Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Darwin Theory
1.Alfred Russel Wallace
2.The person I believe that had the most influence over Darwin is Alfred Russel Wallace. He was born in the United Kingdom he was consider a British naturalist he shared his ideas with Darwin and they similar theory. "He sent Darwin his theory in 1858,which , to Darwin's shock, nearly replicated Darwin's own." By 1855 Alfred came to conclusion that living things do evloved Darwin reached the same conclusion but years later.
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/history_14
3.(Individuals do not evolve. Populations do) The influence that Alfred Russel Wallace had on this quote was he was the actually the one that came up with Individuals do not evolve , Populations do before Darwin did which Darwin proved to be right.Alfred landed in what is now Indonesia where animals didn't exist in any other place. He realized animals be shaped by where they live.
4.Do I think Darwin could have done it with Alfred , I don't think he could have done it because like they say two heads are better then one in this case more heads are better then one because Darwin theory needed a lot of researcher and study to prove his theory.This theory took Darwin years to do and Alfred helped and gave ideas to Darwin and also gave him birds so Darwin can study them for his theory.
5.The attitude of the church is probably the same attitude now only difference back then religion was a huge thing to everyone so I could only iamgine how Darwin might been scared to publish his theory .Look at what happen to Galileo he forced to send himself in and being trial.
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Hello! Reading your post made me think a little bit more about why Darwin was reluctant to publish. It is amazing to think that a scientist would actually be afraid to share their findings with the world. But the church really did have that much influence over the entire population. Your example of Galileo is a perfect one. Thankfully, we live in a world that highly values science. We are lucky!
ReplyDeleteI think religion was a little more serious back in Darwins time. This a time when people would be shunned, beaten, killed or even hung for going against the church. You are right that he was probably very scared to publish his theories.
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ReplyDelete"By 1855 Alfred came to conclusion that living things do evloved Darwin reached the same conclusion but years later."
No, Darwin had been working on his theory for more than 20 years, long before Wallace. Can you describe Wallace's research a bit more? Where did he develop his theory?
I don't disagree with your choice of bullet point but wouldn't it be fair to argue that ALL of the points apply equally to Wallace and Darwin given that they both developed the same theory?
"I don't think he could have done it because like they say two heads are better then one ..."
But Darwin DID develop the theory without Wallace. Wallace did provide specimens that Darwin used to confirm his research, but Darwin had been developing his theory and writing for more than 20 years before Wallace wrote to Darwin. Wallace didn't help so much with the *development* of Darwin's theory as he did with the *publishing* of his theory. Darwin was suddenly faced with losing credit for his theory and finally had the impetus he needed to publish his work, though he had to share the credit in joint paper with Wallace.
The church actually has very little influence today on matters of science, though they still have influence on how the general public perceives matters of science. A lot has changed. During Darwin's time, no one was being brought to trial or being put in house arrest for their scientific ideas, but that doesn't mean they couldn't apply pressure on scientists socially. Darwin's wife was very devout and being socially ostracized would have been very difficult for her and the rest of the family. Darwin might also have experience professional pressure and lose his standing within the scientific community. That said, I agree that the fear of the church's response certainly played a role in his delay in publication.
I agree with you that Wallace had a significant influence on Darwin, because they both did come up with similar theories around the same time period. This was interesting to learn because anyone who questioned the assumptions of fixity could be challenging God's perfection. This was a form of crime and took a lot of courage to go through with in Darwin's published book. He was able to advance his theories with the help of Wallace and because of influences such as Galileo as you mentioned, there had been a paradigm shift that made advances possible to investigate many previously misunderstood natural phenomena. Great post!
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