'Argument About Embracing One's Gift'

In the modern world, mankind is surrounding by a plethora of unique animals, plants, and other organism that have a certain natural design all their own. For instance, every organism appears to be best suited in their natural environment, as they are usually able thrive under unique conditions that may not optimal for every organism. Thus, it would appear as though divine intervention was necessary for this perfect design and placement of an organism into their environment. Consequently, this was the ideology for many centuries until Charles Darwin explained how these “illusions” fit into his theory of natural selection. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection stated that the process by which forms of life having traits that better enable them to adapt to specific environmental pressures, such as predators, changes in climate, or competition for food or mates, will tend to survive and reproduce in greater numbers than others of their kind, thus ensuring the perpetuation of those favorable traits in succeeding generations (Cite). Although it is widely accepted that many of human’s physical traits are inherited from their parents, the notion that the mind has evolved and is designed to function is certain ways is still controversial (Cite). With that being said, the majority of theories that illustrate how the mind develops are still being debated. Moreover, the

By “survival of the fittest,” Carnegie means that the most capable people will succeed and prosper, while the others fail. He is promoting the idea of Social Darwinism, the belief that wealth is a measure of one’s inherent value and those who had it were the “most fit.”

Natural selection is the process in which heritable traits that make it more likely for organisms to survive and successfully reproduce become more common in a population over successive generations. Each of us individuals is specifically shaped and formed by our own genetic pattern. We inherit this pattern half from are mother and half from are father. The cause of this is the proximate cause that led it’s phenotype to ultimate causes. Much of we know today about evolution derives from the late great pioneer, Charles Darwin. Charles Darwin was an english naturalist that even from an early age was very interested in outdoor pursuits. Early in his prep career his father tried sending him to the University of Edinburg to pursue his medical

Social and economic problems rose, and there emerged people who tried to solve the existing inequalities. Darwin explained the latter as the survival for the fittest. However, his idea was found

Natural selection involves the adaptation of a species to better survive in their designated environment. When organisms reproduce, they pass down their DNA to their offspring. For example, a child that is tall is the result of their parent being tall as well. Parents pass down traits to their children. When it comes to survival, some organisms are better at it than others based on the traits that they have acquired. Some organisms can camouflage from predators while members of the same species do not obtain that same trait. With that in mind, the ones that can camouflage will most likely survive in certain environments and they will then pass on that trait when they reproduce. Since these traits are advantageous, they are passed on to more and more offspring through time and it will eventually overcome any original traits that species first started out with. It’s kind of like the current state of sexual misconduct in Hollywood. We have our directors, actors, agents, and so forth. However, as time goes on, some do not survive in the business based on their inherently evil traits and they get weeded out just like some species in the wild. As generations pass, these organisms have then adapted to fit the environment and better survive based on their inherited traits.

The descendants of the species have been given changes from their ancestors. This is called natural selection. Natural selection is a type of evolution that animals go through when there is a hardship in their natural habitat. Most animals go through natural selection to survive, they can pass it on to their kin.

In these lands, natural selection is law. These natives trust that, much like how physical attributes have evolved over time, mental abilities have as well. They study how behavior has changed over time to benefit survival. They have argued that humans have evolved mental capabilities for specific adaptations such as forming languages, and being able to determine which mates are healthier or stronger.

Take the evolution of LGBTQA rights for instance. As a more independent and open generation, we are more willing to accept people for who they wish to be. In this way, our generation holds power over how we want to lead our lives. Though our parents may not approve of our incessant need to self-rule, they need to understand that we do so in compliance with an evolutionary change in cultural values. Once we realize that we can achieve success as independents, we are inclined to do anything to get where we aspire to be.

In The Call of the Wild, one theme could be that only the strongest survive, Buck goes through significant changes in his life and has to learn very quickly how to adapt in order to survive. The connection between this theme and natural selection is that if you are not able to adapt or suited for a certain task, you will fail. If Buck had not adapted and learned how to a sled dog, he would have most likely of died. When it says "only the strongest survive" it means that if you are not prepared or are weak, you will die first. In natural selection, when disasters happen or things in the world change, only the strongest, smartest, and quickest to adapt will survive. Bucks life changed very rapidly, but he was able to adapt very quickly to his

In topic 1, the introduction to human uniqueness and social coercion theory, we are introduced to some of the common misinterpretation behind Charles’ Darwin’s theory of evolution, specifically in regards to natural selection and survival of the fittest. One of the biggest contributors to this issue is the lack of exposure to the general public on the overall theory behind these two processes. Instead of a full detailed explanation about natural selection and survival of the fittest, we are just told that it is slow and that to be fit means a level of superiority among competition, respectively. Topic 1 revealed that this is not true, as well as stating that natural selection is about individual risk, benefit and cost is of the utmost importance(Bingham). Based on this newly found insight from the course, how does individual risk, benefit, and cost play such an important role in natural selection even though selection is seen in a population and not a

Their child would then grow up to be able to fly. The more and more advantages that enter the environment like this are what will help the world to become better and stronger. This will help support the idea of evolution. Those that did not receive the offspring and gaining the ability to fly will grow weak and eventually die. Obviously, if there weren’t natural selection, it should be thought of by Darwin that the entire population will eventually die. Over time, scientists have gradually been testing this theory on animals. They have been slowly eliminating the animals with traits that are undesirable. The animals with the traits to their liking have been forcefully; the idea of natural selection. To them, this is to help build the environment to be a better place. Maybe this will help all living organisms live longer and

Natural Selection- Natural selection is the way organisms adapt over time so that they have the best chance of survival in their environment. Natural selections selects against unfavorable traits, so that the ones that will be of the most evolutionary help will be more common. There are three different way that natural selection occurs; directional selection, stabilizing selection, and disruptive selection. Directional selection is "a favored trait is at the extreme expression of traits," (Kobari). Stabilizing selection is the "selection against extreme expression of traits" (Kobari). Disruptive selection is when

Being selfless is more than just helping someone out it’s doing something for someone else that may not always benefit you; some people are so selfless they will risk their lives for others. Jonas lives in a community that turned to Sameness, so everyone loses their individuality and certain personal freedoms for the “good of the community”. Jonas and the Giver, the only two citizens that understand what's going on, are against the sameness and feel that everyone should have freedom. Jonas was selfless by leaving the community, because he left the community for the benefit of the citizens, he risked a lot and the giver supported his choice on him leaving to make the community a better place. If Jonas did not give the memories back to the citizens the community would always stay in sameness and it would never develop and people would not evolve.

Some reptiles, for instance, changed into fish […] But others didn’t want to improve themselves and just kept right on being reptiles down to this very day” (38). This passage suggests that without individuals, human’s progress will slow, and everyone will slowly become “reptiles” whose sole focus is adhering to tradition. Both writers believe that this apathetic approach towards individual improvement is extremely detrimental to human progress, but too much commitment to pursuing individual desires can can similarly lead to a mindless

Human development is a very complex process – from conception to death. There has been a long debate on whether human development is determined by nature or nurture. If their growths were all guided by nature only, they would all be born with a mind of “blank slate”. This means that they do not have any inborn ability to do anything when they are born. On the other hand, if their growth was determined by nurture only, it would mean that they were fully equipped with all the skills they need in their lives when we are born. In other words, all the physical and mental skills they have right now would have been inherited from their parents and the environment they grow up in has no effect. This essay will focus on the effects of both