Evolution of tsaheylu

[Human No More]

The person in the video and the audience member are both wrong - wrong enough for me to not at all feel bad in dismissing them out of hand and pointing out their errors. Sex is via the normal method . As for no basis, what he meant to say was no comparable instance on Earth (if he was actually intelligent enough to understand the difference, I guess). I wish people would do basic research first. No basis implies it isn't actually possible. There's no known example of spaceborne life in Earth's solar system; yet it's possible with known physics/biology.

The idea of parent/child as an initial one is an interesting idea, but I don't think it fits in with it not being unique to them - it's a question of top-down vs bottom-up approaches; I'd say it's more likely to have originated from an early form of life that had this ability to some degree - existing as individual cells or individual multicellular organisms, yet able to share sensory data, perhaps neurochemical transfer as well, which would give it a clear advantage over other species. OF course, that's not to say that such data transfer doesn't happen; just that it wouldn't be so widespread; it would also seem relatively chance compared to having previously been present in a less refined form.

In addition, I would think that if it was a simple memory transfer that was something approaching routine, they'd be more likely to do it with each other rather than just with one they are mated with, considering the likely efficiency and removing the potential for misinterpretations.

Originally Posted by Clarke

Personally, I agree fully with the opinion of P.Z. Meyers: "If I saw that situation for real, I’d be an intelligent design creationist."

Amazing how suddenly you can lose all respect for someone; I just did.

How is that at all different from the old 'irreducible complexity' BS that creationists like to spout off in all its demonstrably flawed reasoning and incorrect premise? If it was only present in Na'vi and not any other species; then it would be far less plausible, but that isn't the case (and again, as with the typical uninformed hipster, he completely ignores the clear evolutionary line as well as the basic and blindingly obvious fact that the film never went into archaeology and so such a line was never explored anyway). He also answers his own questions, in the same paragraph. It's also got more factual errors than I could count in a quick scan.