Donald Trump showed Kim Jong-un a movie trailer casting both leaders as heroes. The Times’s Opinion video team cut a more honest makeover.==
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SG 1-2
1. Bryan said he did not interpret Genesis but rather did what? (3)
2. What issue caused Bryan to interpret biblical passages rather than take the bible literally? (4)
3. What did Bryan believe that the defense council was there to try? (5)
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6. When Darrow was asked the purpose of the examination, how did he respond? (6)
7. Has evolution been proven or is it merely a hypothesis?
8. why couldn't the alternative theories of evolution be considered a traditional christian doctrine as well? they are both spiritual. (pg 19)
9. "When Mr. Darrow talks of bigotry he talks of that. Biogtry seeks to make" what? (8).
10. What Enlightenment naturalist first acknowledged the earth's very long geologic history? (15)
11. When did Winterton Curtis decide to take an active part in the defense of evolution? (22)
12. Bryan thought Darwinian evolution proposed to replace the Bible's "divine law of love" with what? (29)
13. Who coined the word fundamentalist? (36)
14. What 1921 resolution did Bryan immediately "adopt"? (43)
15. Who thought public schools should promote citizenship based on biblical concepts of morality? (50)
16. Whose prominent silence left Governor Austin Peay "free to follow his personal and political inclinations"? (57)
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Governor Austin Peay
TM 1-6
1. The majority of passengers on Chapman's bus were what? (1)
2. Chapman says he's afraid not of death but of what? (8)
3. Chapman's 10-year-old daughter is named what? (15)
4. Deciding _____ is "profoundly complicated." (22)
5. What were the titles of Bryan's most popular road speeches in the early '20s? (29)
6. What was the title of Chapman's first published work? (36)
7. What gave young Chapman a "sensation of purity" and "transcendent relief"? (43)
8. What local obsession astonished Chapman as he approached Dayton? (50)
9. What is Chapman's "hoe"? (57)
10. What's the point of drinking in England? (64)
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Discussion Questions [please add yours]:
- What's the difference between interpreting a text and commenting on it?
- Do bigots and ignoramuses control education in the US today? Has that always been true, at least in some communities?
- Is the privatization of education, via charters etc., a betrayal of the democratic commitment to universal education regardless of socioeconomic status?
- In science, what's the difference between proof and a well-confirmed hypothesis? Does "proof" mean something different in mathematics than in empirical inquiry?
- Is it possible for mortal humans to comprehend geologic time?
- Have scientists in our time done an adequate job of explaining and defending evolution, and science generally? What do you think accounts for the prevalence of anti-science "denialism" with respect to things like climate change?
- Is it accurate to describe the aggression of non-human animals as driven by hatred?
- How should comparative religious education enter the public school curriculum, if at all? How or in what context should creationism/fundamentalism be taught?
- Why are so many southern-rural Americans obsessed with the "Second Coming"?
- Why do people in England drink so much?
Magnolia House, Dayton TN
Updated suggestions for final report:
- Science and Human Affairs From the Viewpoint of Biology by Winterton C. Curtis
- Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism by Susan Jacoby
- Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History by Kurt Andersen
- Everybody's Story: Wising Up to the Epic of Evolution by Loyal Rue
- Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett
- The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy by John Dewey
- Darwin's Dogs by Emma Townshend
- Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott
- Living With Darwin by Philip Kitcher
- Charles Darwin-Voyaging by Janet Browne
- Charles Darwin-The Power of Place by Janet Browne
- Angels and Ages: A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln, and Modern Life by Adam Gopnik
- Five best books on evolution, acc'ing to Jerry Coyne
- 40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, Oxycontin®, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania by Matthew Chapman
- The Book That Changed America: How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation by Randall Fuller
- The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us by Richard O. Prum
- The Human Instinct: How We Evolved to Have Reason, Consciousness, and Free Will by Kenneth R. Miller
- Why Darwin Matters: The Case for Evolution and Against Intelligent Design by Michael Shermer
- Varieties of Religious Experience by William James AND Varieties of Scientific Experience by Carl Sagan
- Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan
- The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution by Richard Dawkins
- The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins
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The concept of a "missing link" between humans and apes arose in the 19th century, when the fossil record was largely incomplete. Large gaps separated species, casting doubt on the theory of evolution. But in the last 130 years, a plethora of fossils have been discovered, greatly narrowing the gaps between species. The Australopithecus afarensis fossil known as "Lucy" is considered to be a key fossil bridging the gap between humans and primitive hominids.
Evolutionfaq.com... Frequently asked questions about evolution (pbs)... TalkOrigins FAQs on evolution...
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 | Biological evolution is a change in the genetic characteristics of a population over time. That this happens is a fact. Biological evolution also refers to the common descent of living organisms from shared ancestors. The evidence for historical evolution -- genetic, fossil, anatomical, etc. -- is so overwhelming that it is also considered a fact. The theory of evolution describes the mechanisms that cause evolution. So evolution is both a fact and a theory. See the Evolution is a Fact and a Theory FAQ, the Introduction to Evolutionary Biology FAQ and the Five Major Misconceptions about Evolution FAQ: Evolution is Only a theory. |
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Darwin as Family Man
Darwin as Family Man
“I am a Darwin anorak, certainly,” admits Randal Keynes, author of the book Annie’s Box which forms the basis of a new film following Charles Darwin’s emotional and physical struggle to complete his seminal work, On The Origin of Species – published 150 years ago.
Keynes has a far more personal interest than that of an impartial, if enthusiastic, researcher. He is the great-great-grandson of the naturalist whose world-changing discovery is credited with being ‘the greatest idea in history’.
Creation, which stars Paul Bettany and his real-life wife Jennifer Connolly, as Charles and Emma Darwin, deals with the period when he is trying to finish the book. He is stricken with the knowledge that it will completely undermine the Christian belief that God was responsible for all creation, not an evolutionary process, plagued by illness and haunted by the ghost of his dead daughter.
Though Keynes had known about his relationship to the man on the back of the £10 notes since he was boy – school friends teased that he was descended from a monkey and he had to ask his brother to explain the joke – he only started to delve deeper into his background following a request from English Heritage.
They had taken over Down House, the home that Darwin shared with Emma and their tribe of children in Kent, and wanted to reconstruct what life with the Darwins had been like.
Knowing his father had inherited many family treasures from his grandmother, the daughter of Darwin’s second son George, he was searching through a chest of drawers when he came across a child’s writing case. Inside he discovered a number of simple mementos and a piece of paper in Darwin’s handwriting headed ‘Annie’s illness’.
It meticulously detailed the deteriorating health of their daughter Anne, known as Annie, the second born of their 10 children, and the treatments given to her before she finally succumbed to what is now believed to be tuberculosis in Malvern in 1851 at the age of 10.
“It was Emma’s keepsake. She took this little writing case of Anne’s, filled it with one or two more of her things including this note by Darwin, put it somewhere private and didn’t show it to anyone.
“When she died, Etty (her daughter) found it. She hadn’t seen it between her childhood and that point but she said memories came back with ‘strange vividness’. She passed it down to my grandmother who was her niece.”
Though the Darwins lost two other children, Mary who survived only a few weeks after she was born, and Charles, their last born, who died of scarlet fever when he was 18 months old, Anne appears to have been a favourite.
“The notes showed just how closely he (Darwin) was involved in her care. How he was wanting to see how she was doing every day,” said Keynes. “That was strange. He’s this great scientist. He should be in his study or his laboratory just working.”
Darwin seems to have been close to his children, studying them with a scientist’s curiosity and a loving father’s affection.
It was he who took the ailing Anne to Malvern to be given hydrotherapy treatments by a Dr Gully, which Darwin himself had been receiving for a mysterious, debilitating illness that he suffered from most of his life. Emma had stayed at home because she was pregnant but the couple wrote regularly...(continues)
This film had trouble finding distributors in the US, as opposed to the UK. Interesting to notice the trailer differences...
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Darwin on Family, Work, & Happiness-brainpickings.org
Charles Darwin (February 12, 1809–April 19, 1882) may be best-remembered as the father of evolution, but he was also a man of great dimension and extraordinary capacity for reflection. In his prolific correspondence, he contemplated everything from the pros and cons of marriage to the downturns of mental health. But having married the love of his life and fathered ten children with her, he also frequently pondered questions of fatherhood and family as a backdrop for his broader meditations on love, work, and happiness... (continues)
"Philosopher as Bad Dad," The Stone:
It has taken 2,500 years, but we finally seem to be getting it... “Having children gives you great access to significant aspects of the human condition — no one knows the depths of human vulnerability like a parent. Oh sure, Nietzsche can wring his hands about the eternal recurrence, but let him spend a day in the emergency room with his injured kid. That’s real vulnerability.” Read More...
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What caused Darwin to become an agnostic? SG(17)
ReplyDeleteWhat were the two significant causes of the anti-evolution crusade in the 1920s?
ReplyDeleteSG (23)
What are some of the dangers of eugenics? SG (27)
ReplyDeleteWhat finding in 1912 was thought to provide the possible "missing link" in human evolution? SG (12). Bonus ? not in book, in what year was it determined to be a hoax, who was suspected of committing it, and why?
ReplyDeleteWho was the "self-proclaimed 'gladiator-general of Darwinism?'" SG (17).
If the Jews were in fact descended from American Indians, where would their true spiritual home be? TM (50).
What Filipino word describes a spiritual homesickness, a sorrow so profound it kills? TM (52).
Discussion questions:
Why was "modernism" as much of a threat to fundamentalism as evolution?
What were the two reasons Bryan objected to the Darwinian theory? Are these valid? Can you make reasonable arguments for and against them?
Who did the fundamentalists believe were culprits because of their theological liberalism and what caused this liberalism? SG (33)
ReplyDeleteWhy did Bryan say Darwinism is not science, but a bunch of guesses strung together? SG (42)
Bryan did not object to teaching evolution. What did he object to? SG (47)
What were the three main tactics for attacking the antievolution measure? SG (53)
What did governor Austin Peay do, days after he signed the antievolution bill SG (58)
Discussion questions:
ReplyDeleteShould the Bible be interpreted literally?
It seems that not much has changed in the science and religion controversy. As Americans, will we ever agree on a solution?
A few questions from SG, will be posting more throughout the day:
ReplyDeleteWhat significance did the Piltdown Man play? p. 11-12
Who was Chevalier de Lamarck? p. 14
What was his hypothesis on giraffe’s? p. 14
What was the name of the textbook at issue in the Scopes trial? p. 16
SG Questions:
ReplyDelete(Sorry I don't have specific page numbers, I'm working from an eBook)
What year did archbishop James Ussher claim creation occurred?
Who asserted that "...evolution was coming to be known as but a new name for 'creation?'"
What did R.A. Torrey mean when he said Christians could, "...believe thoroughly in the absolute infallibility of the bible and still be an evolutionist of a certain type?"
Bryan said his father taught him to believe in two things: Democracy and Christianity. What parts of each do you think lead him to lead the crusade against teaching evolution?
I think these are the relevant page #s:
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And with respect to your discussion question: I think evolution is the ultimate democratizer, uniting us all by a common story and a shared nature & provenance. So, it must have been his Xianty that provoked his anti-evolutionism by furnishing him with a false conception of evolution as endorsing a principle of "hate"...
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