Charles Darwin Blog

On the day of Charles Darwin's birthday we were assigned to write a blog entry on him. Although it is Charles Darwin's birthday it is also Abraham Lincoln's. When reading an article on Charles Darwin and his birthday I cam across a part that states

"Moreover, while many of his contemporaries approved of slavery, Darwin did not. He came from a family of ardent abolitionists, and he was revolted by what he saw in slave countries:"

That made me think of Lincoln since Lincoln did free the slaves. Although he did sway his viewpoint time to time during his speeches in the end, he did free the slaves. I thought that was very interesting how by reading that I was able to connect Lincoln to Darwin.
My personal opinion on Charles Darwin is that he was a very creative man and his theories have influenced our society very much.

"He practiced a kind of ideal, dream-like science. He examined the minutiae of nature — shells of barnacles, pistils of flowers — but worked on grand themes. He corresponded with lofty men of learning, but also with farmers and pigeon breeders."

I think the responsibility we have as to understanding sciences is to be opening to all scientific possibilities. There are many reasons why things are the way they are and I think that in order to understand them you have to be open minded and hear all cases.
I think science should play into our everyday lives everyday. Reason being is because science is all around us and it makes up everything in this world. Also, by creatively thinking and using science it may answer questions we have in our everday life such as "why is the sky blue?"
I think science should influence our decision everyday by us using our logical thinking.