On this day in 1858
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@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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@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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@jon-nyc That is interesting. thanks!!
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@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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@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?
Me/rry/Christmas
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@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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@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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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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I’ve never liked the term Darwinism. How about just evolution by natural selection? That’s the heart of it.
