ARCHIVE - Visualizing Ecology - Week 3: Darwin and Evolution http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/taxonomy/term/11/0 en ARCHIVE - Aileen Milliman - Week 3 http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/aileen-milliman-week-3 <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">    “Some, like Thoreau, were exploring ways to overcome man&#39;s estrangement from nature and giving fresh relevance to arcadian paganism, others came to find that natural joy too tame and to take an increasingly decadent interest in the fearful and demonic forces around them. The contradiction is only partial, for the enthusiasts of fear were in their own peculiar way also seeking reconciliation between man and nature. But it was a bond of violence they found; to be at one with the world, for them, was to embrace all the tumult, horror, and darkness in it, to commit oneself to struggle and defiance.” (Worster 125) </p><p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/aileen-milliman-week-3">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/aileen-milliman-week-3#comment Week 3: Darwin and Evolution Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:02:10 -0800 milail09 154 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter ARCHIVE - Henry Browne Darwin andevolution week 3 http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/henry-browne-darwin-andevolution-week-3 <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 4in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%" class="MsoNormal">Henry Browne</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 4in; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 200%" class="MsoNormal">Jan 21 2007</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%" class="MsoNormal">Origin of species commentary</p>  <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 200%" class="MsoNormal">Reading the excerpt from The Origin of Species all the ideas sounded very commonplace. So much of my understanding of evolution and the way the world works is stated in the reading. It is hard to imagine people not believing these ideas. Darwin talked about the limits of archeology. It showed me how subjective science can be. It seems like a lot of scientific theory has to do with coming up with a story that could fit <span> </span>circumstantial evidence. It seems like society and politics also have a lot to do with what ideas are accepted as plausible. I feel the reason a lot of scientist may have gotten guff for there ideas was the scientific community’s attachment to the church.</p><p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/henry-browne-darwin-andevolution-week-3">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/henry-browne-darwin-andevolution-week-3#comment Week 3: Darwin and Evolution Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:53:57 -0800 brohen24 128 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter ARCHIVE - David kruger week three http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/david-kruger-week-three <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal">David Kruger</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Week Three</p> <p style="text-indent: 0.5in" class="MsoNormal">“The major obstacle of the idea of evolution, however, was not stupidity; rather it was the traditional assumption of man’s uniqueness and divine origin.”<span>                  </span> (Natures economy pg. 182)</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span>            </span>Darwin’s conclusions in the Origin of Species were fresh and flexible. Darwin seemed to have a unique perspective growing up; in his later years he said this perspective was due to “reading and re-reading” Lyell and Humboldt as a child. When Darwin grew up his ideas began to change. </p><p><a href="http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/david-kruger-week-three">read more</a></p> http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter/david-kruger-week-three#comment Week 3: Darwin and Evolution Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:35:13 -0800 krudav10 124 at http://www2.evergreen.edu/visecowinter