[Peace-discuss] 150th anniversary of On the Origin of Species

[Brussel Morton K.]

This same conclusion, and others in the interview, can be applied to religions, to technology, to science, etc.. There is the good and the bad, depending on how it is applied (by "sinful" human beings). …. --mkb


On Nov 24, 2009, at 6:57 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> A: What has the theory of evolution done for the practical benefit of humanity? It's helped our understanding of ourselves, yet compared to, say, the discovery of penicillin or the invention of the World Wide Web, I wonder why Darwin occupies this position at the pinnacle of esteem. I can only imagine he has been put there by a vast public relations exercise.