Darwinism and Intelligence
Hello Humans! Let's discuss Darwinism. For those of you who can't remember back to 7th grade science, or aren't a biologist, Darwinism is a method of Evolution. And yes, Evolution does exist and is a fact of life, whether you're an atheist or a Christian. It just may not occur to the extent that some scientists put it. Anyways, Darwinism, at its core is "Survival of the Fittest," which means if you survive, you get to reproduce and your genes live on. For example, during the industrial revolution, there were moths on birch trees in England. The moths were mostly white to blend into the bark of the tree, while the black ones were easily eaten by predators. When the smoke from the nearby factory came and covered the trees, making them more black, the white moths were eaten, and the ones that were black were able to blend in with the newly colored trees, survive, and reproduce, making more black moths. This also works in humans, although usually with humans it is called "Social Darwinism," because our Darwinism applies to most things in our society. It's a thing in jobs, where the more qualified ones will get the job, then get pay raises, and then make the company better. So they survive the job, and then the money is their "reproduction,"and they then will make the company better. It applies to how people die too. There is actually an award called the Darwin Award, which is awarded to people who die in stupid ways, making our species better and stronger. I also, recently have noticed that Darwinism also applies to intelligence and smartness. I recently read somewhere that most men are intimidated by women with Ph. D's, which makes women with Ph. D's less likely to make their intelligent genes survive. For me as a scientist, looking at this makes me sad, because I want to get a Ph. D, multiple Ph. D's actually. And it goes against normal Darwinism in animals. In animals, the males will fight to get to choose their mate for that mating season. The males want the most intelligent and good-looking mate possible, so that their genes have a much better chance of surviving. Sadly for humans, we do not follow this animalistic behavior.
As I have become more and more immersed in the scientific world, I have felt my brain changing from thinking in pictures, words, and emotions, to numbers, equations, and laws of science. I have really loved this change and love to look at a tree and see the equation to calculate the pressure difference, or see a light and think 2.998 x 10^8 m/s, or to see a leaf and think of photons and photoreceptors and photosynthesis. Even how I look at people has changed. I now, am not looking at looks, but intelligence and the ability to communicate complex scientific topics. This is because I want to discuss these topics with someone, and so far I have not been very lucky. Even the people I have found in the Science program still think in emotions, words and picture, mostly because most of them are aspiring Medical Doctors, and will not be dealing with actual scientific work very often. I feel like Scientists have to think in numbers, equations, and laws of science to be successful Scientists. This is because they work with things that use them. Things like computers, which think in numbers, or binary code, and mathematical equations and problems. Scientists brains have gone through a Darwinism of their own to adapt to be able to use and comprehend computer programing, math, and weird sub-atomic worlds and universes. I am very grateful for my Scientifically-programmed brain and wouldn't change it one bit. I love being able to analyze everything and look and see beyond what our eye sees into the world of science. Above is a quote from one of my favorite scientists, one who has inspired me, without me knowing it, Stephen Hawking. Hopefully you can read it, if not, maybe you should learn to adapt to change. Stay wild, flower child.