence, making it engaging and thought-provoking for a broad audience.

Summary

The speaker discusses the theory of evolution, using animal flight and breath-holding as examples to illustrate how traits exist on a spectrum. They argue that human intelligence is an outlier, with a significant gap between humans and the next most intelligent species, suggesting a complexity beyond simple biological evolution.

Structure

1Introduction to the scientific case for believing in God.
2Critique of the theory of evolution as an explanation for human intelligence.
3Illustration of evolutionary spectrums using animal flight.
4Illustration of evolutionary spectrums using animal breath-holding.
5Comparison of human intelligence to other animals, highlighting the gap.
6Conclusion that there's no intermediate animal between humans and others in terms of intelligence and complex abilities.

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WHY I BELIEVE IN GOD (the scientific case) Part 1/3 KICK kick.com/fawcette DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD? YES, I BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT LIKE FROM A PURELY SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I SIMPLY DON'T TRUST THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION TO GIVE A GREAT EXPLANATION ON WHY WE AS HUMANS ARE THE SMARTEST SPECIES. AND THE SECOND SMARTEST SPECIES IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS BEHIND US. LET ME BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR EXAMPLE, THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION STATES THAT ANIMALS AND ALL CREEPING THINGS ARE GOING TO EVOLVE TO SUIT THE ENVIRONMENT THEY LIVE. SO OBVIOUSLY, SOME ANIMALS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER SUITED FOR CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS THAN OTHERS AND PERTAIN AND CONTAIN DIFFERENT TRAITS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE. JUST LOOK AT FLIGHT, RIGHT? THE ABILITY FOR AN ANIMAL TO FLY. VIA LIKE OVER ON ONE END OF THE WE HAVE ALL ANIMALS THAT CAN'T GIVE IT LIKE HUMANS, DOGS, FROGS. THEN WE HAVE ANIMALS THAT CAN BUT ONLY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORDER TO GET AWAY THINK LIKE CHICKENS, QUAILS, AND PHEASANTS. THESE ARE ALL BIRDS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY, BUT THEY CAN'T HAVE SUSTAINED THEY CAN ONLY LIKE JUMP, SPREAD THEIR WINGS, AND GLIDE DOWN TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. AND THEN AT THE OTHER END OF THE EVOLUTIONARY SCALE FOR ANIMAL FLIGHT YOU HAVE OTHER BIRDS LIKE HANKS, AND RAVENS THAT CAN NOT ONLY FLY BY GLIDING, BUT HAVE SUSTAINED FLIGHT BY FLAPPING THEIR WINGS. IT'S A SPECTRUM BETWEEN ANIMAL BEING COMPLETELY FLIGHTLESS, BEING ABLE TO FLY A LITTLE BIT OR FOR ITS SUSTAINED BURSTS, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO FLY COMPLETELY AND NOT JUST GLIDE YOUR WAY TO SAFETY. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO HOLD ONE'S BREATH, HOLDING BREATH FOR HOLDING YOUR BREATH, HOLDING BREATH A LOT OF SPECIES CAN'T DO IT, HOLDING BREATH LIKE GOLDFISH, TUNA, SHARKS. HOLDING BREATH ALL OF THEM NEED TO HAVE HOLDING WATER BREATH ACTIVELY RUSHING OVER THEIR HOLDING BREATH GILLS IN ORDER TO STAY ALIVE HOLDING AND BREATH GET OXYGEN FROM THEIR HOLDING BREATH THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SEE A HOLDING FISH BREATH BROUGHT UP FROM THE HOLDING DEPTHS OF WATER, HOLDING BREATH THEY GO BECAUSE THEY HOLD ACTIVELY BREATH AREN'T GETTING OXYGEN OVER HOLDING BREATH HUMANS AND MONKEYS CAN HOLDING HOLD BREATH THEIR BREATH FOR ABOUT A HOLDING MINUTE BREATH DOLPHINS AND SEALS CAN DO HOLDING IT FOR BREATH AND WHALES CAN DO IT FOR HOLDING LIKE BREATH HOURS AT A TIME. AGAIN, THERE'S A SPECTRUM HOLDING TO IT BREATH THERE'S A VERY GRADUAL HOLDING SPECTRUM WHEN IT COMES TO HOLDING THIS BREATH A VERY BASIC ASPECT OF LIVING HOLDING ON BREATH MOST ANIMALS ON EARTH HAVE LIKE THIS BELL CURVE ON WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING AN ATTRIBUTE OR NOT. EITHER YOU HAVE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE IT, OR YOU HAVE VERY FEW OR MOST OF THE ATTRIBUTES INVOLVED IN THAT CERTAIN ASPECT OF YOUR PHYSICAL ABILITY. IF INTELLIGENCE WAS ON A Dolphins, All monkeys SPECTRUM JUST LIKE ANIMAL FLIGHT OR BEING ABLE TO HOLD YOUR YOU WOULD IMAGINE FOR US TO SEE BUT COMPARED TO 99% OF ALL OTHER ANIMALS AND DOLPHINS AND THE SECOND AND THIRD MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMALS WE'VE FOUND INTO DATE, HUMANS ARE ALL THE WAY HERE THERE IS NOTHING IN BETWEEN. THERE'S NO ANIMAL IN HERE THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO, OH, I'VE INVENTED LANGUAGE, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO GET DOWN HOW TO CORRECTLY, ACCURATELY DETERMINE WHEN THE NEXT HARVEST IS GOING TO BE.

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Ever wonder why human intelligence doesn't follow the typical evolutionary spectrum like flight or breath-holding? This take argues that the massive gap between us and the next smartest species might point to something way more complex than just biology. #evolution #sciencefacts #humanintelligence #conspiracytheory #philosophy #mindblown #scientifictheory #deepthoughts #origins #intelligence #bigquestions #nature #biology

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Transcript

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GOD? YES, I BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT LIKE FROM A PURELY SCIENTIFIC STANDPOINT, BECAUSE I SIMPLY DON'T TRUST THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION TO GIVE A GREAT EXPLANATION ON WHY WE AS HUMANS ARE THE SMARTEST SPECIES. AND THE SECOND SMARTEST SPECIES IS LEAPS AND BOUNDS BEHIND US. LET ME BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR EXAMPLE, THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION STATES THAT ANIMALS AND ALL CREEPING THINGS ARE GOING TO EVOLVE TO SUIT THE ENVIRONMENT THEY LIVE. SO OBVIOUSLY, SOME ANIMALS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER SUITED FOR CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS THAN OTHERS AND PERTAIN AND CONTAIN DIFFERENT TRAITS DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE. JUST LOOK AT FLIGHT, RIGHT? THE ABILITY FOR AN ANIMAL TO FLY. VIA LIKE OVER ON ONE END OF THE WE HAVE ALL ANIMALS THAT CAN'T GIVE IT LIKE HUMANS, DOGS, FROGS. THEN WE HAVE ANIMALS THAT CAN BUT ONLY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORDER TO GET AWAY THINK LIKE CHICKENS, QUAILS, AND PHEASANTS. THESE ARE ALL BIRDS THAT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FLY, BUT THEY CAN'T HAVE SUSTAINED THEY CAN ONLY LIKE JUMP, SPREAD THEIR WINGS, AND GLIDE DOWN TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION. AND THEN AT THE OTHER END OF THE EVOLUTIONARY SCALE FOR ANIMAL FLIGHT YOU HAVE OTHER BIRDS LIKE HANKS, AND RAVENS THAT CAN NOT ONLY FLY BY GLIDING, BUT HAVE SUSTAINED FLIGHT BY FLAPPING THEIR WINGS. IT'S A SPECTRUM BETWEEN ANIMAL BEING COMPLETELY FLIGHTLESS, BEING ABLE TO FLY A LITTLE BIT OR FOR ITS SUSTAINED BURSTS, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO FLY COMPLETELY AND NOT JUST GLIDE YOUR WAY TO SAFETY. ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO HOLD ONE'S BREATH, HOLDING BREATH FOR HOLDING YOUR BREATH, HOLDING BREATH A LOT OF SPECIES CAN'T DO IT, HOLDING BREATH LIKE GOLDFISH, TUNA, SHARKS. HOLDING BREATH ALL OF THEM NEED TO HAVE HOLDING WATER BREATH ACTIVELY RUSHING OVER THEIR HOLDING BREATH GILLS IN ORDER TO STAY ALIVE HOLDING AND BREATH GET OXYGEN FROM THEIR HOLDING BREATH THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SEE A HOLDING FISH BREATH BROUGHT UP FROM THE HOLDING DEPTHS OF WATER, HOLDING BREATH THEY GO BECAUSE THEY HOLD ACTIVELY BREATH AREN'T GETTING OXYGEN OVER HOLDING BREATH HUMANS AND MONKEYS CAN HOLDING HOLD BREATH THEIR BREATH FOR ABOUT A HOLDING MINUTE BREATH DOLPHINS AND SEALS CAN DO HOLDING IT FOR BREATH AND WHALES CAN DO IT FOR HOLDING LIKE BREATH HOURS AT A TIME. AGAIN, THERE'S A SPECTRUM HOLDING TO IT BREATH THERE'S A VERY GRADUAL HOLDING SPECTRUM WHEN IT COMES TO HOLDING THIS BREATH A VERY BASIC ASPECT OF LIVING HOLDING ON BREATH MOST ANIMALS ON EARTH HAVE LIKE THIS BELL CURVE ON WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING AN ATTRIBUTE OR NOT. EITHER YOU HAVE IT, YOU DON'T HAVE IT, OR YOU HAVE VERY FEW OR MOST OF THE ATTRIBUTES INVOLVED IN THAT CERTAIN ASPECT OF YOUR PHYSICAL ABILITY. IF INTELLIGENCE WAS ON A Dolphins, All monkeys SPECTRUM JUST LIKE ANIMAL FLIGHT OR BEING ABLE TO HOLD YOUR YOU WOULD IMAGINE FOR US TO SEE BUT COMPARED TO 99% OF ALL OTHER ANIMALS AND DOLPHINS AND THE SECOND AND THIRD MOST INTELLIGENT ANIMALS WE'VE FOUND INTO DATE, HUMANS ARE ALL THE WAY HERE THERE IS NOTHING IN BETWEEN. THERE'S NO ANIMAL IN HERE THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO, OH, I'VE INVENTED LANGUAGE, BUT I CAN'T SEEM TO GET DOWN HOW TO CORRECTLY, ACCURATELY DETERMINE WHEN THE NEXT HARVEST IS GOING TO BE.