Let's Explode the Universe (with Forrest Valkai and Gutsick Gibbon)



What happens when two dynamic (and wildly entertaining) science educators come together to talk about evolution VS. creationism? This podcast answers the question. With Forrest Valkai and Erika / Gutsick Gibbon.

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30 thoughts on “Let's Explode the Universe (with Forrest Valkai and Gutsick Gibbon)”

  1. Ummm, why would clotting have to evolve simultaneously… I mean, blood didn't necessarily start as something you would ever want to clot…something that wouldn't be evolutionary efficient until your organisms are of a large enough size and live mostly terrestrial lives.

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  2. This idea that Noah took “kinds” of animal onboard, is derived not so much from “The Bible”, as from “The English translation of the Bible”.

    Genesis 6,20 in English: “Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind …”. (King James Bible), in German: “Von den Vögeln nach ihrer Art, von dem Vieh nach seiner Art und von allem GewĂŒrm auf Erden nach seiner Art…” (Luther Bible), and in French: “Des oiseaux selon leur espĂšce, du bĂ©tail selon son espĂšce, et de tous les reptiles de la terre selon leur espĂšce …” (Louis Segond Bible).

    Whereas kind may mean nothing as far as taxonomy is concerned, the German term Art (pl. Arten), and the French term espĂšce are exactely the scientific terms for species. The title of Charles Darwin’s book “On the Origin of Species 
” for example translates as “Über die Entstehung der Arten…”, or as “L'Origine des espĂšces…” respectively.

    One would have to ask a guy like Dr. Josh for the original Hebrew word, but that leaves you with the problem that these guys didn’t do taxonomy back then. Maybe it would be worth checking what the word in modern Hebrew is, and if this has any scientific meaning.

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  3. I'm a 64-year-old dude, and the discussion of nested hierarchies starting at 16:55 literally brought tears to my eyes.

    I get so much more a sense of the "miraculous" hearing these two talk than I do when I hear any infantile "god did it" arguments.

    Thanks for this, all three of you…

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  4. 41:44 "Science predicts, and Creationism accommodates." Erica/Gutsick Gibbon – my favorite quote of 2023. Forrest Valkai is AWESOME! Seth Andrews, your podcasts are my goto for sanity. Thank you! ❀

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