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64 minutes. Nye says ?traditional fish sex? and grabs everyone?s attention. Traditional fish sex is different from the sex that fish have with themselves, he is explaining (and not yet explaining why this is relevant to his point). Nye is now asking: ?Why does anybody have sex?? Why don?t humans just make like a rosebush and produce a flower? Or divide like bacteria? How sexy. Nye calls that question a real ?chinstroker.?
The twitterverse is already talking about ?fishionary? position. But never fear! Evolution has the answer: species that reproduce sexually have fewer parasites. How about that for motivation to get it on.
68 minutes. Nye is now talking about the Hubble telescope. But it?s impossible to stop thinking about why he brought up fish sex.
77 minutes. Our fearless moderator chimes in with six words everyone?s been thinking ?That?s a lot to take in.? Yup. So, on to the rebuttals. And counter rebuttals. And the Q. And the A.
78 minutes. Ham defends the age of the earth using Hebrew definitions of the word ?day? in the Bible. Then there?s something about 45,000 year-old wood being found in millions-of-years old basalt rock that proves his point. ?There?s no dating method you can use that you can absolutely age date a rock,? he concludes. Plus there?s only one witness that was actually there, who can actually say the truth about what happened in the past: the Word of God.
83 minutes. Ham starts his rebuttal. My livestream freezes, and then flashes neon yellow streaks, thanks to the more than 500,000 people who are tuning in as well. It pops back on in time for me to hear Nye ask Ham if all animals were vegetarian before they got on Noah?s ark.
94 minutes. The theory of evolution now appears to be hinging upon Noah?s construction skills. Ham insists that even his New England shipbuilding ancestors could not have built a ship like that. Ham: ?Why would you say Noah was unskilled? I didn?t meet Noah. Neither did you.? Drop the mic, Ham. Drop the mic.
97 minutes. Nye keeps insisting that America will fail at innovation unless people believe in evolution. America?s future is at stake! Maybe that?s why no one in the audience is laughing.
98 minutes. Now its time to move faster, says Foreman. He?s shuffling the Q&A cards. Fingers crossed that he?s right.
99 minutes. Question one for Ham: How does creationism account for celestial bodies? Ham answer: Easy. God. Perfect moment to launch into what sounds very much like an altar call. Ham is resurrecting his image as the defender of the faith to the big secular world.
102 minutes. Next question for Nye: How did the atoms that created the big bang get there? ?This is the great mystery.? Nye, cornered by the creationists. Check.
105 minutes. Ham chimes in: There actually is a book that says where matter comes from: it?s called the Bible. Mic drop #2 for Ham. Nye doesn?t flinch.
109 minutes. Another question for Nye: How did consciousness come from matter? ?Don?t know! This is a great mystery!? Mic drop #3 for Ham, even though Nye goes on and on about how much he loves mysteries.
112 minutes: Ham chimes in again: There?s a book that says where consciousness comes from too. Bet you can?t guess what that is?
120 minutes. The light. It?s at the end of the tunnel. Just 30 minutes to go before you will finally understand the origins of life. And get to go to sleep. And stop thinking about traditional fish sex.
121 minutes. Ham points out, yet again, that there are scientific papers, ?very technical papers,? on his website that explain real science. Which is creationism. Because he?s freeing the hijacked ?science.?
123 minutes: Surprise question: In one word, what?s your favorite color? Because that solves the mysteries of life.
124 minutes. Nye: ?Green,? and then he launches into an explanation of the irony that plants reflect green light. This gives Foreman his one shining moment to moderate: ?Did I not say one word answer?? Ham?s turn: ?Can I have three words since he had 300? Observational science: blue.? It?s his best line of the night.
133 minutes: Question for Ham: Do you believe the entire Bible should be taken literally? He dodges the trap. He takes the whole Bible ?naturally,? not ?literally.? There?s a difference. Basically, a difference that means, as he says, there were a lot of problems when men used Scripture to justify marrying multiple women.
146 minutes. FINAL QUESTION! What is the one thing more than anything else upon which you base your belief? Why don?t you guess what each man said. If you said, ?The Bible? for Ham and ?Science? for Nye, you are right! Nye sneaks in, for at least the fifth time, that the United States will be left standing by other countries if it doesn?t listen to science and teach real science in schools.
150 minutes. Ham and Nye agree on one thing: punctuality. 9:30pm and we are out. Foreman warns people there?s a level-two snow emergency outside. Your #TBT(uesday) to the ?90s creation culture wars is complete. You survived. Now go get some sleep.
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