05-13-2008, 12:26 PM
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Machiavelli Incarnate
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: The Republic of Texas
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Originally Posted by TakuanSoho
Because evolution as defined in Darwin's first book is not about the "Origin of Life", but the "Origin of Species". Darwin, being a good scientist, limited the range of his inquiry into something that can be examined. This is why his works are so valuable to read. His methodology was incredible. It shows the ideal of how science should be, but unfortunately seldom is.
As for "explosion created the human conscience", it didn't. In that it appears that the universe is 12 billion years old or so, and human consciousness has probably only been around for about 40K years, hard to say that one caused the other.
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The book's full title is On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, while for the 6th edition of 1872 the title was changed to The Origin of Species.
The Preservation of favored races?
Is Darwin speaking of God favoring certain races?
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