On this day in 1858
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wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 12:00 last edited by
On this day in 1858, the joint Darwin/Wallace papers on natural selection were read at the Linnean Society in London. It was the first public presentation of the theory of evolution by natural selection.
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wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 12:43 last edited by
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
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wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 12:48 last edited by
89th needs to see this. It contains his word, indefatigable, that he wants to use on the job. If he can work in a reference to Darwin -- which shouldn't be too hard in these dumbed-down days -- he'll have a readymade opening!
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Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 13:08 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in On this day in 1858:
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
Hm. I may have to rethink my habit to put my name last on papers.
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Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 13:24 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in On this day in 1858:
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
It's because he doesn't have as many letters after his name as Darwin.
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wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 13:45 last edited by
@jon-nyc That is interesting. thanks!!
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89th needs to see this. It contains his word, indefatigable, that he wants to use on the job. If he can work in a reference to Darwin -- which shouldn't be too hard in these dumbed-down days -- he'll have a readymade opening!
wrote on 1 Jul 2020, 16:41 last edited by@Catseye3 said in On this day in 1858:
89th needs to see this. It contains his word, indefatigable, that he wants to use on the job. If he can work in a reference to Darwin -- which shouldn't be too hard in these dumbed-down days -- he'll have a readymade opening!
Haha I saw that! What are the odds.
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Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 07:37 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in On this day in 1858:
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
He was the one that bet he could travel around the world in 80 days, right?
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@Doctor-Phibes said in On this day in 1858:
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
He was the one that bet he could travel around the world in 80 days, right?
wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 11:23 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in On this day in 1858:
@Doctor-Phibes said in On this day in 1858:
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
He was the one that bet he could travel around the world in 80 days, right?
No that was another guy, and he is far from forgotten - they named the Passport after him.
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Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 11:51 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in On this day in 1858:
Funny how Wallace is almost forgotten.
Wallace also called his 1889 collection of evolutionary essays Darwinism. Even before the term ‘Darwinism’ had gained currency, he mentioned that the theory was coming to be called ‘Darwinianism’. He wrote to Darwin in 1868, “I hope you do not dislike the word, for we really must use it.”
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 11:57 last edited by Doctor Phibes 7 Feb 2020, 11:58
I wonder if naming it like this was a mistake - it's unusual for a theory to be named in this way. In other cases, it's 'Newtonian Mechanics', or 'Einstein's Special Relativity' etc. In the case of Darwinism it's named like a religious sect, which gives ammunition to people who claim it's taught like a religion, rather than "just a theory" as Mike Pence called it.
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wrote on 2 Jul 2020, 12:23 last edited by
I’ve never liked the term Darwinism. How about just evolution by natural selection? That’s the heart of it.