http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/science/spotlight-simply-darwin/ Simplycharly Blog Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/science/spotlight-simply-darwin/comment-page-1/#comment-7406 maculate Sat, 11 Apr 2009 04:03:52 +0000 http://www.simplycharly.com/blog/?p=50#comment-7406 I wasn't even aware of his writings on humanity, I'd always been exposed to his work with finches, very little to do with his personal life beyond the fact that he renounced all his theories on his death bed. Never the less, I think he's an important enough historical figure that it's not worth much getting hung up on his ideas that are non PC in modernity. Enough of his work has been altered, adapted, thrown out, etc that I don't think anyone's looking at him as an infallible source of unquestionably accurate information about the world. His important role is that of catalyst, not reaction. I wasn’t even aware of his writings on humanity, I’d always been exposed to his work with finches, very little to do with his personal life beyond the fact that he renounced all his theories on his death bed. Never the less, I think he’s an important enough historical figure that it’s not worth much getting hung up on his ideas that are non PC in modernity. Enough of his work has been altered, adapted, thrown out, etc that I don’t think anyone’s looking at him as an infallible source of unquestionably accurate information about the world. His important role is that of catalyst, not reaction.

]]> http://www.simplycharly.com/Blog/science/spotlight-simply-darwin/comment-page-1/#comment-1918 el guapo Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:45:48 +0000 http://www.simplycharly.com/blog/?p=50#comment-1918 Darwin very clearly endorsed white-europen-supremacy as shown by his writings. He was not the gentle, scientist we are presented with, Darwin very clearly endorsed white-europen-supremacy as shown by his writings. He was not the gentle, scientist we are presented with,

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