Steve Andrews

wo things bothered me in the first 15 minutes. First, the description of amphibians, reptiles snd mammals as very hierarchical. Yes. There was an evolution to be more flexible and in some ways, advanced - but all of these are still alive today so “better” is annoying. This reason this annoys me is that this hierarchical approach to species is part of what humans use to argue we are “different”. But we are animals and need to fit into the world… Then the 2nd was more serious. At the 11:43 mark there was a remark about mammals “one of whom would change the planet” I stopped right there and have not decided whether to watch more. I’m wondering if this series is like the History Channel, where everyone jokes that it is more about conspiracy than history, and very little is “factual” in a scientific or academic context. Earlier, there was an opportunity to say that science has no insight into how life began - which leaves open a role for God as creator (regardless of religious dogma) But not done. Instead, you endorse Christianity, which is the religion of ~1/3 of the world’s inhabitants. I know that Jesus is a revered in Judaism and Islam as a prophet/ more, but this was unnecessary and narrow minded. It came out out of the blue, like there was a Christian guy with a big check requiring that 5 second piece. Yuk. It made me question whether anything I’d seen in the first 10 minutes was factual (Truth) I thought this series was science …