Comments by "Jackie Wu" (@jwu1950) on "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell" channel.

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  8. *****  Our physical universe has a beginning, that's the big bang hypothesis.  There is a first cause, that's the law of cause and effect.  We call the first cause God, that's a fact but you can call the first cause by any other name you like, no one can stop you.  We choose to believe in God the same way we choose to believe in gravity, life, and time, by applying our logic towards our observation of the EFFECTS of these entities and not of these entities themselves because these entities are metaphysical and what is metaphysical is unknowable to humans, only believable. Evolution is neither a fact nor a single theory.  Since there is not a single theory to be tested, evolution cannot be science.  I did not invent this.  I'll quote you the evolutionary biologist who pointed this out.  Per Wiki, "Evolutionary biologist Kirk J. Fitzhugh[39] wrote, "'Evolution' cannot be both a theory and a fact. Theories are concepts stating cause–effect relations...One might argue that it is conceivable to speak of 'evolution' as a fact by way of it being the subject of reference in explanatory hypotheses...In the strictest sense then, 'evolution' cannot be regarded as a fact even in the context of hypotheses since the causal points of reference continue to be organisms, and no amount of confirming instances for those hypotheses will transform them into facts...While evolution is not a fact, it is also not a single theory, but a set of theories applied to a variety of causal questions...An emphasis on associating 'evolution' with 'fact' presents the misguided connotation that science seeks certainty." Learn much today ?  You are welcome.
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  29. *****   You said, " It’s funny, to see you object to “evolution” and “natural selection” solely on the basis of semantics, I’ve never seen that before."  The reason is giants are not made everyday. :)  I don't reject "natural".   Natural means God made, period. I reject "selection", for God did not design intelligence into the inanimate God made (natural) environment that enables it to act, choose, or select.  It is always living organisms that mutates because each and every living organism is designed with intelligence to enable them to survive, reproduce, mutate, and die by acting, choosing, selecting, and otherwise manipulating its inanimate natural (God given) environment.  Plants and animals living in space is a good example of that. Accidents do not exit in real life.  You said, " “Accident” simply means something one did not expect", and " “random” simply means something we cannot predict.  The creator is obviously not that someone.  Everything that exist is caused to exist.  This is the law. No speciation has ever been observed whether created by God or popped out of another species by some bullshit selection process.  Varieties with the same specie is not speciation.  One specie cannot mate with another specie or mutate to become another specie.  Speciation is a fantasy. You can call God by any other name you like.  But to call God evolution is to say evolution accounts for the solar system as well as life on earth.  Well, go ahead, no one can stop you. I never said ID is scientifically testable.  It is not because the concept of God is involved and God is a non falsifiable fact.  ID is testable and we test our ID all the time.  Look in the mirror and use the logic designed in you to figure out what you see there.  That's ID. Clones are good examples of variety within the same specie.  Cloned sheep are still sheep.  Clones are not identical.  Clones have souls. You said, "The scientific method can be used to detect anything which has any influence what so ever over anything in the universe."  No.  Scientific method cannot tell us what is gravity, life, or time, yet we all know these metaphysical entities exist.
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