Thank you for making crack up. The delivery was perfect: "Mendel is known as the father of genetics, which, since monks aren't allowed to father much of anything, is both naughty and excellent."
@pixietrix68
11 жыл бұрын
Love this short movie- so much better than what they showed at primary school when I was younger. I especially like the the emphasis on each genetic mix making you, you, and you. Also doesn't hurt that I think Tim Minchin is amazing!!
@EndKingIM
3 ай бұрын
This channel is so underrated!
@Toqwert33
12 жыл бұрын
It feels so refreshing to read comments that do not just consist of profanity and disinformation. And to see fellow human beings with the vocabulary that is beyond black and white. To those here, I thank you.
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
Direct observation isn't the only tool science has to understand the world. We develop theories using experiments on things we can access directly to make predictions about things which we can't. E.g., discovering properties of light here on Earth and using them to see what stars are made of even when they're very far away. We see how things change over more limited time scales, then extrapolate to make predictions about the past. Fossils can provide evidence to support these predictions.
@unvergebeneid
12 жыл бұрын
I love how you chose the Arecibo message as a symbol for "code" at 2:05 since it doesn't only look cool but also contains the double helix.
@Rettequetette
12 жыл бұрын
Yay, Tim Minchin! The perfect voice for a story like this :-)
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
~Mutations -> ~Evolution => Evolution -> Mutations. I.e., mutations are necessary for evolution. I'm actually not sure if that's exactly true. I know mutations are important and that they do a lot, but there are other means by which species change over time. Evolution is testable, it has been tested, and it has been found solid. I have no room to argue why here, so I refer you to AronRa's series "Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism" here on KZitem. Maybe a bit inflammatory, but educational.
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
Genetic drift is a change in allele frequency due to random sampling. These are not mutations, but anomalies that are a result of the procreation process functioning normally. Differing environmental pressures on the same species will favor differing traits, causing a divergence in different populations of the same species. Over time these differences become more pronounced. You may want to search "speciation" on wikipedia for more/detailed information. Running out of room here. That help?
@thehungrycannibal
12 жыл бұрын
Gravity is not a theory... but I understand your point.
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
That's how I've always conceptualized mutations. It's nice to have a professional support that understanding.
@dephelis
12 жыл бұрын
I'm a former microbiologist but there have been a lot of advances since I left the lab. Mutation isn't the sole element of evolution and by itself wouldn't necessarily result in speciation. Mutations are just as likely to be detrimental to an organism as giving it any advantage. Evolution and speciation are generally slow processes involving multiple mechanisms. I'd consider mutation to be the wild card process occasionally throwing a new flaw or benefit into the pot.
@lovelyroroa
10 жыл бұрын
Genes Are Certainly Tricky =) loved it's simplicity, it's beautiful animation and it's variable tone voicing
@gurdeepkaur2814
Жыл бұрын
animation is really good
@redmadhatter03
12 жыл бұрын
Watson, Crick, and Franklin having tea together? Hah! No doubt Crick and Watson pinched the tea bags from Rosalind's pantry.
@dephelis
12 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that mutations also occur spontaneously in the formation of sperm and eggs. Current research indicates that a 20 year old father passes an average of 25 de novo (fresh) mutations to his children, a mother of the same age passes around 14 de novo mutations via her eggs. There are several known mechanisms for evolution including natural selection, mutation, genetic drift and gene flow (the reason around 9% of our genome has viral origins).
@ebonybeach
12 жыл бұрын
Lovely video. The one thing you missed out is that genes code for proteins, and nearly everything in the body is made from proteins. Without understanding this, I think it is really difficult for the average person to really understand how genetics work and why genome projects are so important. Proteins make up thousands of components of every cell, so when you inherit faulty genes or develop a genetic mutation, a faulty protein (or sometimes no protein at all) is made --> disease, cancer etc.
@MarkChittyUK
12 жыл бұрын
liked the addition of the arecibo message into the animation....
@DataJack
12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Really well done.
@drummerluckydunco
12 жыл бұрын
Every time I am in one of these discussions with of these sorts of people, conversation inevitably raises the fact that we can only theorise as to how we came to be. 'That's why they're called theories!' I am passionately told, to which my reply always has been; 'Gravity is also a theory. Are you going to prove that wrong, just float the fuck away?' To my surprise, I have yet to find someone who has. They've tried, but it usually ends with them hurting themselves. Thumbs up for Mr. Minchin xD
@bonetrommer
12 жыл бұрын
This should be used in biology classes
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
Well, to be fair this wasn't really a discussion. This guy was just trolling, and I was taking the opportunity to practice formulating arguments. Keeping your points straight and focused while maintaining a degree of introspection is hard work when the other person is trying to provoke, derail, and misrepresent you.
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
The mutations themselves are probably best described as occurring randomly, but you mentioned a random "force" that created everything from nothing. I interpreted that as talking about the process of evolution, which is not random. Natural selection favors certain things over others for particular reasons, so only forms which meet the minimum requirements to survive will make it. This is not a description of a random process.
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
No one is suggesting that trees came from some kind of fish. I was talking about genetic drift as an example of how species change over time without need for mutations. It's through a combination of many different change mechanisms and processes over enormous time periods with millions of generations of organisms that we see the kinds of dramatic changes that seem so peculiar today. But even so, as we reach farther back it becomes less clear. Evolution only answers some questions about life.
@arnieestrellado9920
8 жыл бұрын
this is a 10! just what did you guys use for animation?
@OldInjury
12 жыл бұрын
Just as long as insurance companies aren't allowed to use the info to set pricing and discriminate. Also political groups should never gain access to personal genome data to use against individuals. DNA should be more protected than your SSN.
@OdenKnight
11 жыл бұрын
Science! I love it because it works!
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
You seem to know a bit about what we're talking about here. What do you think would have happened if mutation never happened? Would everything have died, or maybe evolution still could have happened, but more slowly?
@WolffStaedtler
12 жыл бұрын
Educational cartoons are a lot better than they used to be.
@SkepticalRobot
12 жыл бұрын
Awesome job!
11 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thank you.
@Nicobert-Kroken
12 жыл бұрын
TIMTASTIC!!!
@luanneoneill
12 жыл бұрын
Tim Minchin! Cool stuff. Science is awesome.
@KittieKitten92
8 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
12 жыл бұрын
Tim Minchin rocks!
@mjduffy11
4 жыл бұрын
Just got here having read ‘a brief history of everyone who ever lived’ by Adam Rutherford 🤙🤘🖤
@ellafay2012
11 жыл бұрын
The way Tim says project :D
@sunsetwinds
12 жыл бұрын
'Gravity is also a theory. Are you going to prove that wrong, just float the fuck away?' You are wonderful. Bahahahahahahahaha
@fernandovelazquezvelasco2764
12 жыл бұрын
you just gained a subscriber :)
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
You may not have noticed, but you "reply" (in the way that connects your comment to theirs) by clicking the button beside the "thumbs up/down" buttons. If you don't they won't be notified and probably won't see it. Just letting you know!
@jellywizard
12 жыл бұрын
Interesting....
@gillianbarth5927
8 жыл бұрын
You should do something with CrashCourse!
@dephelis
12 жыл бұрын
One thing is for certain, the classic Darwinian "Tree of Life" is a horribly outdated concept. It's actually more of dense thicket with stems growing out of a central root and dividing but also sometimes merging back into other stems to make an interconnected web.
@elieweisselberger426
3 жыл бұрын
I have to write a 2000 words essay on this. May god help me
@coyotecut
12 жыл бұрын
I think it's funny that "Encode" is a ginormous robot superhero.
@curtandoscar
12 жыл бұрын
I love you, Tim Minchin.
@WithoutException
12 жыл бұрын
Haven't you heard? It actually works!!! They're doing in hospitals all over the world!!!
@sharpmove007
12 жыл бұрын
ENCODE science Not never but now!!
@cyberpup1000
12 жыл бұрын
Its a keeper!
@BrionyGunson
12 жыл бұрын
I sometime wish these people really could "float the fuck away"....
@spawnofnamaah
12 жыл бұрын
wish they taught me biology in school this way :-p would have been much more interesting!
@grvlpts
12 жыл бұрын
Rebuke for neglecting to mention Maurice Wilkins, who actually also won the Nobel Prize. Let's not rewrite history.
@Gongasoso
12 жыл бұрын
yeah, it's in the credits
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
It hasn't stopped, it's not random, and it's misleading to say "everything from nothing." The origin of life is a completely separate question from that of how species evolve and this video isn't really about either (though I guess it's more about the latter). This is about the genetics of living people, the results can be (and often have been) tested and found reliable, and the effects on medicine have bettered many lives. Don't be so hostile of science, or at least criticize the right thing.
@SympatheticMonster
12 жыл бұрын
How?
@Roughneck8
12 жыл бұрын
Illumina...really? You want to attach a name like that to subject matter like this? Just asking for trouble.
@lolfuxyeah
12 жыл бұрын
Isn't he? Told me I couldn't get into his "club" cause I wore silk and cotton at the same time.
@Hariukin
12 жыл бұрын
which one of the thousand interpreted copies and "mutations" of the collection of stories, copied from even older stories and finally picked by purpose, tales of unproven origin and doubtfull translation should i read?
@SympatheticMonster
12 жыл бұрын
So it presents the possibilities that project ENCODE offers, that's right? Isn't this kind of stuff what scientists have to say in order to get funding for such projects? I mean, why do you think this project is being funded? For the sheer education? That's not how science works nowadays, unless the research has potential to bear juicy fruits as a result, no one will bother to fund these projects.
@TheAVinc33
12 жыл бұрын
Guess who gave them access[Hint:He's not in the video]. :D
@jconkin3
12 жыл бұрын
Is this Canadian?
@AnotherVoiceless
12 жыл бұрын
@enginekid88 Of course it was lightning strikes in a puddle, what other god but zues himself could create this "complex" (not to throw around words or act like their not relative) rna and dna and guide life along its path. Well zues or thor, they both use lightning.
@frostblade42
12 жыл бұрын
At least one of the dislikes is Phil Daoust.
@UniversalOwl
12 жыл бұрын
I love myself
@DavidDespain1
12 жыл бұрын
cool
@IXPrometheusXI
12 жыл бұрын
Ok then, but keep in mind AronRa for more information about all this. Take care.
@Gongasoso
12 жыл бұрын
this is Minchin speaking, right?
@ThePianist2396
12 жыл бұрын
TIM MINCHIN
@LauuraDC
12 жыл бұрын
That's so cute :)
@dylz
12 жыл бұрын
i'd say fewer people "include" maurice wilkins or the others involved than rosalind franklin.
@jungchoigt
12 жыл бұрын
Oversimplified to the point that it doesn't really inform, and potentially misleads.
@MonkofAntioch549
12 жыл бұрын
but they forgot Hitler. He made huge strides in genetics, but for SOME reason they always leave him out when listing the fathers of the field
@meamcatnm
10 жыл бұрын
Hmmm why was this in my Favorites :/
@agentsteve007
12 жыл бұрын
probably
@AnotherVoiceless
12 жыл бұрын
On a computer yes, on my smartphone, there is bo button.
@murdocha
12 жыл бұрын
We wish!
@frostblade42
12 жыл бұрын
.....aaaannd like.
@calladus
12 жыл бұрын
That's abiogenesis. What the hell does that have to do with evolution?
@toughsuga2
12 жыл бұрын
Animation was cute, I guess
@laladieladada
11 жыл бұрын
instead of making conclusions whitout evidence. maybe you want to read up a bit about evolution and natural selection. it will make you look less stupid next time. here is a short overview of what is out there: 1-big bang - starts of the universe 2-cosmological timeline - how other things then pure energy came to existence and transformed the universe to how we know it. 3-abiogenesis - start of life 4-evolution - how already existing life transformed in other lifeforms.
@maximilian8959
6 жыл бұрын
Come, let us reason. How likely is it that "billions of years" can produce everything in the Universe. How can time be our Creator when it's just a property of the Universe, not the Author of it.
@SympatheticMonster
12 жыл бұрын
P.s. That's why NASA's funding is shrinking into oblivion.
@djancak
12 жыл бұрын
not really an inspiring video at all.
@lolfuxyeah
12 жыл бұрын
Have you met God?
@cccchuq
11 жыл бұрын
Illumani......hmmmm
@Hitman27ful
12 жыл бұрын
The further away we get from God the closer he gets to coming back.
@tv10morehead
4 жыл бұрын
BUt that is a return in Judgment eh ? Like in 70AD where not one stone was left upon another & the stars fell from the sky and sun no longer shines on that world. Game over again ? That would be a 3rd coming then. Research audience relevance for who was being spoken to and when for time statements to have meaning then verses now.
@calladus
12 жыл бұрын
What the heck are you talking about? It doesn't make any sense whatsoever!
@HConstantine
8 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't you have said that Encode is a bunch of bullshit? You know, the truth?
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