The Rhetoric of Charles Darwin

Dr. John Angus Campbell explores how Charles Darwin used his rhetoric skills to persuade others of the creative power of natural selection. The logic and structure of Darwin's Origin of Species is analyzed in this fascinating interview. Presented as part of the Focus on Origins series from UC Santa Barbara. Series: Focus on Origins [1/2003] [Humanities] [Show ID: 7007]

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Education

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• Charles
• Darwin
• natural
• selection
• evolution
• rhetoric

[IDtaksovr]

I like this interview because Campbell, having no particular religious angle to advance, exposes the strong metaphisical and pseudo-religious underpinning of Darwinian theory. He demonstrates that far from being objective science consistent with evidence, Darwinism is rooted in the pressuppositions of a by gone Victorian culture. This kind of well argued position puts the fear of God into the Darwinian devotees.

[mscolombos]

he control his tonuge alright pardon you

[jiboou]

I lost u at blah blah blah..

[sydtocreation]

This guy is amazing. his ignorance is blissful, his lack of understanding progress is profound.

[gregrutz]

@IDtaksovr fear of God into the Darwinian devotees.

LOL

Because of some crap from a communication teacher?

[gregrutz]

@DonswatchingtheTube YEA, and Charly Darwin bull shitted people into 'believing' in evolution.

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''DNA only....'' proves>

Endogenous Retroviruses (ERVs) are lingering remnants of failed viral infection, which occurred in an ancestor's sex cell and got propagated in its offspring. The viral insertion site is completely random and finding one in the same location in two individuals indicates they each had that same ancestor. Humans and chimps have 98,000 ERV in the exact same location

[DonswatchingtheTube]

@gregrutz Try jumping out of a window on the top floor of a building and see if Newton's laws on gravity has been disproved. :) It works in the Earth's atmosphere. No one is saying it applies in every situation. Mendel laws on hereditary are still acknowledged today. DNA only makes it more likely that Darwin's was incorrect about his theory. Explain its origins. Pasteur showed that life comes from life, if you know of any exception to this let me know. Otherwise you're only exercising faith.

[gregrutz]

@DonswatchingtheTube You have never studied science have you? Newon on Gravity>> Einstein proved he was wrong. Mendel on genetics, He didn't even know about DNA. Pasteur proved spontaneous generation was not possible, that has nothing to do with Abiogenesis.

Darwin answered the question of ''Origin of Species' by means of ''Natural Selection''.

He was wrong about 'gradualism' because he did not know about the 6 major mass extinctions that happened on the earth, the last one 65 million y/a

[DonswatchingtheTube]

@gregrutz What are you talking about? A true scientific statement would not be out of date. Newton on gravity, Mendel on genetics, Pasteur on pasteurisation refuting Abiogenesis. The reason Darwin's theory is being questioned is because it fails to answer the true test of real scientific enquiry. I'm up with the science, its you that need to keep up.

[gregrutz]

@DonswatchingtheTube There are over 250,000 peer-reviewed scientific studies on evolution, with full support from every related life science, including genetics. There has not been a single falsification to refute evolution in 150 years of relentless scrutiny!

It is the backbone of Biology, accepted by all scientists.

[gregrutz]

@DonswatchingtheTube Guess what , DARWIN IS DEAD ! His ideas are 150 Years out of date, of course scientist question what he said, that is what scientists do. Try and keep up with science.