MUST WATCH: The questions NO EVOLUTIONIST can answer ||Br. Mohammed Hijab (2016-03-18) ​

0:00:00 and public leaders feel so me or so
0:00:05 dirty or do I either would you me I
0:00:09 thought all right so the first thing
0:00:12 that needs to be understood is that as
0:00:15 Muslims we see science as a positive
0:00:17 thing that is because we believe it cut
0:00:19 it attempts to come to terms with what
0:00:22 we believe is God's natural creation
0:00:24 also unlike a Christian counterparts we
0:00:28 have made this wolf history where you
0:00:30 have a massive divide between the
0:00:32 religious institutions and science and
0:00:35 also on Michael Christian counterparts
0:00:37 we haven't had to retreat in our home
0:00:42 neuticle approach in other words the
0:00:44 verses that talk about the heavens and
0:00:46 the earth the verses that talk about the
0:00:47 creations of the Emmons and the earthen
0:00:50 and the things that God has really
0:00:52 created those verses we maintain a
0:00:55 literalistic account of those verses and
0:00:57 we have had to resort to metaphor izing
0:01:00 those verses when they are clearly not
0:01:03 intended as metaphors now whilst Muslims
0:01:07 will maintain that there is a close
0:01:08 relationship between the Quran or Islam
0:01:12 and science we will also say they ought
0:01:17 not to be a perfect relationship between
0:01:19 the Quran slam and science and this
0:01:23 brings me to my main point that science
0:01:25 itself is not perfect and I'm going to
0:01:27 outline two reasons why I believe that
0:01:30 is the case
0:01:33 right so the first point I want to make
0:01:35 is what Thomas Kuhn called a paradigm
0:01:38 shift now science can undergo always
0:01:40 referred to as a paradigm shift and a
0:01:43 paradigm shift is literally know that no
0:01:46 two scientific facts change actual
0:01:49 scientific facts but the whole framework
0:01:52 through which these facts operate also
0:01:54 change now that happened at the time of
0:01:58 sort of Newton / Einstein so there was a
0:02:01 shift a complete paradigm shift from
0:02:05 Newtonian physics to Einstein in physics
0:02:08 that's an established reality and people
0:02:13 of philosophy of science will know this
0:02:15 another example is the fact that you
0:02:17 know you had the assumption that the
0:02:19 universe always existed and this is
0:02:21 called steady state theory and this
0:02:24 moved to the expanding universe model
0:02:26 big bang / extent expanding universe
0:02:29 model which of course meant the
0:02:32 following him and I at one stage to put
0:02:35 on contradicted science because the
0:02:37 Quran makes it very clear that the
0:02:39 universe did indeed have an explicit
0:02:41 beginning steady state theory was
0:02:45 completely against that and thus there
0:02:48 was no reconciliation whatsoever between
0:02:51 steady state theory and the Quran so I
0:02:54 once saved in Islamic narrative
0:02:56 contradicted established facts
0:02:59 scientific fact but it science came to
0:03:03 agree with the credit narrative
0:03:04 afterwards so this is the first point
0:03:08 right so the second point that I want to
0:03:12 make is what is commonly referred to as
0:03:14 the problem of induction now induction
0:03:17 attempts to make sort broad
0:03:20 generalizations on specific samples now
0:03:23 the problems of induction are many which
0:03:26 has 12 enumerated by David Hume one of
0:03:29 them is that it's very difficult to make
0:03:32 estimations based on a select sample or
0:03:36 is very difficult to make estimations
0:03:39 based on past experiences on future
0:03:43 events so these all sort of problems are
0:03:46 associated with induction and these
0:03:49 problems cause deep and dangerous
0:03:53 complications for those who see science
0:03:56 or the theory of evolution to be more
0:03:59 specific here and use a contemporary
0:04:01 example a theory of evolution as an
0:04:04 absolute certainty that is not prone to
0:04:08 any kind of change now Muslims unlike
0:04:12 our Christian literalist young earth
0:04:14 creationist counterparts we don't have
0:04:16 to believe for example that the universe
0:04:18 is only you know a couple of days old or
0:04:21 a couple of thousand years old we can
0:04:24 come to the conclusion that the universe
0:04:27 is expedient whether is years old and we
0:04:30 don't have any problem in rejecting
0:04:32 things like adaptation or speciation or
0:04:35 the fact that dinosaurs you know existed
0:04:37 or any of these things but we clearly
0:04:39 are under obligation to reject human
0:04:43 evolution
0:04:46 right so bearing this in mind I hope you
0:04:48 have only two questions to ask someone
0:04:51 who takes evolution as an unchangeable
0:04:54 certainty on ultimate truth to which if
0:04:58 you can answer in the positive only then
0:05:02 can you quench my skeptical thirst
0:05:04 so our first question is can you
0:05:08 guarantee that there will be no paradigm
0:05:10 shift in the field of biology that I
0:05:12 like of which we've already witnessed in
0:05:14 physics that's the first question the
0:05:17 second question is can you solve the
0:05:21 problem of induction so they can get
0:05:24 enough sample evidences to make a
0:05:27 complete generalization in evolution or
0:05:30 human evolution in particular these are
0:05:34 my questions and is my case and I really
0:05:37 want to ask you for a favor really have
0:05:41 a request to make to you and it consists
0:05:45 of two words fire back that's right
0:05:52 fight back I've made my points clear
0:05:55 I've elucidated on my questions so it's
0:05:59 time for you to fight back write an
0:06:01 article make a visual response let's see
0:06:05 what you have to say to these questions
0:06:08 that I posed so I've been describing
0:06:11 evolution as if it's a fact as if it's a
0:06:14 fact really I've been taking that for
0:06:15 granted effect of science whether
0:06:18 evolution can by its very nature cuz it
0:06:21 takes millions of years to take place
0:06:22 fulfill this scientific sort of textbook
0:06:25 definition of science something which is
0:06:27 a observed phenomena I'll leave that up
0:06:30 to the viewer I'm not gonna you know
0:06:31 just go back and forth for you guys
0:06:34 you can decide that it was actually
0:06:36 respected there's a matter it's because
0:06:39 then you'd still have the two questions
0:06:41 that you have to answer even if it is a
0:06:42 fact but you have to understand that
0:06:45 biologists understanding of our
0:06:48 evolution has undergone a kind of
0:06:50 cosmetic surgery in the 20th century
0:06:52 that is because basically you had
0:06:55 microbiology and sort of new
0:06:57 understanding of genetics which had
0:06:59 be incorporated into Darwinism or
0:07:02 Darwinian evolution to create what you
0:07:04 call the neo-darwinian evolution your
0:07:07 Darwinian evolution your Darwinian
0:07:10 evolution so as a result of these
0:07:12 changes one can I still come to the
0:07:15 conclusion that evolution is evolving
0:07:17 it's changing it is moving around even I
0:07:22 mean if you look at the fossil record
0:07:24 because evolution a big part of the
0:07:25 theory really depends upon the fossil
0:07:27 record and there have been massive
0:07:29 changes as a result of the new
0:07:32 discoveries you know new fossil
0:07:34 discoveries a full sample of Lucy Lucy
0:07:37 obviously discovered in 1974 is a fossil
0:07:41 and people actually know bandages had to
0:07:44 come back to the drawing board
0:07:44 continuously go back to the drawing
0:07:46 board and try and reconfigure the third
0:07:48 evolution based on this new fossil
0:07:50 another another change that took place
0:07:52 in order for men and now instead of it
0:07:55 being a new fossil that take that people
0:07:58 are found its new classifications now so
0:08:01 a Neanderthal man was our anatomical
0:08:05 cousin right and then he was
0:08:07 reclassified to being anatomical brother
0:08:12 I mean even to be honest a very famous
0:08:15 controversy within the twenty sort of
0:08:19 early 21st century could say what 20/20
0:08:23 first century is the sort of
0:08:25 controversial decade Stephen Gould
0:08:28 so he made a theory of thesis called
0:08:31 punctuated equilibrium with punctuated
0:08:33 equilibrium which is actually contrasted
0:08:36 it's a contrast to neo Darwinian
0:08:39 evolution one can say he steps out of
0:08:41 not new Darwinian evolution so there's a
0:08:44 new explanation now for how human being
0:08:46 or how different creatures evolved which
0:08:49 is not the standard Darwinian evolution
0:08:53 explanation so look at the changes are
0:08:55 taking place and continuously change
0:08:57 already with the theory of evolution
0:09:00 there are so many changes that is it's
0:09:04 really it's very hard to maintain that
0:09:06 there won't be any new fossils or the
0:09:08 one being you
0:09:09 reclassifications that will render parts
0:09:12 of the theory perhaps another would you
0:09:15 know so think about that the fact that
0:09:17 evolution is evolving is a testament to
0:09:20 the fact really that it can continue to
0:09:23 change and part new evidences can come
0:09:26 in and be incorporated and undermined
0:09:28 all evidences how can you maintain a
0:09:30 certain reality in this case and if you
0:09:33 want to maintain that is certain in the
0:09:36 city so thing that happens for sure you
0:09:39 still have to take a step back and you
0:09:41 still did have to be open-minded and
0:09:43 think all of these changes have happened
0:09:45 what is guaranteeing us that continuous
0:09:48 change will not continue to happen think
0:09:51 about it
0:09:53 so what really astonishes me is that
0:09:57 people really do take evolution is
0:10:00 almost like a religion become so deeply
0:10:01 entrenched in people's mind they become
0:10:03 loners like religion and the scientists
0:10:06 job is going to be to attempt to falsify
0:10:09 evidences but unfortunately because of
0:10:12 the atmosphere that has been created in
0:10:15 21st century with eighteen or new New
0:10:18 Age atheism it is like a stubborn
0:10:21 vehement like stubbornness about ideas
0:10:24 this is create an atmosphere where
0:10:26 people actually want to go and create a
0:10:28 self-fulfilling prophecy in relation to
0:10:30 this field of evolution and this makes
0:10:33 them who look but this makes people look
0:10:34 really bad like Lord Kelvin you know
0:10:38 it's meant to be um you know massive
0:10:40 scientist he made it speech publicly in
0:10:42 the nineteen hundreds and he said that
0:10:44 we know everything we need to know about
0:10:45 physics and then five or six four or
0:10:48 five years later Einstein came with a
0:10:50 special theory of relativity so you have
0:10:53 to understand that science is an
0:10:55 instrumental way of understanding the
0:10:57 world around us it's pragmatic it
0:10:59 changes so I mean that's what you have
0:11:02 to understand but look if you like me
0:11:05 appreciate the scientific method we
0:11:08 appreciate the sensitive something that
0:11:09 unites people it's a rational recourse
0:11:12 and you're and you're someone who
0:11:15 appreciates it then realize that the
0:11:17 science itself is not concerned with
0:11:20 certain things
0:11:21 like meaning
0:11:23 it doesn't concern those things at all
0:11:27 so if you have like this kind of like
0:11:29 craving for certainty that can only be
0:11:33 satiated with the question what is my
0:11:37 purpose in life that can only be
0:11:38 questioned associated with that question
0:11:41 and look going back to science if we
0:11:44 related to the quranic narrative the
0:11:48 quranic narrative is interestingly
0:11:51 despite all the things we've said it can
0:11:54 be if you look at all of the verses that
0:11:56 talk about creation literally in the
0:11:58 front those verses can be correlated
0:12:01 with even in the light like of 21st
0:12:04 century scientific discovery in other
0:12:06 words you can appreciate those verses in
0:12:08 the light of 21st century discoveries so
0:12:12 this is really an interesting part of
0:12:14 the quranic narrative and it shows you
0:12:16 and we should really strong case speedy
0:12:18 for the timelessness of the quran are
0:12:27 you going to subscribe wha-hey you gonna
0:12:31 just become of the channel and you don't
0:12:33 do i'm not subscribe you got to
0:12:36 subscribe to the jump
0:12:46 but Lina
0:12:53 would you be a dog