I watched this without my usual review-searching, but had an uneasy feeling that it was agenda-based. You get drawn in by what appears to be a science documentary with no mention of religion. Only toward the end did the Intelligent Design angle become clear, and even then they never mentioned a god.
They offered no explanation for how an "intelligence" would physically manifest itself, but claimed it was the only possibility.
I suspect they introduced a bogus math claim about multi-trillion-to-one odds of mutations happening during the Cambrian. When they claimed that DNA has no role in body plans, I knew I was dealing with neo-Creationism.
They misrepresented the Cambrian as the only period where truly new forms occurred, and failed to mention that the Precambrian did have precursor fossils.
The current modern explanation for the Cambrian period is a big increase in Earth's oxygen levels, which this pseudo-documentary never mentions.
I give it 4 stars because it was entertainingly done.
They offered no explanation for how an "intelligence" would physically manifest itself, but claimed it was the only possibility.
I suspect they introduced a bogus math claim about multi-trillion-to-one odds of mutations happening during the Cambrian. When they claimed that DNA has no role in body plans, I knew I was dealing with neo-Creationism.
They misrepresented the Cambrian as the only period where truly new forms occurred, and failed to mention that the Precambrian did have precursor fossils.
The current modern explanation for the Cambrian period is a big increase in Earth's oxygen levels, which this pseudo-documentary never mentions.
I give it 4 stars because it was entertainingly done.