How Gutsick Gibbon & "Creation Myths" Get Science Wrong: The Dangers of Bad Assumptions

Dr. James Tour
July 20, 2025
How Gutsick Gibbon & "Creation Myths" Get Science Wrong: The Dangers of Bad Assumptions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWrJo4651VA
Dr. Rob Stadler critiques recent responses to the "forest of life" (common designer) vs. "tree of life" (common ancestry) debate, arguing that critiques rely on hidden and biased assumptions about randomness in genetic models, ultimately making a straw man of the common designer hypothesis and highlighting the importance of recognizing assumptions in scientific debates.
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00:00 The impact of assumptions on science
03:28 The “forest of life” vs. “tree of life”
06:22 Debating statistical assumptions in papers
10:05 Hierarchical structure and DNA evidence
13:20 Debating shared genes and ancestry
16:52 Dan’s new approach and hidden assumptions
19:42 Demonstration with genetic models
23:13 Modeling correlation vs. randomness
26:28 Critique of randomness in common design
32:32 Peer review and dependency graph debate
35:03 Revisiting evidence for ancestry models
37:29 Plans for future evidence review
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