1. Comment #127811 by ianmkz on February 15, 2008 at 4:12 pm

How to reduce science to nonsense
1-Make blanket statements about how things are
2-Make the kind of analogy that wooter would dig
3-Express it in what is left of 60 seconds after you've finished goofing around

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2. Comment #127838 by Mitchell Gilks on February 15, 2008 at 4:33 pm

Attempting to explain anything scientific in 60 seconds is a really bad idea, you couldn't expain how to make a good sandwich in detail in sixty seconds... Sigh.

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3. Comment #127844 by Prankster on February 15, 2008 at 4:37 pm

It sounds nice cause "it rhymes"

Fucking hell.....

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4. Comment #127863 by HourglassMemory on February 15, 2008 at 5:00 pm

60 seconds?!!
Nah Nah Nah.
Instead get people used to two hour lectures with Dawkins!!!!!
I honestly mean this.

I can understand this attempt but it just...it makes people dependant on these weird, blurry quick definitions.

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5. Comment #127900 by Zakie Chan on February 15, 2008 at 5:25 pm

Well 60 seconds or not... I knew basically nothing about evodevo, and now I know a little bit.

So I think a quick explanation is better than nothing.

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6. Comment #127925 by brfuk on February 15, 2008 at 6:15 pm

It's a great idea. Just executed badly here. They could have prepared a pre-written 60 second statement to sum it up nicely. Instead we have 'erm...urh...' as the first worlds uttered.

Proejct for this site perhaps? The esssence of evolution can be summed up nicely in 1 sentence. 60 seconds is loads of time.

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7. Comment #127926 by occam's machete on February 15, 2008 at 6:16 pm

Prof. Dawkins has pointed out that one of the intensely appealing characteristics of the theory of evolution is that its core can be summarized in a sentence. Brevity has its merits.
That said, the video is disappointing, but gets a scientific point across: genes that turn on/off other genes are important in developmental biology and evolution.

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8. Comment #128673 by cristinabories on February 17, 2008 at 2:44 pm

I agree that the purpose of the video is to pique enough interest so that the person takes the next opportunity to learn more. So it might have value.
It did annoy me that he spent so much of the 60 seconds trying to be cool.

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9. Comment #129041 by rodart on February 18, 2008 at 2:33 pm

I actualy liked it. I learned something about genes that I didn't know of.

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10. Comment #144991 by old-toy-boy on March 17, 2008 at 6:30 am

I also liked it. Sure it would have been nice if it were longer with moree detail, but for 60 seconds, it was OK. (Not being an expert, I assume it was correct) it does remind me of one of my favorite sayings, 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, No knowledge is absolutely lethal.'

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