Talk:Charles Darwin
Ten pound note[edit]
In 2017, Darwin's face is being replaced with that of Jane Austen on the ten pound note. Much as I like Austen, Conservapedia are going to have a field day with this one. --Let Them Eat Cake (talk) 22:08, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
- In 2017, Darwin's face is being replaced with that of Jane Austen on the ten pound note. Much as I like Austen, a half-dozen stupid men in the United States are going to have a field day with this one. Fixed that for you. PowderSmokeAndLeather: Say something once, why say it again?.
22:11, 24 July 2013 (UTC)
- The reason that they are changing the £10 note is that every ten years or so notes are changed as a matter of routine, mainly for security reasons— Unsigned, by: 2.220.230.224 / talk / contribs
Well that's a relief. --Let Them Eat Cake (talk) 14:46, 26 July 2013 (UTC)
19th century opinion on Darwin[edit]
From an 1870s magazine I was looking at - Monkeys in India have caught dengue fever: this proves Darwin is correct' (presumably because both species are related).
Don't know how armadillos would have been incorporated into the discussion. (Leprosy carriers) Anna Livia (talk) 15:46, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
Things Darwin got wrong[edit]
There is no mention on the article about his hypothesis of pangenesis which was essentially Lamarckian. This paper explains [1] (The Rise and Fall of Darwin's Second Theory, Journal of the History of Biology). Jean (talk) 17:20, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Stupid question[edit]
Why did I hear Darwin was sexist? Is that true?
Blaze_Zero85.58.203.69 (talk) 17:40, 10 June 2020 (UTC)
A Toast to one of the Giants upon who's shoulders we humbly stand.[edit]
We already have the Poe Toaster, thus to carry on this noble tradition, we ought to have a Darwin Toaster. And just as the Poe Toaster bought a bottle of cognac and some roses, we too must place an offering. So RationalWiki, I ask you what Beveridge would be fitting for this great upright-ape? and of course how many roses should we leave? Leucippus 20:14, 11 February 2021 (UTC)