Darwiniana V

Darwiniana V

Here, we finish the last of the riddles - the third. Why did Darwin choose to delay the publication of his great book? Gould explores the reasons for Darwin's delay. Then he wraps up the lecture by providing a final answer for why people find it difficult to accept Darwinian Evolution. If you've seen the original speech, you may notice that I've altered the ending here. The reason for this is that Gould essentially says the same thing in another video. I simply used an excerpt that other video so because he says what he needs to say more gracefully in that video. This final edition of Darwiniana will also serve as a tribute to this great teacher. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for watching!

Darwin's Revolution in Thought

This is a lecture made by Stephen Jay Gould at Wittenburg University. I simply took his voice and added pictures and video. I do not own ANY of it!

The lecture was derived from Part I of Gould's book, "Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History." Part 1 of the book is called "Darwiniana" and is composed of four chapters: Ch 1 "Darwin's Delay," Ch 2 "Darwin's Sea Charge, or Five Years at the Captain's Table," Ch 3 "Darwin's Dilemma: The Odyssey of Evolution," and Ch 4 "Darwin's Untimely Burial."

I've split the video into a few parts, each a little under ten minutes. After watching them, I hope you see how Gould incorporated each chapter of Darwiniana into the lecture. They revolve around Darwin and the birth of what Gould calls one of the greatest half-dozen scientific ideas of all time. He tackles fundamental questions and asks them in the form of riddles. The lecture was titled "Darwin's Revolution in Thought," because Darwin's ideas were radical and difficult for people to digest.

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[sqnyster84]

Thanks for the series.

I recognize the clip you towards the end of this part, with Stephen taking about the wasp. It was a hour or so long program about Gould. It could be found on YouTube some years ago, but now that channel is closed.

Do you have tho whole program? If so, can you PLEASE upload it in it's entirety?

please :)

[CosmosFan1]

@sqnyster84 I didn't know the originals were removed. And now that I think about it, I can't even find them anywhere else online. This is troubling news. Perhaps if I can find them on my old computer, I will upload them. But I am doubtful I still have them....

[Hapsmash]

Just like the other ones tbh. You needa get some moar views. They won't matter if no one watches them... Promotion mang...

[CosmosFan1]

I can't control what the man says. I'm only editing picture and video. I don't understand the essence of your criticism. Are you saying I should have made it differently? How?

[amaxamon]

Gould tended to talk too fast & roll everything together in one long breath, but once you've picked it apart, his arguments are beautifully well thought out & illuminating.

[TheTribster]

Cosmos, great post - thanks. He is fantastic writer, speaker and thinker. I read "Ever Since Darwin", awesome.

[ebbixx]

I'm not Hapsmash, but I think he was just saying that your videos *deserve* much more attention. But I think that depends in part on how important it is to you that more people see these videos.  As a big Stephen Jay Gould fan I must say I was surprised (pleasantly) to find this one.

There's probably some loss of attention when the statement made is not obviously contentious the way so many videos are in the creationists v. rationalists "debates."

[Politicimo]

To add, I too have had thoughts about making youtube videos in regards to evolution - just haven't had the time to do so. I'll probably make a new account sometime over this summer and start pumping out science videos. In regards to reading Gould, I'm trying to do it in chronological order, so whereas I started with "Ever Since Darwin," I'm continuing on with the Panda's thumb.

[CosmosFan1]

Actually, I've made a commitment to read them all starting at the beginning of this year. I finished Ever Since Darwin a while ago. I've done Rocks of Ages, Full House, and Questioning the Millennium and am currently reading The Mismeasure of Man, for which I am taking notes in case I ever want to make a YouTube series on it.

Anyway, these are all one lecture titled "Darwin's Revolution in Thought." I found it on Google Video.