There are several videos that discuss the debate between Evolution and Creationism in-depth and this is one that uses ridicule in a process to make a point. The video is talking about a scientist who takes a stand that the evolution of “human” or Homosapien was based on darwin’s theory that in the process of survival certain mutations are more preferred and passed on, then other’s which perish due to nature.
There are also several interesting characters opposite this view. Specifically, a creature that looks like a floating spaghetti. Now it is not common sense that something like a spaghetti which is actually a food can be sentient i.e. something that has emotions. But as we have seen several movies in recent times like “bicentennial man”, “I, Robot”, “Enthiran” or “Ex-Machina” that metal object can behave like objects that can have emotion based on an algorithm or some form of logic now if that is possible based on the fact that we are storing data on devices like transistors and diodes which control and regulate the flow of electrons now imagine a future i.e. the context of this show futurama, a future in which you have a simple sentient algorithm that when added or stored in a sub-sub-sub Quark level to your everyday food items made of atoms and electrons or any everyday object and it can become a talking, emotional or in short sentient? Then where would you put this creation i.e. this spaghetti on the “tree of life”.
Evolution talks about cataloged information that was journaled by darwin based on his observations based on parameters that are visible to him. But in the video, the scientist keeps adding details to this given tree of life and says there are n numbers of species that are there to prove the link. But the question is if there is another branch i.e in this case a special kind of orangutan that is there and if we may have been a hybrid of that species in the combination of this species in question, in that case, your linear approach to evolution might change altogether or if there is a missing link that could create an altogether a completely new or different branch. After all, you need two to make a new one or another alternative is a clone but that is just making a copy so it will be the same species.
The argument of creationism or religious believers is that there is a god and he has created everything because cos… da… via panspermia that some form of “alien god” or rock with genetic material hit earth and life got harvested or that the world is a matrix or simulation and nothing is real and fake science is real science that is also placed in the video as a placard. To best understand this debate there is another satire but with a different perspective.
This video actually echoes the question of who is god?
In this video, the narrator says that because of a government law he had to alter the theory of evolution by saying that “god” or the superhuman being is actually a “genie lady” that would dance and everything from cars, rabbits, dogs, Jesus, Santa clause, bear, gas pump, owl and antelope just magically appear out of thin air when she nodes her head. Now it sounds ridiculous but the definition of god is what it says, he is someone that is not logical and can perform miracles i.e. magic. Now god has no proof, second everyone has a different god now just like evolution is a theory, god is a theory but this theory is growing and it has certain evidence that can connect the missing dots like homo sapiens, neanderthals. God is all creator that’s it, but that doesn’t me the darwins evolution theory is wrong either they have fossils as there proof.
And there can be arguments and counter-arguments and it is never-ending just like the Futurama shows the “missing link” but we make a calculated guess that this leads to that just like Newton cradle. You can say that someone has moved the sphere on one end which resulted in the movement on the other end without being there at your office room table, it’s a cause and effect.
This also brought me to a different point of view that the roles are in reverse in the case of my own religion i.e. Hinduism we believed evolution is god and he is not some genie, but that contradicts the West notion of god. We don’t believe in god in the way of western narrative, but God is like a historic journal. He is human he has wifes multiple actually and Monogamy is not part of Hindu gods. Super strength, Amazing accuracy, and precision are a must. More importantly, Hindus don’t think God is invincible or he can do anything. They put rules even to god just like humans. It’s more like god is a guide book or manual to being a good human being or books on good parenting.
Even ram was not precise while he fired at Ravana it was a Hanuman (Monkey king as Chinese call him) who has altered the compressible flow around the Arrow to hit the target at bull’s eye in this case Ravana. But there are different schools and the notion of god is a combination of multiple gods, a heterotopia, a super-simplified form of body exercises from fighting sex and martial arts to spiritualism it’s like you just mashed everything into one encyclopedia and called it religion.
There is no serious difference in a Devil (Yama or Shani) and a God (Indra or Agni) we don’t have a separate view and it is constantly changes based on who is in power. If the Chinese invade India they might change Ram as a sidekick and Hanuman as the Hero “The Shaolin King Han-u-man”!