Just a very brief note on this one should suffice. Tommy Hall is a random creationist with a youtube channel. Hall rejects the theory of evolution, based mostly on standard creationist PRATTs, and, like most creationists, he fails to understand even the basics of the theory he is rejecting, biology, and of science in general. You can read a discussion of a silly video he made in 2016 – with a laugh track – here where he tries to list “failed predictions” of evolution that are either not failed, not predictions, or based on such deep misunderstanding of the original hypothesis (and current state of affairs) that the claim makes no sense in the context of the field he is trying to criticize. And no, Tommy Hall: horizontal gene transfer is not Lamarckianism; epigenetics is not a vindication of Lamarckianism; yes: there is junk DNA; and we don’t think “vestigial” means what you think it means. Here is a discussion of his response to critics.
Diagnosis: Proud and loud minor grinch inhabiting Mount Stupid. Unlikely to sway anyone who has a minimal understanding of things scientific.
Hat-tip: PZ Myers
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