Charles Darwin?

Question

In my biplogy class, we just finished learning about evolution and Darwin's theory.

I myself, believe in evolution. I believe that it took millions to billions of years for humans to evolve into he way we are now.


I respect Darwin and in my class(I'm in the 10th grade) we did sort of a trial where people were either on the for evolution side or the against evolution side. we picked a scientist or person who supported evolution or who didn't. I was Charles Darwin himself.


I wanted to know what people though about Darwin and his theory. what side are you on?

Answer 1

I wish I remember who described the two biggest paradigm shifts of the modern world. The first was the Copernican revolution, which removed the earth as the center of the universe, and the second was the Darwinian revolution, which removed humans as the center of all life. But ultimately, the Compernican revolution was just about real estate ... i.e., where we live. The Darwinian revolution is about WHO WE ARE.

Darwin was a brilliant man ... but he is overcredited by both admirers and Creationists for evolution. Darwin did not invent or "discover" evolution ... the concept had been around since the Greeks. What Darwin did was provide the *mechanism* by which evolution operates.

P.S. Shawna ... the story of Darwin recanting his theories on his deatbed is absolutely FALSE. This was a complete fabrication by a woman named Lady Hope. Please Google "Lady Hope Darwin" to get the full story. And whereever you heard that story ... don't listen to them again. They are guaranteed to make you say even more foolish things.

Answer 2

On Darwin's side, I guess.

The thing is scientists don't respect arguments from authority ('Because I said so') so it doesn't matter whose theory it is. In fact there were several people at the same time who would have postulated the theory of evolution if Darwin had not. In fact it was the work of another naturalist that made Darwin finally publish because he wanted to be the first. Alfred Russell was doing the same sort of work.

Evolution does't require belief. You can go look at the fossil records - it takes a very stubborn and ignorant person to deny that but even without one, the evidence for evolution would be overwhelming.

Answer 3

Darwin's Theory Of Evolution

Darwin's Theory of Evolution - The Premise
Darwin's Theory of Evolution is the widely held notion that all life is related and has descended from a common ancestor: the birds and the bananas, the fishes and the flowers -- all related. Darwin's general theory presumes the development of life from non-life and stresses a purely naturalistic (undirected) "descent with modification". That is, complex creatures evolve from more simplistic ancestors naturally over time. In a nutshell, as random genetic mutations occur within an organism's genetic code, the beneficial mutations are preserved because they aid survival -- a process known as "natural selection." These beneficial mutations are passed on to the next generation. Over time, beneficial mutations accumulate and the result is an entirely different organism (not just a variation of the original, but an entirely different creature i am on darwin's side

Answer 4

I think Charles Robert Darwin was one of those scientists who contributed a paradigm shift to science. In 1859, we had the answer to the question, " why is man ". It does not matter what " side " you are on, young lady, as the evidence for evolution by natural selection needs no partisanship, yet stands alone on evidential ground.

Answer 5

I believe in evolution just look at a phylogenetic tree for crying out loud people who don't believe in it are uneducated-or just don't care. However I do believe that God created the atmosphere and particular chemicals that were needed to eventually produce organisms. Darwin's origin of species is not just about did something appear out of thing air or not- there is more depth to it about Malthus's dreary theory of population etc... If this doesn't make sense to you ask your teacher what a phylogenetic tree is or who Malthus is and what his theories are.

Answer 6

You are embarking on an endless quest for debate. Evolution makes sense unless you have been religiously trained in which case you will be conflicted deeply. It took a few hundred years to convince that the world is round. It will take a couple hundred more
to convince that evolution makes sense too. I myself believe evolution is correct.

Answer 7

When people ask me to prove evolution and challenge the notion that species of creatures can't change, I ask them why there are new strains of influenza each year. Or how dogs are able to be bred towards or away from specific breeds.

And if they still don't believe you, you don't have to convince them. Just go on with your career and realize you don't have to convince the world of anything. Just pat them on the head and say "That's nice dear, you keep believing what you want."

Answer 8

I believe in evolution, as do virtually all biologists...

In general modern science just does not support a literal interpretation of Genesis, while there is ample evidence to show that animals have changed forms slowly over millions of years.

Answer 9

i disagree with the Theory of Evolution. I heard that even Darwin himself, while on his death bed, admitted that his theories were wrong and accepted Christ into his life..

just what i heard

Answer 10

yes i like you just need to look at the animal kingdom