I'll tell you something else I heard.
And I think about this because at one time sign said man came from apes, did it not?
>> That's when you go to the, every time I read or hear that.
I think to myself, you just didn't read the same bible I did.
>> Well this was interesting though.
>> If that is true, why are there still apes?
Think about it.
>> You're getting too smart for.
>> No, no, no, no.
Think about this.
We have an evolution that is, we've gotten so intelligent.
That if that is true, why there still apes and then the conception of a baby.
Let me tell you if science can't do that.
They're still trying to do it.
But it can't because there had to be a guy.
>> John why are there apes?
>> Where my apes at their everywhere.
Well, actually, no, there's a lot of endangered.
All apes gone.
No, they're still there.
Thus no evolution.
Look, I wanna try to be understanding because despite the fact that I am
an atheist as everyone knows, I know that there are a lot of great progressives
who consider themselves Christian or have other religious values.
That might lead them to believe some sort of scripture rather than science in a few
areas..
I was talking with Rashad Richey on my show this morning.
He is a Christian.
He also said that he was given a mind before he was given a book the bible.
>> He must be reading a different bible from that gentleman.
>> Yeah, I think in the universities I think they used like second or
third edition bibles to teach biology.
No, the thing about this is not just that it's ridiculous for
what I hope are fairly obvious reasons.
That of course we didn't evolve from apes.
You're gonna get into all of the actual science of how the branch works and
all of that.
It's that how could you never have even heard this bad point before?
This is not a purely rhetorical question.
I am asking the audience, was this the first time you've heard someone say,
well if we came from apes, why are there still apes?
Yes, I'm actually interested in.
>> Yes, Yes.
This is I'm not kidding.
>> That's the first time you heard someone say that Anna?
>> This is the first time I've heard that argument.
Yes. >> Okay, well look,
that's why I wanted to check because you never know.
For me, if I was a religious person who was committed to the idea that evolution
couldn't possibly be true, I would at least bone up on some of the common
counter arguments to my what about the apes point?
>> That's a fantastic point.
I am not super, I'm not smart when it comes to science.
I'm just not right.
So I have questions that I'm sure would come across as
stupid to people who are well versed in Biology.
Chemistry, whatever it is that I have a question on.
But I feel like it's a responsibility of mine to just research that question.
Like we have endless data information whatever at our fingertips.
So if I had a question, look,
there's no such thing as a stupid question if you ask me right.
That was a stupid statement because he didn't think to actually look into this
and just decided, no,
no, I'll be the arbiter of what's really right and wrong on evolution.
That's not a good sign for someone who's looking to be a United States senator
who is supposed to be representing the constituents of an entire state.
>> What are the chances that you would be the person who cracked this whole thing
wide open of all of the people?
And there's no offense intended to Herschel Walker?
What if the chances I'm the one who asks the question that
totally changes the landscape of religion and science, the battle.
Finally, it's been in a stalemate for thousands of years.
Finally, it's broken.
What are the chances of that?
Here's a tip as a general rule in life although rhetorical questions
can be fun stop asking them.
Consider trying to answer the rhetorical questions that you ask.
If you're Herschel Walker google if [LAUGH] you know if evolution exists,
why are there still like because you'll find stuff immediately.
It's relatively easy.
They're probably Tik toks that explain it as we speak.
Stop asking rhetorical questions.
Stop pretending to be curious.
Actually be curious and act on that curiosity.
>> We're not descendants of apes.
So I think a good way of putting this.
Amanda Terkel over at Huffpost did a good job in summarizing this in an easy to
digest way.
So I'm just gonna read exactly what she wrote.
Humans did not evolve from the apes that you see at the zoo.
Rather, humans and apes have a common and
now extinct ancestor that lived roughly 10 million years ago.
Technically all humans are apes.
But that doesn't mean that chimpanzees are one step away from becoming people.
Walker's summary of evolution is incorrect and
there's nothing incompatible about humans coexisting with other apes.
And maybe look, maybe he's a visual learner and so let's help him out.
We can take a look at this chart.
It might be hard to read if you're watching this on your mobile phone but
the circle marked a you'll see that on the right hand side is
our last common ancestor with apes.
Ok, in other words, we evolved alongside other apes,
which is why they still exist in their modern form.
Okay, we have one other chart that's even more simplistic.
So there you have it.
So we share a common ape ancestor it doesn't mean that we're the same as
the chimpanzee.
>> And by the way,
if you need to have the ancestor be dead to prove that this existed, it's dead.
Okay, are you happy?
It's dead.
[LAUGH] It ain't around anymore.
>> I think people who make the decision to be on a public stage to
be public figures to share their thoughts with others.
Just need to like double check what they're about to say.
Just like to me it demonstrates laziness.
I don't think that he's necessarily a dumb person.
It's just laziness to not look into that.
>> Yeah, it's not dumb.
It's honestly it's ignorance and I don't mean that an insulting fashion.
He literally doesn't know.
And by the way, he is not unique in that way.
Many people don't know about this stuff.
Why would they?
The American education system is a complete joke.
And there are all sorts of obstacles to having a full understanding,
especially of science topics and things like that.
But being a senator is not a small thing, it is a massive responsibility, not
least of which in the area of education, he could be on some sort of committee.
He could be voting on education legislation.
Like does his state not need any help in this area?
Like you do need to actually understand the stuff,
he needs to represent Christians in Georgia.
That's true.
He needs to understand the religious point of view, but
he also has to represent people who believe in science and evolution.