One hundred fifty years ago today, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace announced their theory of evolution by natural selection. It would be another year before Darwin published the definitive book on the subject, which is when everyone would notice said theory.What’s interesting is that the idea that species evolved over time was pretty well accepted by the biological community back then - but when it concerned the "how," people were mostly subscribing to a "great chain of being" theory or an "acquired characteristics" theory (most famously articulated by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck). Darwin provided a better answer, and it has stood up to scrutiny for 150 years now - aided greatly by the work of a contemporary, Gregor Mendel, whose work in genetics would go unnoticed for decades after its completion in 1865. Scientific notoriety is a fickle beast sometimes...Also, in unrelated culture-war stuff, this is awesome. My favorite line: "After the ra...
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The Audacity Of DumbFrom: opinionsnobodyaskedfor.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-03-18 14:21:00
It is the opinion of this blog that you’d have to be kind of a schmuck to let your vote be affected by the words of a preacher who happens to count one of the candidates among his flock. The fact that Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright are separate entities with different points of view ought to be blindingly obvious to those with average intelligence.So if the Washington Times is to be believed, 71% of Republicans, 54% of Republicans, and 52% of Democrats are schmucks.If this isn...
A Quick Suggestion...From: opinionsnobodyaskedfor.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-03-16 13:27:00
You know how Republicans often have trouble coming up with campaign songs by artists who are cool with having their song used by Republican candidates? John McCain needs a song by a Republican (or at least a Republican-leaner). So I think he should use the theme from "Team America: World Police."Imagine it. You’re a Republican, you’re sitting at a campaign rally, waiting for McCain to show up, getting kinda bored and thinking about how screwed your party is in November, when ...
Say Hello To My Little FriendFrom: opinionsnobodyaskedfor.blogspot.com
Post Date: 2008-03-13 12:02:00
You may have noticed, dear readers, that I haven’t blogged in a while. Here’s the reason:...
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