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  • Dave appears on the Critical Faculty podcast with additional guest Aron Ra to discuss common talking points of creationists and precisely how absurd they are.
    Originally streamed 4/22/22 on the Critical Faculty podcast channel: • The misapprehension & ...
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  • @muriyamajin7095
    @muriyamajin7095 Před rokem +235

    the most mind blowing fact about this video was that there was a parrot pretending to be a cat

    • @TestSubject14
      @TestSubject14 Před rokem +10

      I'm losing my mind

    • @auskiwimic8624
      @auskiwimic8624 Před rokem +22

      I actually went hunting for both my cats, I thought they were trapped in a room somewhere. 😂

    • @mondschattenpflanze
      @mondschattenpflanze Před rokem +11

      maybe he does not pretend... maybe he is a missing link (just kidding of course) ^^

    • @docbones213
      @docbones213 Před rokem +9

      Yup. Trolled. I'm up looking around the house for a cat. I don't have a fuckin' cat.

    • @obiwanpez
      @obiwanpez Před rokem +2

      Creationists, probably: “checkmate, atheists!”

  • @dreamworld3319
    @dreamworld3319 Před rokem +502

    I wanted to take a moment to really thank you Prof Dave and AronRa. I used to be a creationist and even when I dropped those beliefs, the thought that there might still be a God haunted me, I couldn't live in peace. And it was Dave's video where he totally destroys Kent Hovind that really sealed the deal for me, since then on, God and religion as a whole have faded from my life. So thank you, Professor Dave!
    Edit: do not reply anymore, we got exactly 69 of them

    • @hankboog462
      @hankboog462 Před rokem

      I've been an atheist for 5 years, I wholeheartedly believe there is no God, no heaven, no hell, nothing, and I still sometimes worry that I'm wrong. Religion can really catch you in a fear-of-mortality snare, even though I literally don't want to live forever. It's messed up

    • @dreamworld3319
      @dreamworld3319 Před rokem +64

      @NPC even if there is a God or higher power, if he isn't actively interfering in human affairs, he's as good as irrelevant to us, and we to him.

    • @asagoldsmith3328
      @asagoldsmith3328 Před rokem

      @NPC How many religious claims have to be debunked for it to lose any credibility? Every falsifiable claim religions have ever made have been shown to be pure poppycock. "But don't count God out just yet!!!"

    • @user-wu6qb2xl1c
      @user-wu6qb2xl1c Před rokem +17

      Doesn’t have to be no god for science to be valid

    • @zacheryeckard3051
      @zacheryeckard3051 Před rokem +23

      @@user-wu6qb2xl1c But it does mean certain conceptions of God will not be valid.

  • @hrh4961
    @hrh4961 Před rokem +33

    In time, Christian Mythology will take its place alongside Greek Mythology, Norse Mythology, Egyptian Mythology, Roman Mythology, Chinese Mythology, Sumerian Mythology, etc, etc.

    • @midlander4
      @midlander4 Před rokem +2

      @MVP you're scarcely literate. What point are you trying to make?

    • @secularidiot9052
      @secularidiot9052 Před rokem +10

      Christian Mythology is based on Canaanite Mythology which is based on Mesopotamian Mythology. The Christian creation god "Elohim" is based on the Canaanite creation god "El", which is based on the Mesopotamian creation god "Enki". Yahweh is also a direct link to the Canaanite pantheon, as Yahweh is the Canaanite god of metallurgy.
      The most likely thing to have happened is that after Egypt fled Canaan following the Bronze Age Collapse, the kingdoms of Israel and Judah arose. The kingdom of Israel eventually fell, and Judah writers compiled together the Torah not only as their creation myth, but also as a suggestion of what to do: to conquer the north, just like how Joshua and David did in their stories. The plan obviously failed, but it's interesting to view the Old Testament through the eyes of a Judah nationalist and see the exact message they were trying to send.
      TL;DR: The Old Testament is nationalist propaganda meant to entice the leaders of the ancient Kingdom of Judah to take over Canaan.

  • @sevarkon2290
    @sevarkon2290 Před rokem +53

    When i hear "SPECTROSCOPY" i immediately think "CONTAINER" now, thanks Dave :D

    • @shi117
      @shi117 Před rokem +4

      Which Dave to be precise? 😂

    • @korpsofkreig1359
      @korpsofkreig1359 Před rokem +4

      Well I mean spectroscopy does happen in a container 😅

    • @deviouskris3012
      @deviouskris3012 Před rokem +3

      @@shi117 definitely thank DITRH for that. If he didn’t make that idiotic statement. Dave couldn’t have mocked him.

    • @JustyMe
      @JustyMe Před rokem +2

      @@korpsofkreig1359 if you mean the sample has to be in a container that's not true, there are different types of spectroscopy that don't need it.

    • @korpsofkreig1359
      @korpsofkreig1359 Před rokem +1

      @@JustyMe it was in his debate with a flat earther bud.

  • @LauraPFan
    @LauraPFan Před rokem +49

    Waiting for Kirk Cameron to start holding up a picture of a Parrocat.

  • @john-r-edge
    @john-r-edge Před rokem +236

    These guys spoil us - they entertain us whilst also educating. Great discussions, thanks.

    • @originalprecursor
      @originalprecursor Před rokem

      truuuu

    • @Mikri90
      @Mikri90 Před rokem

      I'd totally like this comment but it is at 69 likes right now and that's perfect so I will let someone else do that :D

  • @hocinelastrophile1756
    @hocinelastrophile1756 Před rokem +74

    It's funny that Aron's parrot was so relevant when trying to evolve into a cat. 29:30

    • @joegeorge3889
      @joegeorge3889 Před rokem +9

      I wonder if he feeds him cat food

    • @daswasich1147
      @daswasich1147 Před rokem +7

      @@joegeorge3889 if the parrot identifies as a cat, then it logically follows that everything it eats is, in fact, cat food.
      Checkmate, Atheist!

  • @mactallica9293
    @mactallica9293 Před rokem +45

    That Dawkins interview was hilarious. He has to ask her the same question 4 different times about transitional fossils and she finally responds and says well I haven't seen it in the museums I went to

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid Před rokem +7

      Yeah, she is a dense one for sure! You could see her fighting rational thought with her entire strength! She probably lost 25 pounds trying to argue for her faith with Dawkins.

    • @Bob-of-Zoid
      @Bob-of-Zoid Před rokem +3

      @@felicityc Please don't! You are way better off exercising, both body and mind. The brain burns a lot of energy! Her brain probably doesn't for sheer lack of use!

  • @dreamworld3319
    @dreamworld3319 Před rokem +339

    Let's go! Aron and Dave!? Couldn't have a better start to my morning! 😆

  • @totalyrandomh2o
    @totalyrandomh2o Před rokem +60

    I Didnt know who Aron Ra was before googling him just now, but I mistakenly thought he was going to be a creationist.
    When he started talking, i listened for a good two or three minutes, hearing him explain the "Definition" of the Theory and Hypothesis I found myself thinking: " Man, this guy is DEEPLY understanding of the Scientific method, how is he gonna do a 180 and preach the bible after this." And luckily, he didnt.

    • @midlander4
      @midlander4 Před rokem +4

      @MVP which god are you talking about? Allah?

    • @eaglebauer944
      @eaglebauer944 Před rokem +10

      @MVP can you prove pink unicorns don't exist?

    • @thewatcher6312
      @thewatcher6312 Před rokem +12

      @MVP science isn't trying to prove or disprove a god. But religion is making the claim that a god exists. So where's YOUR proof that a god exists? YOU have the burden of proof not science. Provide evidence of a god without using whatever religious book you follow and without saying "well I've experienced it".

    • @Seticzech
      @Seticzech Před rokem +2

      @UCexh_77VCs3TWjgAEZZ4I0w First you prove any god actually exists and THEN we can try to find out if he/she/it/them created universe.

    • @davidsmith-uw2ci
      @davidsmith-uw2ci Před rokem +3

      Aron ra is awesome he is definitely worth checking out more of and sub to.

  • @Gremriel
    @Gremriel Před rokem +50

    Dave and AronRa? Instant watch.

  • @shmehfleh3115
    @shmehfleh3115 Před rokem +9

    I'm sitting here watching this video through corrective lenses, because the eyes "God" gave me kinda suck. If they really were engineered, the engineer should've been fired.

  • @MrKreinen
    @MrKreinen Před rokem +4

    @Prof Dave, loved your part in this. Keep the great work coming bud:)

  • @white_isnt_a_race2338
    @white_isnt_a_race2338 Před rokem +7

    Scientific Theory has gone through the highest level of scientific scrutiny possible

  • @bloo9699
    @bloo9699 Před rokem +9

    It's almost impressive that people could know something isn't true but still choose to believe it. I don't think I'm capable of that.

    • @KoRntech
      @KoRntech Před rokem

      You must not live in the USA because we have about 1/3 of the population believing one person is practically the new Messiah to them and even though he lost in 2020 they think he won evidence be damned they choose to believe really really hard, and when you question them with critical thinking you see them doing the mental gymnastics in their beliefs to justify their position so much so that you almost see they're in pain. But it comes down to marketing and he as well as the preachers know what sells an audience and brings in the money.

    • @Bill_Bo
      @Bill_Bo Před rokem +3

      A flat Earther met a PhD in social studies that thinks Earth is flat. The next day the flat Earther knows a PhD that thinks Earth is flat. A little while later he knows 10 PhD physicists that think Earth is flat. A while later he claims he knows 100 physicists that think Earth is flat. He only met that first guy and his mind did the rest.

  • @head_rat
    @head_rat Před rokem +81

    As a science educator myself I use the approach that Evolution is a fact; the theory of evolution is our best explanation of how and why evolution happens.

    • @arcanefire7511
      @arcanefire7511 Před rokem +4

      @@lookingfortruth1930 ?

    • @head_rat
      @head_rat Před rokem +12

      @@lookingfortruth1930 Then don't try using it as a calculator buddy! ;)

    • @wasabithumbs6294
      @wasabithumbs6294 Před rokem +6

      @@lookingfortruth1930 Well if you say so then it must be true, random person

    • @lfdp2023
      @lfdp2023 Před rokem +5

      @@lookingfortruth1930 the big bang doesn't have anything to do with this.

    • @nebtheweb8885
      @nebtheweb8885 Před rokem +9

      @@lookingfortruth1930 said _"Big Bang Doesn't add up"_
      -
      It's not a simple 'addition' problem.. Listen carefully. Creationism, like the BB theory, offers a model for how the universe began. But unlike the BB theory, creationism is not science, so the scientific community is very unlikely to embrace it. Its roots are in Genisis, not in the scientific method. Creationism starts with a conclusion and then attempts to amass observations to support it, discarding any that do not. Instead of worrying about "who made the BB theory, perhaps you should look into who invented the bible and its many revisions.

  • @eb60lp
    @eb60lp Před rokem +4

    Loved this conversation! Dave and Aaron Ra have a great chemistry!

  • @robbourgeois00
    @robbourgeois00 Před rokem +6

    I was shocked to learn that was actually the sound of a bird in the background, not a cat. I tried explaining that to my dog, but he either doesn't get it or doesn't care.

  • @danielpistola
    @danielpistola Před rokem +3

    yessssss! I love it when you two get together and shed some light into our brains

  • @Mr.Finklebottom
    @Mr.Finklebottom Před rokem +5

    I was just about to ask who's cat was constantly meowing, which I also noticed sounded the same every time, then Aron addressed it was his parrot.

  • @ifoundthisoldbook...8621

    Love the video. Also, the meowing sent me searching through my house to see if one of our cats was stuck in a closet. 🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛😄🦜

  • @heatherkuhn6559
    @heatherkuhn6559 Před rokem +12

    I want to nitpick one point. The blind spot in the vertebrate eye isn't due to the blood vessels on the inside of the retina; it's due to the neurons. The photoreceptor cells have to transmit information to the brain somehow, and they have neurons coming off them for that purpose. Since these neurons are on the inside of the retina, they come together into a bundle that passes through the retina at the blind spot.

    • @entropy8634
      @entropy8634 Před rokem +6

      It's really unfortunate that neurons doesn't directly just go behind retina and thus eliminates the need for blind spot. Seems like god was procrastinating and needed to finish his eye project fast

    • @Ole_CornPop
      @Ole_CornPop Před rokem

      ​@entropy8634 something that doesn't exist can't have a grasp on things that do exist. If you remember back to a time before you were born then you already know what happens when we die, the end.

    • @erneststyczen7071
      @erneststyczen7071 Před rokem

      ​@@Ole_CornPop ?

  • @Ave_Satani
    @Ave_Satani Před rokem +14

    I've followed Aron and Dave for years, both are exceptionally intelligent beings in their respective fields, and I was not let down by this discussion.
    Please, let's do this again. 🤗

  • @neil2242
    @neil2242 Před rokem +19

    Awesome discussion of course. But it seem to have missed a big reason creationists resist a logical discussion of evolution. Evolution disproving a special designer/creator - disproves "original sin" - disproves the need for a "Saviour" - disproves the need for a church. There goes the big business.

    • @richardlewin9282
      @richardlewin9282 Před rokem

      And there it is 🧐! Religion is a business and business used to be a booming.😇 But thanks to people like Aron and Dave the cash flow has been damaged and they're getting desprit because people are seeing that religion is a money making and control scam that's been going on for centuries 🐑🐑🍌🦖🐑🤦

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable Před rokem +4

      Was pretty well implied in their discussion.

    • @richardlawson6787
      @richardlawson6787 Před rokem

      I notice these TV preachers are multi millionaires...not only do they not believe the bible they are criminals....bilking our non intellectual countrymen
      Of their money..

    • @mj6962
      @mj6962 Před rokem +1

      Evolution definitely does not disprove the existence of a design or creator. lol you’re ignorant of the MANY, many beliefs and people who study Biblical events through science and vice versa. If you’re not blind or severely deceived, you’ll find many scientific facts that can support Biblical events.

    • @richardlawson6787
      @richardlawson6787 Před rokem +2

      @@mj6962 while we can't disprove god we can't confirm it...we most certainly can disprove the entire Bible...do you believe a man(Samson)lost his strength when he received a hair cut?.

  • @4dragons632
    @4dragons632 Před rokem +8

    suffice to say anybody who "designed" the systems of any animal existing today would be laughed out of the room and put into therapy as soon as they presented their work to the class.

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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  • @Tommy01_XO
    @Tommy01_XO Před rokem +36

    Great stuff as always! Do you plan on doing another video on the Discovery Institute? The Casey Luskin and Stephen Meyer debunks were beyond entertaining and very informative, I learned a lot from them both. Much love Dave

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před rokem +41

      Oh yes there will be several more.

    • @Tommy01_XO
      @Tommy01_XO Před rokem +10

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains fuck yeah keep up the good work!

    • @heatherkuhn6559
      @heatherkuhn6559 Před rokem +4

      @@ProfessorDaveExplains Be sure to read up on actual information theory before tackling Dembski. The relationship between information and entropy is not what creationists think.

    • @budimanfadil1232
      @budimanfadil1232 Před rokem

      @@ProfessorDaveExplainsLETSGOOOOOO

    • @rashadroberts2910
      @rashadroberts2910 Před rokem +1

      Remember guys jesus saves

  • @Science_Always_Wins
    @Science_Always_Wins Před rokem +5

    So nice to see aron and Dave together ❤️

  • @theqcgamer
    @theqcgamer Před rokem +1

    Loved this one very much. Thanks a lot guys

  • @shadednights6870
    @shadednights6870 Před rokem +6

    The winged cat in the back ground made this entire convo even better

  • @jamesfarquhar8507
    @jamesfarquhar8507 Před rokem +3

    I had no idea Aron Ra was here I wouldn’t be 2 weeks late! but I don’t recall getting the notification, big fan of Professor Dave And Sir Ra.

  • @pkats9093
    @pkats9093 Před rokem +1

    This is awesome! Three of the best on CZcams

  • @starkfels-diespielefestung2680

    As a Christian and theologian i'm really grateful for atheists debunking people wanting to dismiss evolution or scientific knowledge in general for religious reasons. Thanks for your work and effort.

    • @LemonLadyRecords
      @LemonLadyRecords Před rokem +15

      Yes, as an ex-Christian, I try to respect all beliefs (creationists are testing my tolerance, though), for seeking a spiritual path is natural to humans and often useful. It all goes sideways when faith tries to codify itself like science, for faith is a personally experiential phenomenon, and to me, foremost about your *relationship* to your god or messiah, not whether the Flood can be proved. When I was young, even the most conservative (outside of small, extreme sects) said that faith (or the Bible, etc) was faith and science, science. You'd think it would be moreso now, almost 70yrs and much more technology/knowledge later. But now we have democratized media, which I thought would be a good thing... so that even the most extreme can have an equal voice with scientific or other facts. Critical thinking MUST be taught in every school as a required subject.

    • @niccolopaganini1782
      @niccolopaganini1782 Před rokem +1

      True! Agreed. You don't have to.

    • @rippedtorn2310
      @rippedtorn2310 Před rokem +3

      God of the ever decreasing gaps eh? I truly hope you shed the last of your beliefs in these iron age myths .

    • @starkfels-diespielefestung2680
      @starkfels-diespielefestung2680 Před rokem +2

      @@rippedtorn2310
      As much as i hope atheists shed their beliefs in these modern myths. Debunking a god of the gaps is a good think, believing in positivism and materialsm, or believing that science can access all aspects of reality isn't.
      At least most religious people are aware of the fact they hold beliefs. :)

    • @rippedtorn2310
      @rippedtorn2310 Před rokem

      @@starkfels-diespielefestung2680 what do you mean “ access all aspects of reality”? I think you are confused about what science is . Science is a methodology of finding out about the natural world ( the myths you have believe that there’s more than that although you have no reason to think so). Do you care if what you believe is true or not ? To be Christian means you believe a Bronze Age carpenter was born despite his mother being a virgin, he turned water into wine , cured diseases by will of his mind , resurrected a dead guy and ofc was tortured to death but then rose from the dead . This is absurd to the point of embarrassing that grown adults believe this . In this day and age . When questioned the response is typically “ well science hasn’t discovered everything…” or “ science is just a religion too “ ! It’s absolutely crazy and if I’m honest you lot freak me the fuck out !! Like how?!

  • @bAYOTLIST.4299
    @bAYOTLIST.4299 Před rokem +57

    Brooooooooo..... One day we will see Forrest, Prof Dave, Aron, CosmicSkeptic, GeneticallyMod.Skeptic in one video! 👌👌👌

    • @RetoskiCat
      @RetoskiCat Před rokem +4

      I wish lol

    • @sulk7080
      @sulk7080 Před rokem +7

      Throw in Jimmy Snow and Matt Dillahunty, and we got ourselves a party

    • @joaquinm.698
      @joaquinm.698 Před rokem +1

      the ultimate crossover

    • @TeoDP7
      @TeoDP7 Před rokem

      I wish both of them would attack Eric dubays videos

    • @an.d.m.a
      @an.d.m.a Před rokem +2

      @@sulk7080 was gonna say to add Matt Dillahunty.

  • @D.Guitar
    @D.Guitar Před rokem +41

    I am suscribed to both these guys channels.. and it's great to have them give evidence together... Corroborating evolution

  • @robertmartin1364
    @robertmartin1364 Před rokem +12

    Who needs a crocoduck when you have a parrocat? (Or I suppose catrot, but that’s not as easy to say)

    • @Shady-Shane
      @Shady-Shane Před rokem +1

      you could simplify it to a Carrot i suppose.

  • @THIS---GUY
    @THIS---GUY Před rokem +38

    I started this video
    Slowly became annoyed at the cat
    Started counting meows on my fingers
    Counted to mid 30s and was interrupted by the statement that I was actually counting how many times his parrot meowed 😂
    I grew up around an African grey and blue and gold macaw that both knew how to bark and meow but never did it to that extent

    • @Cheepchipsable
      @Cheepchipsable Před rokem +3

      We had a sulphur crested cockatoo, and my grandfather called out to me so often that the parrot began calling my name randomly.

    • @bethmoulton6220
      @bethmoulton6220 Před rokem +6

      Lol. And I'm cleaning a church for a funeral at midnight, maybe a little stoned. Keep pausing video to make sure I'm not being haunted by a weird cat. Only 10 mildly panicked minutes later to have Aron explain. Oh thank goodness. 🥴😀

    • @philippabrealey1310
      @philippabrealey1310 Před rokem

      Didn't notice the meowing till I read this comment!

    • @stinkabella4218
      @stinkabella4218 Před rokem

      @@philippabrealey1310 didn't notice this thread till I'd complained about the cat.

  • @chrisistocool1
    @chrisistocool1 Před rokem +9

    I'm really happy to see you working with Aron ra Dave. He's a really amazing guy and I love his work.

  • @sirzn
    @sirzn Před rokem +6

    was looking for new debunks/debates from prof dave and found this video published 1 hour ago, great way to start my morning

  • @alanautpax6829
    @alanautpax6829 Před rokem

    Thank you for the wonderful vod

  • @donsheffler
    @donsheffler Před rokem +1

    Three EXCELLENT panelists! Thanks you all.

  • @inthecrosshairs4480
    @inthecrosshairs4480 Před rokem +6

    Parrots have impeccable timing when it comes time to being vocal.

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  • @herbieshine1312
    @herbieshine1312 Před rokem +6

    Really good conversation.
    Aron's cat "speaking" parrot set my 2 kittens off on a hunt for another cat making similar sounding calls 5o the parrot!

  • @nickamarit
    @nickamarit Před rokem +2

    A local tribe in Indonesia is evolving the ability to stay underwater for much longer than most humans can. We are still evolving!

    • @daftwulli6145
      @daftwulli6145 Před rokem

      Yea of course we are, evolution never stops. Sadly wewill be forced to change our genome ourselves at some point, since harmful mutations are no longer eliminated thanks to modern societzy especially medicine . You can already start to see the consequences of that, and I thionk changi.ng our genom,e ourselves is the most ethical way to handle that, since any other methods would require us to regulate who can´t have kids, and who has to have as many as possible to improve our genpool, which would be way more messed up

  • @banquorebuechett9914
    @banquorebuechett9914 Před 8 měsíci

    There are so many wonderful parts to this. Please section them as separate videos under relevant headings
    so they can be found and watched more easily for those that need to learn.

  • @AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen
    @AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen Před rokem +9

    👏🙂
    Yay Aron, Hanney and Prof Dave

  • @RocinanteGold
    @RocinanteGold Před rokem +16

    Imagine how different our perception of quantum mechanics would be if Schroedinger had proposed putting Aron's Parrot in the box with the randomly activated poison gas canister.. No "uncertainty" there, the parrot is either "noisy" or "dead", and its status is never unknown..
    But.. I can propose another experiment.. "Aron's Box".. Aron has two identical boxes, a cat, and a parrot. Aron puts one animal in each box, closes it up and leaves the room. Aron's spouse comes in, shakes each box, and then swaps their positions a random and undisclosed number of times, then leaves the room.
    A third person enters the room, having been given knowledge that one box contains a cat, and the other contains a bird which makes cat sounds. This observer hears cat sounds coming from both boxes.. and (by Schroedinger) the animal in each box is BOTH cat and bird right until the observer opens one box.. and information obtained by opening one box, determines information about the second box..

  • @wilhelmschmidt7240
    @wilhelmschmidt7240 Před rokem +1

    I love the conversation, and this is definitely a subject that simply baffles me with how people misinterpret and misunderstand the colloquial version of evolution. The two things I consistently see are either an individual who simply knows nothing but outdated oversimplifications and sees that it obviously doesn't add up but also doesn't put in the work to find out what the real science is actually saying, and people who are willfully ignorant on the subject and actively misrepresenting it for their own purposes, often religiously driven. I am not a biologist by profession, only a mechanical engineer with a few years of study toward my physics PhD, however evolution seems so intuitive to me that when people try to speak against it I am just blown away by the ignorance.

  • @Atlas6355_
    @Atlas6355_ Před rokem

    Amazing tag team!

  • @DocBree13
    @DocBree13 Před rokem +3

    Unfortunately, the excellent example of language evolution wouldn’t help convince any Christian’s I know, because they don’t believe that’s how languages developed. They believe all the languages were arose/were “assigned” to people in one day at the Tower of Babel.

  • @deepskymike767
    @deepskymike767 Před rokem +5

    A saw a clip where a woman in the audience said to Christopher Hitchens “what if you’re wrong”? And that right there to me is religion in a nutshell. People scared into believing in a God ‘just in case’.

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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  • @netheritepotato254
    @netheritepotato254 Před rokem +4

    This is the best youtube content on the platform.

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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  • @Fade2GrayOG
    @Fade2GrayOG Před rokem +50

    Aron and Dave on the same video? It's a good day to be alive and rational!
    Hail Aron!

  • @ryansergas2776
    @ryansergas2776 Před rokem +5

    Hey Dave, just wanted to say love your channel and I think you're a great science communicator. Keep doing what you're doing my man.

  • @skepticsinister
    @skepticsinister Před rokem +63

    Professor Dave & Aron Ra are heroes for humanity! Thank you and never stop your very important work! 👍🏽

  • @Tomoose736
    @Tomoose736 Před rokem +61

    I love that Aron’s parrot identifies as a cat. Brilliant.

    • @ta0soft
      @ta0soft Před rokem +15

      it's just a phase the parrot will grow out of it

    • @ratgirltika
      @ratgirltika Před rokem

      @@ta0soft lol

    • @myjessicajourney1915
      @myjessicajourney1915 Před rokem +15

      As a trans person who has a cockatiel whom went through a velociraptor phase, I support both of these statements.

    • @ratgirltika
      @ratgirltika Před rokem +3

      @@myjessicajourney1915 LoL that's cute, sometimes I think my cat identifies as a dog, but he's back and forth about it ... Maine Coons 🙄

    • @myjessicajourney1915
      @myjessicajourney1915 Před rokem +4

      @@ratgirltika awwwwww that's so adorable! I love Maine Coons! They're such poofy lil chonks lol.

  • @justinlloyd8547
    @justinlloyd8547 Před rokem +7

    I wish I'd had you as a teacher, Prof. Dave. The way you explain things keeps me engaged and excited about the topics you go over.

  • @roysmallian2046
    @roysmallian2046 Před rokem +3

    What about the people who say, if we descended from an ape like creature by survival of the fittest why are there still apes. It seems utterly laughable that someone would say this, but there are people that actually make such comments. I personally, at earliest exposure to evolution, never thought that even as a child.

    • @ProfessorDaveExplains
      @ProfessorDaveExplains  Před rokem +6

      Tell them that we are apes and watch their heads explode.

    • @AttilatheNun-xv6kc
      @AttilatheNun-xv6kc Před 2 měsíci

      @roysmallian
      I'm sure you know that probably the simplest way to clarify this for those pinheads is to ask, "If most Americans are descended from Europeans, how come there are still Europeans?"

  • @thedragonofechigo7878
    @thedragonofechigo7878 Před rokem +9

    Damn great to see Aron here.

  • @arsenic1987
    @arsenic1987 Před rokem +2

    1:00:45 - You missed a fantastic joke there. Hehe.
    "I used to have a pet parrot, until one day it thought it was a cat".

  • @sciencenerd7639
    @sciencenerd7639 Před rokem +3

    Aron and Dave are my favorites!

  • @Mmmmilo
    @Mmmmilo Před rokem +8

    This was both educational and wonderful.

  • @apollosiris5733
    @apollosiris5733 Před rokem +3

    No waaaaay you and Aaron RA. This was dope

  • @neo7794
    @neo7794 Před rokem

    Awesome conversation

  • @cooswillemse7551
    @cooswillemse7551 Před rokem +1

    My two favorite CZcamsrs and freethinkers in one video. Brilliant!

  • @jami1365
    @jami1365 Před rokem +4

    29:54 I am someone who has a mental illness and during a certain part of the month my stress threshold gets really thin and I sometimes get paranoid I am going to just snap and start hearing things.. so I am driving and I hear the meowing and I have 5 tiny kittens that just learned how to walk yesterday and today they are being more vocal just hearing themselves and they are meowing louder and often just cuz so I hear the meowing and I turn the radio off. I tell myself it’s not that big of a deal because you are probably just thinking about the kittens and the thought is echoing in your head you aren’t hearing meowing.
    Then it keeps happening and no one says anything on the video so I assume it’s me still.
    Then I pause the radio again and listen for my breathing to see if I am wheezing. Not wheezing, and don’t hear the meowing.
    Then I turn the video back on determined to ignore it because I am exhausted and I have been with the kittens so much and they are so cute and I love them so I tell myself you are just remembering them and your oxytocin levels are dropping as you are away from them so this is just how your brain is choosing to deal with the deficit and it’s fine just focus on driving and finish the video and like always I say even if you are starting to hear stuff it won’t kill you so just ignore it..
    Then he says “Sorry bout my PARROT!!! Lol he thinks he’s a cat! LMFAO!”
    Mental illness -0
    My coping skills +10
    Silly but I am proud of myself.

  • @scarecrowbar3375
    @scarecrowbar3375 Před rokem +7

    So after all the talk of a monkey not giving birth to a human, the parrot turns into a cat live on stream. lol

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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  • @mizzz_tigerjones444
    @mizzz_tigerjones444 Před rokem +1

    I love that halfway through the dog gets up and walks away on Aron’s screen But somehow the background generator didn’t notice.
    it’s just like, “Yep, still a sleepy dog”.

  • @bonusflaps1749
    @bonusflaps1749 Před rokem +2

    I keep forgetting about Aron’s bird and for a second I’m looking for my cat.

  • @davinelm1545
    @davinelm1545 Před rokem +4

    54:19 Is that spectroscopy in a CoNtAiNeR though???? 😆

  • @nightlydrugs6927
    @nightlydrugs6927 Před rokem +7

    Would have gone on thinking Aron just had a very insistent kitty if he wouldn’t have told us it was a parrot. 😂

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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  • @robinhood20253
    @robinhood20253 Před rokem +2

    Very informative.

  • @fictionmusic3402
    @fictionmusic3402 Před 7 měsíci

    very enjoyable stuff

  • @Rayzersword
    @Rayzersword Před rokem +6

    Awesome! Dave an Aron make a surprisingly awesome team. Giving myth a roundhouse kick to the face!

  • @DrReginaldFinleySr
    @DrReginaldFinleySr Před rokem +7

    My research interests are in improving scientific literacy and critical thinking in the general public. It's nice to see two of my favorite guys together addressing some related aspects of this. Thanks for sharing Prof. Dave. - from a fellow Professor (formerly, The Infidel Guy Show host)

    • @DocBree13
      @DocBree13 Před rokem

      That’s awesome - good luck to you in your endeavors - nothing more important for humanity right now than those goals

  • @Supreme_Kommandah
    @Supreme_Kommandah Před rokem +2

    This was the AWESOME MEAT GRINDER for religion that I expected..😊Great Job Guys!!

  • @BoneySkylord
    @BoneySkylord Před rokem

    Two of my favourite CZcamsrs. Bliss!

  • @rickskeptical
    @rickskeptical Před rokem +3

    Kind of odd...
    Whenever a preacher goes astray of the secular law, even when he claims to only answer to God's will, God never steps in to open the prison gates or to save his servant. Almost makes you believe that there is no God or that none of the preachers know what they are talking about.
    Whenever preachers try to explain our world under Biblical interpretation or God's will, they cannot show solid evidence or propose a hypothesis that stands up at all. Almost makes you believe that none of them know what they are talking about.

  • @greyshadow5575
    @greyshadow5575 Před rokem +4

    Hey dave,i loved this video.
    I just wanted to ask what book you would recommend to us about evolution?

    • @kimoto311
      @kimoto311 Před rokem +2

      The greatest show on Earth by Richard Dawkins

  • @AmberAmber
    @AmberAmber Před rokem +1

    Aron Dave & Prof all together ❤❤

  • @Bob-of-Zoid
    @Bob-of-Zoid Před rokem +1

    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! Someones kitty wants in on the conversation!
    One minute later: Oh dear, It's Aron's parrot playing cat! Comedy gold! (

  • @rklauco
    @rklauco Před rokem +5

    How can a discussion about evolution get any better than having a guy with parrot believing that it's a cat at the background?

  • @bloozee
    @bloozee Před rokem +4

    The flying spaghetti monster created cephlapods in his own image?

  • @cirquedumushroom
    @cirquedumushroom Před rokem +1

    As much as its a relief for us, i bet its even more of a relief to ProfDave and Aron, to have a discussion where there isnt some bozo there, plugging their ears and screaming about the bible or the flat earth. These two play off each other so well with a lot of mutual respect.

  • @FieldSobrietyTest6676
    @FieldSobrietyTest6676 Před rokem +4

    I actualy forgot Zakir Naik exist, I've heard of him when I was a child and all I know he is an offensive religious actor. Thanks for the video !

  • @DahPigIsAround
    @DahPigIsAround Před rokem +17

    I was raised a Jehovah’s Witness, after watching plenty of your videos, it helped build a foundation of knowledge after having to throw out what I learned, scientifically speaking, pretty much my entire childhood. A little insight into how a fundamentalist Christian will think though, something you discussed in the vaccine video, “Good v Bad chemicals.” In a lot of fundamentalist organizations, the populations hear a word or phrase and it triggers that Good/bad response in them and often just turn off their brain to not allow the “evil” in. It becomes a part of what you do, typically to show your allegiance to God through listening to the organization that you espouse to be an arbiter of truth.

    • @cygnustsp
      @cygnustsp Před rokem +3

      I grew up JW too and Dave's mic triggers me, we had that green cancelling mic at the kingdom hall

    • @head_rat
      @head_rat Před rokem +2

      My mother is a JW and I keep trying to open her eyes to the truth. I suspect I will never manage it but the fact some of you have managed to "escape" gives me some hope.

    • @cygnustsp
      @cygnustsp Před rokem +2

      @@head_rat my mom is 78 now and still very involved in the religion with friends etc, I'd never ever try and pull her out of it, especially since she respects my decision to have walked away and gotten disfellowshipped. She never shunned me and in fact had saved my life many times.

    • @head_rat
      @head_rat Před rokem +1

      @@cygnustsp Thanks for this. I appreciate it.

    • @ericmork630
      @ericmork630 Před rokem +3

      @Sube Stew to be more specific, we disbelieve in your baseless claims.

  • @christopherjohns1566
    @christopherjohns1566 Před rokem +7

    The idea of a creator's creation being much more complicated than needed hits the nail on the head.
    A perfect example is John Harrison and his maritime chronometer. His first prototype is exponentially more complicated in construction and over 2 feet tall. The final version was less than 6 inches tall.

  • @da12cat
    @da12cat Před rokem +2

    Love ur vids:))

  • @jacquespoulemer3577
    @jacquespoulemer3577 Před rokem

    Hanney Selim, Aron Ra, Dave Farina, greetings from Oaxaca, Mexico. George Burns and Gracie Allen counted on the audience's ignorance. Love the vids...JIM

  • @Bob-of-Zoid
    @Bob-of-Zoid Před rokem +5

    Never heard of the Critical Faculty podcast, But I sure know and love both Professor Dave and Aron Ra! Thanks for uploading it Dave, because I may have never seen it. (

  • @adjacentshadow
    @adjacentshadow Před rokem +11

    Aron and Dave! 😍 This is a dream team, more please! Let's go on the offensive!

    • @almalain1980
      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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    • @richardlawson6787
      @richardlawson6787 Před rokem

      More like defence...these freaks have had hundreds of years spewing their ignorant nonsense...we need defense against these perps

    • @joegeorge3889
      @joegeorge3889 Před rokem +1

      Love these two guys

    • @abdul8685
      @abdul8685 Před rokem

      Oh hell ya! Those days of staying quiet while believers murder thousands of innocent women for the charge of witchcraft ARE OVER! Their days are numbered. I give it another hundred years MAX. And the fall of religion will be precipitous, we just need to be very outspoken and not give a fuck. There will be casualties, religion is getting desperate, it will lash out during its death throes, there will be ppl that will have to sacrifice a great deal to bring this insidious MEMEPLEX down.... but it's coming down either way. Its like slavery, there is no future in it, it's truly unsustainable in a very real way. Shit, we'll fucken go down there and beat it out them if we have to, just like we did with slavery.

  • @irstat1c383
    @irstat1c383 Před rokem +1

    I’d heard of Aron Ra years ago during the split in the Atheist community online where some went down a path of progressive/ social justice Atheist activism vs. a more classical liberal/ conservative Atheism, since I leaned more to the latter I tended to stay away from his content and I’m sad I did. This video made me want to sub and support him regardless and I wish I had done this long before instead of being so tribal. So thanks professor Dave for posting this, it was very informative in more ways then just the topics discussed within.

  • @ogreman-lll-957
    @ogreman-lll-957 Před rokem +5

    Creationism is built on logical fallacies.

    • @ogreman-lll-957
      @ogreman-lll-957 Před rokem +6

      @Sube Stew evolution is a theory of explaining bio diversity, has nothing to do with the universe or cosmology.

    • @eatbliss8895
      @eatbliss8895 Před rokem +5

      @Sube Stew " If you have trouble believing God had no beginning then why do you believe humans had no beginning or the universe had no beginning or what created the universe had no beginning?" Because I can observe and believe that humans and the universe actually exist. Not all that difficult to understand, as I can just look in the mirror or outside of myself for the first two. God(s, ess. etc) takes a bit of mental tomfoolery to even begin to situate such in the same company. Replace God with Imaginary Friend, and it is not that much different. Also, technically, a manufacturing plant did use us as a conduit to its creation from nature, and likely uses or mimics natural processes, so that argument is kind of a moot point, if ya wanna get down to brass tacks. And, life/creation most likely had a finite point it started from and not sure why either if it did or did not has anything at all to do with proving God's existence anyway. Your talking points just seem odd. LOL

    • @eatbliss8895
      @eatbliss8895 Před rokem

      @Sube Stew ROTFLOL Don't get your panties in a twist, Sube. It is quite comical how you tell me what I believe before I reply. Probably comes from having to generate dialogue when conversing with your imaginary friend, but just to let ya know, with real people you don't need to do that, as it is best if they actually provide the information about what they think, on their own. Your welcome. In reality, I don't think I am actually required to acquire and maintain any belief, especially regarding something that there is no tangible and compelling way to prove, at least to the point of what would convince me. Too many already lie and pretend they know anyway, which just seems silly and a waste of time. And, just to be clear, I don't think it is so wrong to have an imaginary friend, as long as you keep it under wraps and don't expect others to placate you and go along with it, or worse, attempt to get them to believe in it too to bolster your lack of confidence in the belief that it actually exists. If you are truly sincere, who cares if others don't agree with your fruity ideas and make believe buddies? You surely shouldn't. Not to mention your one trick pony, straw man, cut and paste jobby that you use as bait is pretty transparent and makes you look even more desperate and pathetic than you probably, actually are. I can't be sure on that, as we will see what you do from here and I will reserve judgement until afterward. Regardless of all that, evolution is not a belief, in the same way your nutball ideas or fantasy friends are, anyway. It is kinda like saying you don't believe in water, then when I put your hands in it, you continue to deny it while telling me that eating feces is good for you. No, I take that back. Actually, your ideas are even less evidenced. But, we can save that for another time. Now, run along. LOL

    • @midlander4
      @midlander4 Před rokem

      @Sube Stew "let me explain"... says the brainwashed mediaeval magic worshipper.

    • @Seticzech
      @Seticzech Před rokem +2

      @Sube Stew Is this supposed to be a human language? If I copy-paste lorem ipsum it would has more sense than what you generated here.

  • @peterbrazier7107
    @peterbrazier7107 Před rokem +4

    The English Language mugged all the other Languages in a dark ally and took what it liked!

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      @almalain1980 Před rokem

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  • @snorefoot
    @snorefoot Před rokem +4

    Knew it was Ra's parrot - better than my friend's that liked to say "Oh, yeah?"

  • @iannhaupt6584
    @iannhaupt6584 Před rokem +34

    Professor Dave and Aron Ra could conquer the world. 2 of the best right here. You guys rock

    • @MetallicAAlabamA
      @MetallicAAlabamA Před rokem +7

      I think with Professor Dave, AronRa, Forrest Valkyie (I think that's correct, If not I apologize) and Matt Dillahunty. Those 4 personalities could really get this movement rolling. Its their personalities together that would make them so attractive. Plus they are the top of ladder imo.

  • @LucasWills
    @LucasWills Před rokem +4

    Loved this. You and Aron should do more stuff together

  • @derekbrou
    @derekbrou Před rokem +4

    That parrot is a transitional species between birds and cats

  • @michael_zaki6903
    @michael_zaki6903 Před rokem +6

    Spectroscopy needs to be in a container.

    • @eatbliss8895
      @eatbliss8895 Před rokem

      No, that was only when we thought the ocean bulged out in the middle. Now we can go container less and Spectroscope wherever we have the urge, thank god!

  • @actowing4958
    @actowing4958 Před rokem

    Wow this channel is growing fast as hell 😳

  • @thomasmcnally563
    @thomasmcnally563 Před rokem

    Talk about the A team right there, great video guys