Happy 200th birthday Charles Darwin.

[lycanox]

Happy 200th birthday Charles Darwin.

The man who first discovered the principes of evolution and wrote them out in his book "The origine of spieces. One of the most important books ever written in the history of science.

And also a man who just like Galileo has become an important target of Religious extremism and even today is an welcome victim for religious propaganda. Even do his work is now backed up with massive amounts of proof.

And to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin.
Here is a list explaining 10 popular misconceptions of Evolution.
And debunks 14 of the common Creationist propaganda.

Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13620-evolution-24-myths-and-misconceptions.html)

And a comical overview of some of his most important moments in live.

Young Darwin's evolution adventures (http://www.newscientist.com/gallery/dn16574-darwin-adventures)

[raphnix]

So that's the reason more and more topic are discussed about the legendary man.
Even the debates about the theory goes on to infinity of mere OPINIONS.

[Cartesiantheater]

He was great, and all due respects, but evolutionary theory today is far removed from his version. Sure, basic principle applies, but it's so much more.

One thing he deserves credit for: Not making flawed assumptions about metaphysical things like God, souls, etc because of his theory. He remained open minded about these things, refusing to make a judgment based upon insufficient information. If only more people would take heed to his wisdom! Both religious and non-religious alike!

[Cyranothe2nd]

CT-Agreed that evo theory today is different than the original theory espoused by Darwin (most notably because he knew nothing about genes and DNA--that wasn't known until 1952) but I think it is still safe to say that Darwin's ideas of sexual and natural selection are among the most revolutionary of all time. There has never been a more complete rout of popular opinion by clever reasoning then Darwin's triumph over Paley's "intelligent designer" theory. And Darwin didn't just stumble across a good idea--he spent over 20 years perfecting it, studying and finding evidence, doing experiments and research to support it before he published his first book. That kind of dedication and ability alone is to be commended.

Next week is Darwin week at my university and I am going to a couple lectures about the evo theory and the intersection between science and religion...ought to be really interesting!