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Gene Editing Technique

November 12, 2018 Jose Alarcon Cascales 2 Comments

From Marcy Darnovsky’s article, I will talk about the idea of genes and babies. On the one hand, it is…

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Gene Editing is the Spell Check of the Animal Kingdom

Alex Judge 2 Comments

One example from the readings about CRISPR technology that is both exhilarating and frightening is the research discussed in Specter’s…

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Do we really live as a completely natural species right now?

Nick Leach 2 Comments

In the “Pro and Con” article by Harris and Darnovsky, they both discuss the idea of embryo modification being unnatural.…

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You Say You Want a Revolution

William Green 2 Comments

“But gene editing, which would result in sterile mosquitoes, could help save the birds without destroying their surroundings. “Using genetics…

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Something About CRISPR, Gene Drive, and What Makes Us Human

Ty Gentry 1 Comment

The combination of gene drive and CRISPR, as described in “DNA Revolution”, is a technology that I find both exhilarating…

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CRISPR, the New Eugenics?

Emily OBrien 2 Comments

CRISPR has the potential to be beneficial, but has aspects that can be frightening. Animal organs have been discussed as…

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Out of the God Awful Movie The 6th Day

Cody Coffin 1 Comment

To be able to change the genetic process of disease would not only save lives, but could possibly save billions…

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Human Photoshop

Rachel Bragg 3 Comments

Though it’s probably the most obvious answer to this question I honestly think that the prospect of human gene editing…

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With Great CRISPR Power Comes Great Responsibility

Logan Vining 1 Comment

The example presented by Michael Specter regarding the modification of mosquitoes to eliminate the transmission of malaria, yellow fever, dengue…

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From Genetic Traits to Cosmetic Traits

Ben Schwartz 2 Comments

One of the most intriguing examples of gene editing is its power to “enhance” physical and cosmetic characteristics in humans.…

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Anthropic Park

Amanda Larson 4 Comments

One aspect of genetic engineering that is both exhilarating and frightening was brought up by Michael Specter in National Geographic.…

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How Intimidating is CRISPR Technology?

Cameron Durfee 1 Comment

The argument for and against gene editing through the CRISPR technology has created a lot of controversy within the last…

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Mr. CRISPR

Fritz Arnold 1 Comment

The whole CRISPR technology thing is pretty new to me and it is very intriguing. The whole concept of altering…

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A Recipe for the Perfect Human

Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

The very thought of modifying one’s traits and genome was unheard of 50 years ago. With the development of CRISPR…

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Does the Benefit Outweigh the Risk-CRISPR

David Todd Leave a comment

Gene editing with CRISPR to develop organs with pigs for human use sounds very exciting. Personally, I wouldn’t have a…

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Too preoccupied with could we, didn’t stop and ask should we

Diana Lester 1 Comment

“Gene drives have the power to override the traditional rules of inheritance (Specter, p. 2).” Man, that packs a lot…

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Gene Editing

Nicole Eifert Leave a comment

I think gene editing has enormous potential, especially when it comes to altering DNA so that certain insects like mosquitoes…

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Now that’s some CRISP technology!

Chris Tompkins 1 Comment

The most exhilarating and frightening passages I read from the three articles was a sentence that caught my eye in…

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Oh, just another techno-fix

Alexia Gonzales Leave a comment

CRISPR technology is undoubtedly a huge success for the field of biology, but a deservingly questionable technology as well. In…

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The Door is Open

Chance Ronning Leave a comment

One example I saw that was quite exciting was the fact that you could engineer a mosquito whose offspring would…

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CRISPR: The Controversy of the Future

Hunter Strobel Leave a comment

Perhaps the most divisive issue associated with the advent of CRISPR technology is the potential for human gene customization. More…

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Anachronistic Arrogance

Mary Hill Young Leave a comment

HST 207 – History of Science and Technology Mary Hill Young 11/12/18     Anachronistic Arrogance   Though I understand…

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Gene Modification: A brave new world

Cole Satrom Leave a comment

One of the most interesting are of CRISPR technology is embryo modification. This is the ability to modify human embryos…

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CRISPR Technology: Moral Dilemma or Groundbreaking Invention?

Jason Pichette Leave a comment

Progressing faster and faster each day, CRISPR technology presents many new outcomes for future societies. One example from the reading…

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Frozen Fixes

Mia Thomas 1 Comment

CRISPR technology is a scientific invention that has the power to change our current realities of illness and disease. We…

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Some Crispy Thoughts

J. Beckett Sweeney 1 Comment

The example that stood out to me most was regarding mosquitoes in Specter’s National Geographic article. The fact that we…

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Protected: Buckle your seat belt robin :)

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I’ll Take One CRISPR Edit, With a Side Of Concern

Natalie Carlson 1 Comment

Like humans, various animal can have diseases that will significantly impact the population. In the case of the Black-Footed Ferret,…

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CRISPR crazy

Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

CRISPR, a power in the hands of humans making scientists able to alter, delete and rearrange the DNA of nearly…

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Farming Organs

Jacob Lunsford Leave a comment

One of the many examples of the fact that much of the CRISPR technology is both exhilarating yet terrifying, is…

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Hacking Humanity

Kendra Fischer 1 Comment

It isn’t the only the unknown consequences that startle us the most about advancements such as CRISPR, but also the…

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CRISPER Technologies

Connor Ludwig Leave a comment

CRISPER technology is very amazing technology. It allows for scientists to quickly modify the DNA of almost any living organism…

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Week 12

Ryan Smart 1 Comment

The most exhilarating example that I read from the text was in the article from National Geographic by Specter and…

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CRISPR: A Scientific Frontier

Nathan Rubino 2 Comments

Though aspects of biology have been studied for millennia, a promising new technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 has emerged within the…

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How to Edit a Greater Good

Patrick Phattharaampornchai Leave a comment

CRISPR technology allows scientists the power to correct and delete genes in order to cure disease, fight pests, save extinct…

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Death of the Wolf, Birth of the Dog

Jay Harrison Leave a comment

Michael Specter’s paper, How the DNA Revolution is Changing Us, talks about the possibility of changing the genome of living…

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Brand new CRISP genes

Alex Sutherland Leave a comment

One of the most interesting possible uses for CRISPR in my opinion is using it to make mosquitoes no longer…

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I Wish the Right Decision was Clearer, CRISPR

Conor Bianchi Leave a comment

The introduction of CRISPR into the scientific repertoire of technological fixes, brings with it various pros and cons. For example,…

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The Stuff of Nightmares

Nick Lemon 1 Comment

I found the example of the Puerto Rican mosquitoes most interesting. The thought of releasing a herd of genetically altered…

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Ol’ Pandora’s Box

Tyler Trudnowski Leave a comment

The CRISPR technology has come under question over the past thirty years or so. There are many different stances for…

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Pig Guts and Perfect Babies

Madalyn Alderman 1 Comment

I wanna talk about organs. Gene editing has an insanely fantastic potential in medicine but the purifying of organs from…

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CRISPR

Conner Cross Leave a comment

One example of a possible advancement in science using CRISPR technology is the ability to modify the genome of animals…

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Gene Editing: Is it Actually a Good Thing?

Ayla Johnsen Leave a comment

In Michael Specter’s paper “How the DNA Revolution is Changing Us”  he talks about Phelan’s work on Black Footed Ferrets.…

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Should Humans Play God?

Sophie Black 1 Comment

In Specter’s article regarding CRISPR technology, both the positive and negative consequences are discussed intensely. The most promising positive consequence…

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These Stylish New Genes

Steve Quinn Leave a comment

CRISPR can edit genes, delete or replace parts of DNA, and has the power to even treat illnesses once thought…

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The Genetic Code

Sage McCleary Leave a comment

One of the examples in Specters article talks about about gene drives and the power to edit the genetic code.…

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Control, Alt(er), Delete

Colleen May Leave a comment

In the Specter article, the author talks about the exciting aspects of CRISPR technology. Using this technology, scientists can permanently…

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Genes, they got two legs and lots of bad holes.

Evan Scaraglino 1 Comment

Editing genes is fascinating with all that can be achieved by a successful edit and this both exhilarating and terrifying.…

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The (not so) Golden Age of Golden Rice

John Jones Leave a comment

The story I found most enticing was that of the golden rice. The text states that approximately 500,000 children living…

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Genie in a bottle

Dan OMorrow Leave a comment

The black-footed ferret is a very interesting situation that I find very interesting. Using CRISPR technology to diversify the gene…

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And now who said you could play God?

Chisum Green 1 Comment

In Specter’s writings he talks about the Black-footed ferret and how they are struggling in existence being so close to…

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Is Gene Editing immoral?

Will Werner 1 Comment

As I was reading through the National Geographic articles that detail CRISPR technology I found many things that were interesting. …

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Advancement of Human Health

Kaylor Althoff Leave a comment

The future for eliminating biological illnesses and helping reduce the growing problem of instinct animals is here and it’s called…

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I would like a CRISPR image of the possible negative outcomes.

Roman Oliman Leave a comment

The one example that frightens me the most is in Michael Specter’s article How The DNA Revolution is Changing Us.…

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Bryce Dawkins Week 12

Bryce Dawkins 1 Comment

Bryce Dawkins Paragraph 1: Wow can we talk about CRISPR for a second. This stuff sounds absolutely amazing, like I…

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Designer Babies

Kilian Swirtz 1 Leave a comment

CRISPR technology is an unprecedented and fascinating technology that has the possibility to redesign the future through gene editing. Although…

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To just be, or not to just be?

Hilary Rosa Leave a comment

Genetic engineers can now use CRISPR technology to edit human embryos with the intent of eliminating genetic diseases, such as…

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Change Humans Forever?

Matt Muir Leave a comment

Both articles discuss how CRISPR technology is exciting and frightening, whether it is used to eliminate parasites carried through mosquitoes…

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Humankind: An Art Form

John Stoppler Leave a comment

On the paper by Harris, “Pro: Research on Gene Editing in Humans Must Continue”, one of the arguments he brings…

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Genetic recoding: a future of perfection or pain?

Audrey Scott Leave a comment

John Harris suggests that with the advent of genetic recoding,CRISPR, technology we will be able to erradicate diseases that negatively…

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GMK Genetically Modified Kids

Spencer Felice Leave a comment

From John Harris and Marcy Darnovsky, “Pro and Con” We could be able to engineer children with immunity to certain…

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Bedazzled Genes: Yes or No?

Cassie Andrews Leave a comment

Using CRISPR technologies to eradicate disease from disease-spreading mosquitoes could prevent millions of deaths due to dungue fever, Zika, and…

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Easy Bake Babies?

Blaze Wiseman Leave a comment

Being someone who is mostly for gene editing on humans, I really liked John Harris’ essay on the subject. I…

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Humans or Gods?

Ellis Knoll Leave a comment

In the pro segment of “Pro and Con: Should Gene Editing Be Performed on Human Embryos?” by John Harris, he…

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One Big Bummer

Garrett Hartley Leave a comment

This week’s readings entertain many of the highly controversial debates surrounding the topic of gene editing and if it should…

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Social Development

Heather Schaffnit Leave a comment

Gould provided an extremely interesting discussion on the genetic progression of humanity, and how it’s development goes far beyond the…

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The human cost of gene editing

Daniel Alexander Leave a comment

I think that the 2016 National Geographic article titled “Pro and Con: Should Gene Editing Be Performed on Human Embryos?”…

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The Moral Questions of CRISPR

Audrey Schied Leave a comment

The ability to edit human genes in order to prevent people from being born with debilitating diseases is certainly an…

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Love me the way I am

Alexis Thull Leave a comment

CRISPR Technology is very exciting in many ways. By being able to stoping the spread of deadly viruses early on…

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Some Spooky Stuff

November 11, 2018 Mckinley Paine 1 Comment

The idea that CRISPR technology can change the world is fantastic and it is indeed exhilarating. The one aspect that…

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Custom Tailored Babies

Patrick Wolff Leave a comment

With this CRISPR technology, the ability to solve many genetic defects in the world is within our grasp. The question…

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Natural Selection: Will it Ever be Proved?

November 7, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 3 Comments

Charles Darwin’s argument of natural selection, although can’t be completely proved, has many great points that can be proof that…

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week 11

Ryan Smart Leave a comment

Darwin argues that “all life on earth is connected and related to each other” and also that “modifications of populations…

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Darwin Slumwins

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Darwin argued that through natural selection, there is proof of evolution. Darwin pointed out the appearance of the natural selection…

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a thing about evolution or something… idk

John Hanley Leave a comment

Darwin, in his explanation for his theory, discussed a number of characteristics of life and reproduction that were all but…

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Will the study of natural history become!

Alexia Gonzales Leave a comment

Darwin follows the consilience of induction when explaining his theory. His main argument is that it is the quantity and…

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Evolutionary Origins

Cole Satrom Leave a comment

Darwin suffered from the same fate that many scientist of his era experienced. He presented a new theory to science…

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Darwin

Cameron Graves Leave a comment

Although Darwin often noted in this chapter that most scientists during his time disagreed with his theory of evolution through natural selection he…

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Don’t Worry Darwin, We Believe You Now

Erica Dobrowski Leave a comment

Darwin argues that he is unable to prove natural selection because of the imperfections of geology and past epochs. His…

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Darwin’s Arsenal of Evidence and Theories

November 6, 2018 Logan Bonney Leave a comment

In his last chapter Darwin had many different pieces of evidence to support his claim. He pointed out that fossils…

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Adapt, Improvise, Overcome

Carly Zell Leave a comment

Darwin uses many different examples to argue in favor of evolution through natural selection. While he admits that there are…

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Darrwin.

Colby Darr Leave a comment

Darwin was the leading mind of his time and the father of modern evolutionary theory. But for someone to make…

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Darwinism

Ben Wallace 1 Comment

One of the first arguments given by Darwin, he talks about how different females of sterility crossed species and then…

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Can Deism and Darwin agree?

Roman Oliman Leave a comment

I will not lie and tell you that I completely understood this week’s reading. I first learned to read in…

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Darweek

November 5, 2018 Sydney Jones Leave a comment

Darwin argues that natural selection is correct in a variety of ways, even though he couldn’t definitely prove it. He…

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Variety is the spice of life

Audrey Scott 4 Comments

Darwin starts off his argument by beginning with the idea of change over time, and the irrefutable geological evidence. He…

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Darwin’s Defense of Evolution

Jason Pichette 2 Comments

Ahead of his time and pushing an unpopular theory, Charles Darwin argues for the theory of evolution in The Origin…

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Darwinistic Approach

Rachel Bragg 2 Comments

Darwin goes over a couple different arguments in the last paragraph of the theory of evolution, the biggest and more…

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Something Witty About Darwin That I’m Too Tired To Come Up With

Hunter Strobel 4 Comments

Initially Darwin outlined the inevitable challenges to his theory, and did so with an open mind, always freely admitting that…

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Adapt or Die

Mandy Hawkins 7 Comments

Darwin uses several examples in his argument of evolution through natural selection. Some of his arguments, which he lists on…

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Darwin Thinking on the Better Side of things

Cody Coffin 3 Comments

Darwin explains the idea of there being multiple varieties of species and how each variety weeded out each other variety.…

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Migration Made Me Do It

Amanda Larson 2 Comments

Darwin brings up many arguments for evolution. One of the major ones is found in the bodies of humans and…

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Creation & Variation: Mutually Exclusive?

Hilary Rosa 3 Comments

Darwin observed many phenomena that culminated in his theory of evolution. Among these phenomena were commonalities in the growth and…

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An Entangled Bank of Life

Ty Gentry 2 Comments

Darwin argues his theory through several means. He addresses the geographical distribution of species, the lack of “intermediate varieties”, the…

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Beating the Naysayers to the Punch

Morgan Johnson 1 Comment

In the last chapter of his major work, Darwin brought up a few arguments or defenses of his new theory…

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Natural Selection

Peyton McElroy 1 Comment

There are a couple of important points Darwin makes when considering his own argument of evolution through natural selection. Things…

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From The Ocean To The Trees: A Journey

Emily OBrien 2 Comments

In Darwin’s last chapter “Recapitulation and Conclusion”, he poses several arguments to convince his readers of the role of evolution…

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It’s evolutionary my dear Watson

Kendra Fischer 2 Comments

Darwin states that his theory had gaps but nonetheless the argument still is solid and heavily based in evidence  (Darwin,…

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Revolutionary Theory

Ben Schwartz 2 Comments

In the beginning, Darwin’s theory was never bulletproof. He lacked perhaps the most important factor of evolution, a model for…

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Darwin’s Pushback

Ellie Polk Leave a comment

In Darwin’s Recapitulation and conclusion, he points to phenomena in nature that can simply not be explained by any theory…

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Evolution Confusion

Catherine Vejvoda 2 Comments

Before Darwin could convince his readers of evolution through natural selection, he had to acknowledge the reasons that people did…

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Darwin-er Winner, Chicken Dinner.

Natalie Carlson 2 Comments

Darwin’s final arguments, meant to summarize his view and convince his readers, began with a few statements that he thinks…

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Missing Links

Diana Lester Leave a comment

Darwin argued that natural selection was the process for how evolution works. The only issue that he had was that…

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For Just $18.59, You Can Evolve To

Dexter Jarrett 1 Comment

One argument Charles Darwin made for evolution through natural selection was how geology has changed over the many years of…

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Natural Selection: It’s Happening Now

Heather Schaffnit Leave a comment

Darwin used the example of agriculture, saying that the animals we captured and domesticated over several centuries experienced an exposure…

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All living things have connection

Linnea Fristam 1 Comment

“Natura no facit saltum”, in English; natural selection. This is the theory that Darwin couldn’t definitely prove was the answer…

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Darwin’s Evolution

Madelyn Hillis 1 Comment

Darwin’s theory of evolution is one that most people, especially in scientific fields, believe to hold the most validity and…

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Protected: Did Dar-win?

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Darwin post

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In this last chapter, Charles Darwin mentions some reasons why he considers the natural selection as something available to understand…

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Natural Selection

Hali Kapperud Leave a comment

In Darwin’s last chapter “Recap and Conclusion,” he argues that the principles behind his theory of evolution – that variation…

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Confused, but Convinced

J. Beckett Sweeney 2 Comments

Darwin’s first point is about sterility. Crossing two species can often create an offspring, but that offspring will more than…

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Dar-Winning Evolution

Marika Feduschak 1 Comment

Darwin begins his argument by pointing out that although the geologic record may seem to be provincially lacking evidence to…

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Dawin and the theory of Slow Cooking.

William Green Leave a comment

Though Darwin lays out a number of explanations, he is the first to point out there are many gaps in…

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Evolution!

Sophie Black Leave a comment

Two arguments that Darwin imposed to try and persuade people to believe his theory of evolution were the ideas regarding…

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How Animals DarWin Natural Resources

Jacob Lunsford 1 Comment

Although Darwin could not definitively prove his theory of evolution through natural selection, you could described it as an argument…

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To be related, or not to be related.

Nick Leach 1 Comment

Darwin used a few different arguments to back up his idea of evolution through natural selection. One of the pieces…

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From Beagles to Barnacles: Darwin’s Theory of Descent With Modification

Logan Vining 1 Comment

Charles Darwin attempts to prove his arguments on descent with modification using inductive reasoning, meaning that based on his observations…

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Dar Wins

Sean Jungst 1 Comment

Darwin points out that with the changing environments, domesticated animals have varied, and that this same variance can be found…

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Evolution

Bryce Whited 1 Comment

Darwin believed that species evolved through the process of natural selection. Though he couldn’t prove this directly, he still defended his…

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Survival of the Fittest

Connor Ludwig 1 Comment

It is true that Darwin cannot completely prove evolution to be 100% true, but he does make many very good…

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Natural Selection at its Finest

Seamus Andersen Leave a comment

Darwin was a very smart person and when he said that evolution was caused in part through natural selection I…

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The Great Unknown: The Cycle of Life, Edgy Teenage Ideas, and How Death can Save the Human Race.

Jonathan Coldiron Leave a comment

Michael Specter offers a well thought out and seemingly modern question to ask those who read his article, is the…

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Natural Selection… Talk About Being Picky!

Colleen May 1 Comment

In Darwin’s “Recap and Conclusion” chapter, he employs several arguments in order to persuade the world of his theory of…

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Kalon et Agathon: Scientific Theory in the Face of Reality

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HST 207 – Science and Technology in World History Mary Hill Young 11/5/18   Kalon et Agathon     Darwin’s…

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Evolution Evolved

John Jones Leave a comment

Charles Darwin presents a number of relatively solid arguments to attempt to provide evidence for his theories of natural selection…

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Follow the Clues

Mia Thomas Leave a comment

One of Darwin’s arguments to convince his readers of his theory was to appeal to some of their previous ideas…

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For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction

Chisum Green Leave a comment

Though there wasn’t the direct proof linking evolution and natural selection Darwin uses the process of observing surroundings and finding…

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Slow and Steady

Chance Ronning Leave a comment

One of Darwin’s major points is that a non-sterile offspring cannot be produced by anything other than two parents of…

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Does everything Evolve?

Will Werner Leave a comment

Charles Darwin believed that the most likely cause of evolution throughout the course of history was natural selection.  He was…

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It’s Charles Darwin. Enough Said.

Madalyn Alderman Leave a comment

Personally, I love Darwin. He is absolutely freaking the coolest. The point of science from my understanding is never really…

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Not to be too forward, but you should probably be convinced of evolution at this point

Noah Hense 1 Comment

While all of his arguments in the last chapter of his book are convincing, the ones that I think are…

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Entangled Bank

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Variations arise from the variables in which they are positioned. That’s what life comes down to. Darwin knew the world is…

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Natural Born Selection

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1.Darwin had many arguments about natural selection. Some very convincing, others not so much. His studies that he made were…

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Darwin’s Descent with Modification

Audrey Schied 1 Comment

One of the arguments Darwin uses to convince his readers of natural selection is the similarities of species in separate…

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Vote For Darwin

Patrick Phattharaampornchai 1 Comment

Charles Darwin believed that all animals have descended from at most four or five common ancestors (Darwin p. 503).  Science…

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The Theory of Change and Mutation is Quiet Adaptable

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I personally find it difficult to grasp the whole concept of evolution for similar reasons that Darwin covered, for example, there are several…

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“I Like Turtles”

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Darwin argues for evolution over arbitrary creation from a higher being by stating that all living organisms on Earth, including…

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Quit “Monkey”ing Around and Get to the Point

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Darwin gives a lot of evidence towards his evolutionary theory in his conclusion. One thing that stood out to me…

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Our Ideas Are Always Evolving

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  The most difficult aspect of proving the Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection is that all species are still…

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The Revolution of Evolution

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To help convince readers of his theory of natural selection, Darwin used a multitude of arguments. He began by addressing…

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Dawin on a Mission

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Darwin used a few examples in his writings such as animals changing to their environment, physical characteristics, and even losing…

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Creation from Variation

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Darwin believed that all species originated with one species. He says that natural selection exists largely based on the belief…

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Darwin

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Darwin argued that evolution must be correct by stating that we must have all had a common ancestor somewhere along…

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Evolve or Go Instinct

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Darwin definitely had many ideas on how to convince the readers about how evolution through natural selection was the correct…

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Darwin and Natural Selection

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In Darwin’s “Recap and Conclusion” chapter, Darwin recaps the main points of his publication, mainly his arguments for natural selection.…

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Natural selection theory is one of Darwin’s prime arguments, in that a species will accumulate traits with each passing generation…

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On “On the Origin of Species”

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Throughout history, there have been a number of scientists that have generated ground-breaking–but at the same time, very polarizing ideas…

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The Struggle of Convincing People Evolution Exists

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This chapter we read from Darwin came as the final concluding chapter of his work The Origin of Species. In…

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All Natural

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In Darwin’s last chapter in the Origin of Species, he summarizes his arguments about why we should believe in evolution…

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early bird gets the worm

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Darwin had many arguments on why his theory was correct, but gaps were also present. A few of the principles…

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Natural Selection 101

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Darwin argued that through natural selection the process of evolution took place. He did this through the evidence that since…

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