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Now we know why Ron Weasley didn't like Astronomy
hos's world is turned upside down at Kitt Peak - extra bonus points for clicking through and figuring out the second photo...
A commenter there reminds of the classic: Pigwidgeon or Hedwig?
David Ng from The World's Fair has made this wonderful video on public speaking. Or shall we say the funnier side of public speaking? I really enjoyed it!
I'd say Dave's video ranks right up there with one of my other favories, the classic: "Chicken chicken chicken"
"Humans encourage the selection of some varieties, and deselects others...," the man says. Talk to me about selection in humans. Have we domesticated our own species? Btw, f*ck James Watson.
Bravo! As is said there, evolution is a historical fact, just as gravity is a fact. The theory of evolution is analagous to the theory of gravity. (Or should I say, theories. Both Newton's and Einstein's are regularly used..)
Like the theory of gravity, it explains and predicts the actions of the effect it describes. But even if Darwin's theory of evoluton were to be utterly demolished tomorrow, we'd still need some theory of evolution to replace it. Just as physicists, aware of fundamental flaws in both Newton's and Einstein's theories, are looking for a still-better one.
(Yes, I know that modern evolutionary theory different from Darwin's formulation in several important ways, but I think it's still fundamentally his.)