Freethinking for Dummies

Happy Darwin Day!

It is Darwin Day! This is a day to remember the huge effect that Darwin’s On Origin Of Species and the theory it describes has had on the biological sciences. Everything we know today about modern genetics, micro-biology, and medicine has evolution at their foundations. The high yield crops that feed billions, the powerful antibiotics and vaccines that save millions of lives every year, the cutting edge medical technologies that promise cures for diseases as diverse as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and diabetes rely on knowledge that has evolution at their foundation. Evolution is one of the most powerfully explanatory, predictive, and useful scientific theories since Newton devised his theory of gravity.

To celebrate, go and read the 1st (and best) edition of On Origin of Species for free.

I’ll leave you with this picture from Tree Lobsters which expresses the awesomeness of Darwin and his theory:

February 13, 2011 - Posted by James Walker | Science | darwin, evolution, rational, rational thinking, Science, scientific