Comments by "ricardo kowalski" (@ricardokowalski1579) on "PBS Eons" channel.

  1. The problem is that when humans ask the question of "what is life", we see the question itself with our limited perception of ourselves. Similarly, we are the dominant and most inteliigent spieces (ejem!) of the planet, because we are the ones making up the questions and grading the answers. Talk about rigging the system. ..
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  2.  @dffndjdjd  Agree with your adjective. Yes it is cynical. But cynical is, to me, the right answer to politics in academia. I understand your position, I hope you can understand mine. Respectfully.
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  3. 7:30 what would be considered definitive proof of burials? Unless we agree what would be acceptable evidence, we will continue uncovering more facts and the goal posts will keep moving.
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  4. Imagine that. Making observations, hypothesis, and having evidence contradict the hypothesis. It's like it is a process, a method, and it is never settled science™
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  5.  @dffndjdjd  I usually take the position that "we never know"... this is just the best guess we have to date, that fits as much of the data that we can. 😁
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  6. The wide mouth with large(er) cheeks and teeth may affect vocalization and hinder development of language. It may even be that they ate, regurgitated, and chewed the cud like bovines, which would change the larinx so much that they could not develop language at all.
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  7.  @hive_indicator318  please note that I say "development" of language, not the time when we recognize it as such.
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  8. DNA is the cache of evolution. 😁
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  9. Soooo... how much fossil CO2 emissions were these probosciedians doing to cause "climate change"? Anyone?
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