I admire and respect Charles Darwin. The man said so much that is both accepted, quoted, and hated. He was not a showman like PT Barnum, but a scientist and philosopher. His theory on evolution is taught in classrooms today. Even over 100 years later, people talk about him and his work with the same fervor as they did when it was fresh.
Radical concepts that put God out of the context of explaining science. Survival of the fittest, over time, a speices changes to better fit its environment. This is true. The strongest and most fit survive to pass on their strong genes to the benefit of the species. This also is true.
At the website Paul and I created, Darwinized.com, we have a great portrait of Charles Darwin in the banner. It's so profound. The aged man has a harsh, weary, and seemingly disapproving stare. Like he's sick of everyone and everything. He seems to have been just sick of hearing everyones BS, and is saying "whatever, you're all idiots".
Almost all of the Darwinized.com videos are of someone being an idiot and getting hurt.....badly. I say to hell with it, pull all of the warning labels off everything and let the problem take care of itself. Passive eugenics, to quote George Carlin, is the name. Let the people too stupid to survive remove themselves from the gene pool.
Monday, June 05, 2006
evolution
Working on darwinized.com is changing my writing style. I'm not too sure it's a good thing, maybe it is.
I like writing commentary on the video clips, I feel like different person when I do it. Most of the time I'm an in-school suspension teacher (and to tell you the truth, I don't know how the Hell I wound up here). I have to talk a certain way, dress a certain way, behave in a certain way. When I comment on darwinized, I get to be crass, vulgar, and rude. I get to talk about the things I like. I can talk like I talk to my friends.
I guess it's important because I like it. There's something to be said about appealing to the lowest common denominator in us all. Those cheap, low shots are usually the most effective.
I like writing commentary on the video clips, I feel like different person when I do it. Most of the time I'm an in-school suspension teacher (and to tell you the truth, I don't know how the Hell I wound up here). I have to talk a certain way, dress a certain way, behave in a certain way. When I comment on darwinized, I get to be crass, vulgar, and rude. I get to talk about the things I like. I can talk like I talk to my friends.
I guess it's important because I like it. There's something to be said about appealing to the lowest common denominator in us all. Those cheap, low shots are usually the most effective.
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