Nick Beck Darwin Revelation

Nickolaus Beck
Sunday, December 14, 2008
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Darwin Revelation

Sometimes people will refer to the good old days, as if to try and remember how things were in the past. They are referring to a time when technology was not as advanced as today. Not too long ago, gas, groceries, and taxes were less expensive than they are now. The process of evolution has caused us to live in a technological world. The minimum wage standard is going up, however, so is the cost of living. People must be able to find ways of transitioning into the new day and age. My revelation is that the human race may be evolving with the new technological age. The article by Nicholas Carr talks about how humans have evolved to the point of not being able to read more than a few pages at a time without being bored. Everything in today’s society is becoming quicker and easier. The general public has forgotten about how things were in the old days, because they have become used to life’s comforts.
Darwin named his discoveries about the process of evolution, natural selection. These discoveries allowed him to conclude that in certain areas of the world, only the animals with the most adapted characteristics would survive. Animals of the same species may have different adaptations because of their natural evolution. “Natural selection almost inevitably causes much Extinction of the less improved forms of life” (Darwin, Origin Of Species 97). Darwin’s theories state that only the strong can survive, which seems absolutely true in nature.
Scientists believe that humans may start to evolve, just as animals have all across the world. Some scientists believe that humans may evolve to a race that has Synesthesia. This is a neurologically based disorder that alters a persons perception of life. There are many different cases which patients can percieve letters or numbers as colors, or even hearing sounds in response to visual motion.

This video relates to revelation of evolution and what humans may be able to percieve in the future. This digital world is constantly becoming more advanced, so it’s possible that the human genetics need improving as well.





Works Cited

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjIbpiDlo1k

Appleman, Philip, ed. Darwin. 3rd ed. New York: W.W.Norton, 2001. P97 Origin of Species
Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic. 2007. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

Readings Connection gender science and Modernity nick beck

During our Scientific Revolution classes we have talked about the woman's role in the scientific revolution. It seems that all of the recorded history has been mainly in favor of men. I believe that although most of the discoveries were made by men, it can't be possible that all of these breakthroughs were purely male. Somewhere in time, there must have been a woman who gave advise to a great philosopher or artist. Many things is history don't give enough credit to females.
The article gender science and modernity gives the reader a little insight to how things were going in England during the seventeenth century. This article tells about how society viewed women. Women were thought of as property instead of people, very different from our society today. The article talks about how women were supposed to keep up on chores around the house, while the mans job was to work and make money for the family. The woman was supposed to care for children and make sure everything is clean and tidy.

After thinking about this, it's not hard to figure out why women were not recorded in history. It's very possible that the first person to write about medicine, learned it from a woman, and recorded it as his own. Always something to think about.
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Watts, Ruth. "Gender, science and modernity in seventeenth-century England." Paedagogica Historica. 2005. 41, 1, 79-93. ISSN: 0030-9230.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XBJbnOrQg

Readings Connection Clock Work

Our world today could not function, if for some reason our clocks stopped working. People rely on clocks to get where they have to go on time, as well as to plan events for the future. Giovanni DaDondi is credited with writing the first detailed record of clockwork in 1364. Practical inventions of the clock back then consisted of a striker and a bell, which toned every hour. Later models also had dials which not only showed hours of the day but also, phases of the moon, passages of the planets, even the calender of saints and religious festivals (Davies 434). As with new ideas that come out today, when the invention of the clock and watch were introduced, new models were quickly created.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UKlVaGwJ78&feature=related

The 24 hour day locked everyone into a schedule. It allowed common people to know the difference between summer and winter time changes. It showed people a fixed daily routine, which is still very much present today. Watchmakers began trying to create their timepieces, as small as they could. Later on, in 1657 the pendulum was created, which increased accuracy of the clock. Watchmakers and clockmakers developed their skills and started perfecting their work. Artisans in the Black Forest began designing intricate cuckoo clocks, while France led the world in ornamental clocks. In 1955, the Atomic clock was invented which is accurate to one second over a 3,000 year period. This is the most accurate clock which has ever been invented to date. This atomic clock is also the standard time which is used by governments throughout the world. Ever since the 24 clock has been used, time has been a key part of peoples lives. People rely on timing to be able to get things done one time.
Time is always running no matter what anyone else is doing
After reading this passage, I thought of the clockmaking in reference to computer building. When the first computer designs came out, they were larger than our present day televisions, with less memory than a microwave. The first clocks that were invented, simply stuck a bell every hour. After both things were developed, people saw ways of imporvement and took their chances. As the time progresses, both of these ideas develop into something great.
thanks for reading


Davies, Norman. Europe A History. 1996. New York City: HarperCollins, 1998.

Course Readings

Abrams, Nancy and Joel Primack. "Cosmology and 21st-Century Culture." Science. September 7, 2001. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/293/5536/1769

Appleman, Philip, ed. Darwin. 3rd ed. New York: W.W.Norton, 2001.

Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic. 2007. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

Davies, Norman. Europe: A History. New York: HarperPerennial, 1998

Dennis, Rutledge M. “Social Darwinism, Scientific Racism, and the Metaphysics of Race.”
Journal of Negro Education. Summer 1995. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3626/is_199507/ai_n8730395

Gombrich, E.H. The Story of Art. New York: Phaidon Press, 2007

Kalb, Claudia. “In Our Blood.” Newsweek. February 6, 2006. http://www.newsweek.com/id/57201/

Linden, David J. The Accidental Mind. Cambridge, MA: Belknap, 2007.

Matthews, Michael R., ed. The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy. Indianapolis: Hackett Pub, 1989

Mason, Michael. "How to Teach Science to the Pope." Discover Magazine. August 18, 2008. http://discovermagazine.com/2008/sep/18-how-to-teach-science-to-the-pope

Ptolemy. "Saving the Appearances" as it appears in Brian Baigrie's Scientific Revolutions: Primary Texts in the History of Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.

Sagan, Carl. "Can We Know The Universe?" originally published in Broca's Brain, 1979. http://www.stephenjaygould.org/ctrl/sagan_science.html

Seed Media Group. Revolutionary Minds. Seed Magazine.com 2008. http://revminds.seedmagazine.com/

Shapin, Steven. The Scientific Revolution. Chicago: The University of Chicago press, 1996.

Watts, Ruth. "Gender, science and modernity in seventeenth-century England." Paedagogica Historica. 2005. 41, 1, 79-93. ISSN: 0030-9230.