This post deals with Subboor Ahmad's "ideas" about the field of evolutionary biology. Some may know that Subboor Ahmad has hosted the young earth creationist Paul Nelson on his YouTube channel to debunk the science of common ancestry. For lengthy demonstrations of how Paul Nelson gets everything wrong (while misrepresenting every scientist he quotes like Eugene Koonin in the process), see here, here, here, and here. In these videos, Subboor had a bit of a concerning and quite ready tendency to accept literally any gibberish that Paul Nelson was spewing. In this post, I'll focus more specifically on how Subboor justifies his pseudoscientific creationism.
As a bit of background. Subboor is a Muslim creationist and apologist who has no clear expertise on the subject. Despite claiming to be a pursuing a philosophy of biology PhD at Birkbeck College (though he seems to have been pursuing it for quite a while now), he's been at this for many many years without ever getting anything he's said published anywhere reputable. So he just puts it out on YouTube and his blog. In a debate he handily lost against James Fodor at the timestamp 1:34:00+, he was asked to name a single scientific discovery / finding that would convince him that his creationism is wrong. He admitted he couldn't think of anything, and that the only way he'd accept evolution is if he literally first became an atheist. In other words, Subboor is rather open about the fact that there is no evidence that could compel him out of his dogma. Here, I'm debunking his blog post "Darwin’s biggest critics are evolutionary biologists".
https://subboorahmad.com/darwins-biggest-critics-are-evolutionary-biologists/
Subboor tries to show that the academic and public understanding of evolution is different, that real specialists think evolution is "just a theory" resting on baseless assumptions. But if that
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Inquiring minds want to know.
Is there any evolutionary biologist or biologist here willing to spend a couple minutes with 2 kids in grade 12 for an interview? We're entering a science filmmaking contest and would love to have some segments with an interview of an actual professional. Or maybe ya'll have a friend that's an evolutionary biologist or is currently studying it? Much appreciated my friends!
I am really interested to learn about evolution.. I am class 11 student.. Can you suggest some ways to know more about evolution?
Is this a good career? Does this have scope? What about the salary?
Thank you in advance❣️
Hello! We are evolutionary biologists from the University of Tennessee with a wide variety of research backgrounds. We are here celebrating a belated Darwin Day, which commemorates the birthday of Charles Darwin each year on February 12. Joining us today are:
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Krista De Cooke, PhD student (u/kdec940) studies the spread of invasive plants and native plant alternatives. Her work aims to develop practical tools to help people select appropriate plants for their needs that also serve a positive ecological purpose.
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Stephanie Drumheller, PhD (/u/uglyfossils) studies paleontology, especially taphonomy. Her research focuses on the processes of fossilization, evolution, and biology, of crocodiles and their relatives, including identifying bite marks on fossils. Find her on Twitter @UglyFossils.
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Amy Luo, PhD student (u/borb_watcher) is a behavioral ecologist studying the cultural evolution of bird song dialects. She is interested in the geographic distribution of cultural traits and interaction between cultural evolution and genetic evolution.
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Brian O'Meara, PhD (/u/omearabrian) is an evolutionary biologist at the University of Tennessee and President-Elect of the Society of Systematic Biologists. His research focuses on methods to study how traits have changed over time and their potential impact on other traits as well as speciation and extinction. Find him on Twitter @omearabrian and the web at http://brianomeara.info.
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Dan Simberloff, PhD (u/kdec940) is a leader in the field of invasion biology and the Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Tennessee. He studies the patterns displayed by species introduced outside their geographic ranges, the impacts such species have on the communities they invade, and the means by which such invasions can be managed.
Ask us anything!
We will be answering questions starting around 5pm Eastern Time, 10 UTC.
Hey guys! Who are some well known Evo biologists that study cancer specifically? I see many famous zoologist, animal behaviorist, etc. But I am not aware of many that study cancer.
Hugh Ross (astrophysicist) did not like Macro Evolution for some reason, do most Evolutionary Biologists think this way?
From what I have learnt from Yale Open Courses and other online courses, all the professors say that there is no debate. What does your professor say about this in your Universities?
Is there any Evolutionary Biologist here willing to spend a couple minutes with two grade 12 students for an interview? We're entering a science filmmaking contest and would love to have some segments with an interview of an actual professional. Or maybe ya'll have a friend that's an evolutionary biologist or is currently studying it? Even better if we can schedule it within October 14-17. We'll be flexible with our time so feel free to give us a time that's most convenient to you! Much appreciated my friends!
