A MAN IN BANGLADESH HAD A RARE DISEASE THAT GAVE HIM TREE-LIKE
HANDS.
THE DISEASE BASICALLY LED HIM TO DEVELOP SUCH HUGE WARTS THAT, IF
YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT HIS HANDS AND HIS FEET
LOOK LIKE TREE BRANCHES.
IT WAS A REALLY TERRIBLE CONDITION THAT HE WAS
DEALING WITH.
APPARENTLY DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO FIND THAT HE HAD A RARE FORM OF
THE PAPILLOMA VIRUS.
LUCKILY, THERE WERE DOCTORS IN BANGLADESH WHO WERE WILLING TO
TREAT HIM FOR FREE.
AND ACCORDING TO REPORTS, AFTER
A YEAR OF SURGERIES, HE HAS
HIS HAND BACK.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A PICTURE.
I HAVE TWO THINGS TO SHOW YOU ñ TO SAY ABOUT THIS STORY.
IN THE MODERN WORLD, I'M SUPER HAPPY FOR HIM.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO FREAK OUT, AND THEY SHOULDN'T, BUT THEY
WILL, VERY HARD TO DATE, ALL THE THINGS, YOU UNDERSTAND, SO
WE'RE THRILLED FOR HIM THAT HE GOT THE SURGERIES AND FEELS
MUCH BETTER ABOUT IT.
SECONDLY, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IN MY VIEW, EVOLUTION.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SCIENCE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN EVOLUTION?
SCIENCE FOR THE WIN, IN THAT HE GOT HIS HANDS BACK, AND THAT WE
DID THAT THROUGH SCIENCE AND NOT BY...
BUT FOR EVOLUTION.
PEOPLE EVERY ONCE AND A WHILE WILL SAY, HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO GO FROM NOTHING TO HAVING TWO EYES?
OF COURSE GOD WENT -- AND THAT YOU HAD TWO EYES.
THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL, EVOLUTION CAN ABSOLUTELY
EXPLAIN WHY YOU HAVE TWO EYES.
SO EVERY NOW AND THEN WE'VE HAD MUTATIONS.
SO COULD YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO LOOKED LIKE TREES?
IF I HAD SAID THAT YOU EARLIER ñ AND TO BE FAIR, DAMMIT JIM NOT A
SCIENTIST, I'M A TALKSHOW HOST.
I LOVE SCIENCE, BUT YES YOU ARE RIGHT, ON THE NITTY-GRITTY
I AM NOT AS WELL VERSED AS I NEED TO BE.
BUT IF I HAD SAID BEFORE THAT STORY, A PERSON COULD LOOK
LIKE A TREE, YOU HAVE A MUTATION.
NO CENK, YOU ARE SO OBSESSED WITH THIS EVOLUTION THING,
DON'T GET CARRIED AWAY, THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS!
SOME GENETIC MEDIATIONS GIVE HUMANS
AN ADVANTAGE, AND SOME DO NOT GIVE HIM AN ADVANTAGE.
IN THIS CASE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ADVANTAGE WOULD BE.
THAT'S NOT HOWEVER LUCIAN WORKS.
NO, BUT IT DOES.
IF YOU ARE BORN WITH SOME SORT OF GENETIC MUTATION AND IT
HELPS YOU.
THAT ONE, THAT ONE!
OKAY, LET ME EXPLAIN ñ
SO YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO LIVE LONGER, REPRODUCE, AND YOUR KIDS
ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT MUTATION, AND THAT GIVES THEM THE
ADVANTAGE OF LIVING LONGER.
BUT IN HIS CASE, I DON'T THINK HIS DEDICATION WAS GIVING
HIM ANY TYPE VII VANTAGE.
OF COURSE I'M NOT SAYING THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIM.
THOSE MEDIATIONS HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.
MOST OF THEM ARE NOT REMOTELY ADVANTAGEOUS, BEFORE THE RARE
EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY IF WE LIVED IN THE WOODS AND THE TREES LOOK
LIKE THAT, THAT COULD HAVE CONCEIVABLY BEEN AN ADVANTAGE.
SO INSTEAD OF BEING A GROSS DISADVANTAGE RIGHT NOW, A HUGE
DISADVANTAGE, PERHAPS COULD HAVE BEEN AN ADVANTAGE THAT WOULD
HELP THEM LIVE LONGER BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE CAMOUFLAGE.
AND THEN HE WOULD PASS IT ON AND WE WOULD BECOME TREE PEOPLE.
WAY OVER SIMPLIFIED.
GO AHEAD, GET ANGRY AT ME.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE, STOP TALKING ABOUT SCIENCE AND EVOLUTION!
YES, I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE.
YES I DO OVER SUBDIVIDED, BUT YES THAT IS GENERALLY HOW
IT WORKS.
SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT I THINK, MAN, EVOLUTION FOR THE WIN.
NOW, IN THIS SITUATION WE DO NOT LIVE IN THE WOODS, AND THAT
IS NOT AN ADVANTAGE, AND THAT JEAN WILL NOT GET PASSED ON.
IN FACT, IT WILL BE THE OPPOSITE OF GETTING PASSED ON BECAUSE
WOMEN WILL LOOK AT THAT WEIRD, AND HE'S HAVING TROUBLE
GETTING A DATE, ETC.
ANOTHER GUY WITH THAT MUTATION DIED LAST YEAR.
JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.
BUT ONE DAY, IF WE DO HAVE THE GREAT UNRAVELING AND WE ARE
LIVING IN THE WOODS, THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE IN A LITTLE
BETTER SHAPE.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW, TREE PEOPLE.