Even though you may never read this: Thank you for all you do, Mr. Dawkins.

@jdos5643

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You’re thanking him for deceiving you? Got it…….

@UnMisanthropeCynique

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@@jdos5643he has logical evidence to prove what he says

@jdos5643

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@@UnMisanthropeCynique turtles are still turtles up to now. Darwin is long gone. He did not live long enough to realize how false his beliefs are. Nothing about evolution is true or proven.

I couldn't help but find it funny how Richard was wearing casual shoes and socks haha.

This is absolutely amazing. I went over these types of turtles in my bio anthopology class a couple of weeks ago.

Great quality. Both the video itself as well as the information.

I love RDF TV! Josh & Richard, keep up the good work.

This is a great description of the journey more of us must take. We can't just back off when the evidence gets "uncomfortable," we must face reality with all of our senses open.

Another great video! Keep up the good work Josh Timonen!

This small series is awesome, I love it :D

What a great vid 👍

Thank you for this new video... I can't wait for the next.

Turtles are so cute :D

@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote

7 жыл бұрын

statikreg But these are tortoises :0

@jaingadonimo9904

4 жыл бұрын

statikreg these are tortoises

@ruthlessadmin

4 жыл бұрын

@@jaingadonimo9904 This was 5 years ago so idk if I was just trolling or legit slipped. Either way, yes they are indeed tortoises.

Good video, stunning photography. Thanks for posting

Dear Richard, I love you. :) Thank you for all you do. You always inspire me.

This was a great series of informational and inspiering videos. I wonder what's comming next.

Richard Dawkins=Best Tour Guide EVA!!!!

I am impressed. Well done!

Great Video.

I love these videos

Thank you, Richard.

Awesome vid...

I like this series, it looks very good.

Another great video!! :-)

i love these vids

Brilliant. 5 stars

Oh getting into the concept of the multiverse I see. Your one smart cookie :) we need more people who know this stuff and care to learn about in this world.

Those squirtles are awesome!

oh the beauty of evolution!

Beautiful creatures.

The problem with being too specific, is that people will think that the theory covers that, and that alone; when in fact it is quite a broad theory that explains an extraordinarily vast amount of observations.

Just finished reading Greatest Show on Earth. Amazing book.

good for you

While the Greeks did have some idea that organisms could change over time, from the Roman Empire until the late Eighteen Century it was widely believed that all living things were static and eternally unchanging.

When that turtle stretched it's neck out i was like WTF?!

Are these set of videos a preview for a new DVD? Nevermind I go check the homepage!!

It'd be very interesting to see what these species diverge into and whether the decesdant will even resemble their ancestors. To bad I won't be there to see it.

I totally want one of these for a pet.

I hope you make it to Kurzweil's "Bridge 2" of life extension... it would be very nice having you around for another 500+ years...

wow!

@slicingwater haha, "too bad I won't be there to see". Absolutely brilliant line, my friend! Evolution happens on the scales of millions of years. I would seriously find a way to freeze myself in time.....just to see the beautiful works of evolution happen. That would be a dream come true. If only.

@iwalrus11 you right in saying WHY he said that...but in many, many, many university biology courses....there is an invisible line between 'evolve to suit the environment' and 'adapting to a suitable niche' The basis that explains both in conjunction: mutations in a gene are what cause changes in an animal (evolution), and whatever the change, as a result of chance....will allow those animals to thrive in a particular environment (niche) that suits them (adaptation). I hope I've explained it?

The whole point of a theory is to find an underlying mechanism that binds all the facts together. A theory isn't something that might or might not be true. It is something that explains the facts. As for knowning what I am talking about, I do have a PhD in Physics.

See the one he did on the iguanas - very similar freak accidents have been recorded happening and being observed. It is convenient, yes. It's also just what you'd expect if you approached it from the angle that they diverged from a common ancestor over time and location.

I wish I had something profound to say in response to this video. Dawkins explains everything so perfectly that there is little left to say. What a perfect example of evolution the Galapagos Islands is - first for Darwin to bake the cake and now Dawkins to put the icing on it.

Wow. That sounds like a good idea for a book. Can I use it?

the turtle at 0:43 has a better chance of not getting eaten but 0:45 turtle does cuz its shell is more open

When you're the coolest guy in the world, you can wear whatever shoes you want. The inverse is also true; Kayne has to take great care with his selection of footwear, for example.

Lol, the RDF for Reason and Science :D Rub it in ! :D

That's hella tight

Man that's one big turtle

2:00 Reminds me of Morla, the Ancient one - from Never Ending Story.

This raises me questions.. how rare is intellect life in universe? Us, humans, would not exist without after a series of freak accidents. Many reptiles and other species have been the same for hundreds of millions of years without changing ever so slightly.

well stated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

richard dawkins is soo dreamy. he can talk science to me any day. hopefully over breakfast. rrrowl.

did anyone else notice the heart of gold in the thumbnail....riot pls

You should have seen what I responded to :) And I think you've may have it slightly wrong/poor wording. "The theory of evolution explains the observed fact of evolution". Short, concise... I like it.

michaelsvm, that comes from polls, surveys taken of the public. I'm in England so I don't know. But I've had several Americans tell me that teachers in "bible belt" areas don't bother teaching evolution theory anymore in high schools because they get so many arguments!

I was thinking one about shellfish. call it "the shellfish gene"

How many of those turtles died in the sea during the aeons of time for one that could reach another island. Evolution isn't nice, but it is!

It's all yours, and I reckon your book will be wildly embraced by America, but since I thought it up I have dibs on the "Fundamentalist's Unification of Creationism Theory" (FUCT) web site. -------------------------- Welcome to FUCT! As Creationists we can't wait until Kent and Jerry finish their research and distribute their FUCT theory to the masses!

Gravity (the theory) explains the observed attraction in objects (the fact). However, since since we don't have a fancy word for the observed evolution (gradual chance over time), we call it "Theory of evolution". By contrast, the theory of gravity could just as well be called "Theory of objects attracting each other". So they are similar, but not the same.

You would have to be an idiot not to realize that evolution is a fact. I love this videos because they show how obvious evolution is.

He owns

I recommend watching Potholer54's videos about evolution if you don't understand that appearances of new species happens all the time. Including humans from great apes.

These tortoises are going to evolve into ninja's.

you should see the one about the birds...

If evolution is a blind, unintelligent and an uncontrolled force, then, how does it know about survival of species? How does it coordinate natural selection? My experience in this world has taught me that selection is done by the mind. Also random forces like tornados and so on are destructive, they don't cause a new phenomenon that brings constructive end products but the mind does.

@xxxxxxcx156

5 жыл бұрын

It doesn't know anything because evolution is not a living being, it doesn't coordinate natural selection. The new mutations that don't "work out" and don't help the animal or plant to adapt and reproduce just die, that's why we see the illusion of everything being so "perfect" but the fact is that millions of species have gone extinct without human help just because they didn't adapt fast enough thats evolution

How so?

@british123able as far as i know, spiders evolved from chericelata in the past 400m years, dont know much about turtles though. Anyways, interesting question, surely will look it up :)

David Attenborough Jr

There is no "attempt" to enter another environment. But by some mutation, one of your water beings is able to crawl out a bit further, were no enemies are. This gives it a higher chance of survival, more offsprings. Other mutations of the offspring follow that lead back to the water or further up unto the shore. For a conscious being, not land-life would have been necessary, a giant intelligent squid would have been nice too, including a squid on the cross maybe...

There is a clear and required purpose for both words. It's a fact that you would fall to your death if you jumped from a plane with no parachute, but it's a theory that you would fall according to the theory of general relativity.

I believe RD mentioned that he made these video's short on purpose so that it wouldn't overtax the attention span of your average (religious?) person.

He looks somewhat high or tired in this video ^^

Survival of the best adapted, not fittest, that is a mistake in the early debates on evolution. There are many reasons to have a small mobility advantage, it is not only to avoid predators, but also to reach more food or a good nesting place. It is all about gradual change, that sometimes, very occasionally, leads to amazing changes. More than one kind of animal flies, birds evolved appropriate feathers. A slaughter can speed up change, as only a few exceptional animals survive to reproduce.

where's the video where Dawkins rides the tortoise?

Evolution is Fact, Just like Gravity is fact. Evolution by Natural Selection is the Theory. In other words the process (natural selection) by which evolution takes place is the theory. A widely supported theory I should add.

subtitulos al español please!

"A species is defined as something that can produce fertile offspring with its own species" This is a working definition, but not the motivation behind the concept of species. This concept is about grouping speciments that have a certain degree of similarity. The fertile offspring criteria can't be used with fossiles, for instance.

Reading these comments is what I imagine I would hear if I were to have to ride a short bus...

So... can evolution be upgraded from Theory to fact?

That saddled shell turtle still didn't illuminated me ti what a Turtle Neck Shirt refers to... Because there's nothing turtle about a Turtle Neck Shirt...

he's trying to be the next Attenborough ?

thats what i said.

@british123able well worded.

It's already both (as Aaberg123 has said), the scientific theory of evolution by natural selection proposes a mechanism which explains the observed facts of biological evolution. Just like the theory of gravitation explains the oberved fact that people go splat if they jump off very high buildings :) to put it in perspective.

Hah, have you seen ZOMGitsCriss's video about it? She has a great idea about what to do with the "augmented" books. XD

@prototypo ?

@FarfettilLejl so true just so so soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo true

way to troll ROONEY! Pretty good video as per usual

People seriously need to learn the difference between theories and facts. Even when evidence is shown to support a theory, it doesnt make it a fact.

02:00 two dudes resting in the mud :)

"Unweaving the Rainbowfish"?

Yes, we'll never get anything done with a heads in the sand.

by that logic, you can present anything as proof for intelligent design which is absurb.

I think the turtles look kinda cute...

The unplugging human race from religious dogmatic thinking takes a toll on human body both physically and psychologically, and yet Dr. Dawkins takes it all very well. Sometimes I wonder why bother, Dr. Dawkins, let them think whatever they want to believe? However, he cares about what he does because he is a true scientist and he wants to be real. I am proud of his efforts regardless how he may look like.

to venavcatrium ....i think its much higher than that

i was talking about his style not body or psychology. sorry, perhaps i could have worded it better...

Know your meme. Search "I like turtles", and give jsclary a wide birth on your way up to the search bar.

big turtle🐢