Scientist Reacts to '6 Reasons Not to Believe in Evolution' | Reacteria

Forrest Valkai, an evolutionary biologist who teaches science on the internet, embarks on a quest to endure videos from people who claim everything he studied in college is wrong. Will he be convinced by creationist claims? Or will he remain steadfast in his study of science? Let's find out!

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[jakealmgren]

Your tailbone actually does do something, it causes lots of pain when you land on it

[jayfredrickson]

Saying that nonlinear history of horse evolution disproves evolution is like saying having cousins proves you didn't descend from your grandfather.

[saralaerevu]

I remembered a meme that goes something like that:

Scientists: Our discoveries are wortless if taken out of context.

Media: Scientists claim thier discoveries are worthless.

Pretty much describes most of this guy's claims xD

[willsavoy]

As someone who was raised a homeschooled creationist I appreciate you teaching real science well making fun those wackos

[vesselthanatos]

Love how he says "or RNA if you're an RNA-based creature". Really inclusive to us viruses and bacteria

[everyones-a-cryptic]

One of my favorite niche types of content is "exasperated scientists trying to explain their area to people who don't believe in science."

[Godemporerofthegays]

That forearm tendon gives me good memories. My older brother is super into biology and he once pointed out that I had it and he didn’t, saying I was a “mutant” lol.
He’s actually the one who told me about this little fun fact so I hit him back with “…technically you’re the mutant”

One of the hardest laughs we’ve had together to this day

[pneumike]

To be fair, the guy's name is Kyle Butt, what did anyone really expect?

[leighamlemire]

"Evolution isn't an inventor, it's a tinkerer." I've never heard it put as plainly as that and I love it.

[artsyrache]

Now I am imagining a mad scientist putting tons and tons of uranium next to a fruit fly and screaming at it “EVOLVE EVOLVE WHY WONT YOU EVOLVE!”

[humanbn]

I think the fact that I rarely see athiests blocking/erasing comments on videos, while I regularly see the religious apologists blocking/erasing comments (yes, I'm looking at you William Lane Craig) speaks volumes to how much stock either side puts into their points.

[TheLucifir]

19:17 Mutations absolutely do give new information. My PhD work is mutating genes in bacteria to incorporate non canonical amino acids to confer novel functions to proteins. I literally see mutations giving new information every single day 😂
Mark has no idea what he’s talking about.

[tacoedits]

"Or RNA if you're an RNA-type creature"

Thank you for being inclusive to us RNA-type creatures, much love.

[mebeBrianna]

My mom used to take me out of school when we were learning about evolution… now I’m an environmental biologist :)

[ruthrahman]

I hate how people think that you can only believe in God or science. There are plenty of us that believe in both. It makes me sad to hear 2 groups that are a big part of me fight each other.

[warmerbus]

i think the bible should also have a sticker like that
saying
this is fictional
believe in your own risk

[HelixMaster]

“Evolution isn’t an inventor it’s a tinkerer” is a perfect way to describe it

[freedominart]

I think it's important to understand that evolution isn't just upgrading an animal. An animal doesn't choose to develop wings or stronger eyes. Pressures from the environment and competition between animals, along with random mutations, change structures and if those new structures provide a path to survival and reproduction, these structures persist.

[DocReasonable]

The Exodus myth began to unravel when in 1822, French linguist Jean-François Champollion, with the aide of the Rosetta Stone in the British Museum, discovered the secret of deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics. That created the science of Egyptology and set off a wave of archaeological expeditions to Egypt.
What they found was that the Egyptians had recorded virtually every aspect of Egyptian life; cattle sales, marriage contracts, magical incantations and curses, work details, grocery lists, all the details of daily life. One of the primary aims of those expeditions was to find support for the Exodus story. After many years of searching, it became apparent that there is none.

[marcinorpik]

The minute I heard Kyle Butt's voice and his arguments straight from his surname I knew this is going to be wild.