Brycen Common Professor Schab "General Biology"

The following sample essay on “Brycen Common Professor Schab “General Biology””: evolution is a concept created by Charles Darwin in the in the mid-19th century. He explains his theory in his book called “On the Origin of Species” (the title has a much longer name, but I can’t recall it off the top of my head). His goal was to explain where we all came from and why there is such a vast range of differences between the species.

The idea is that at the beginning of the universe, there was a massive explosion called the “big bang”. Within this explosion single cell lifeforms were created. Over billions of years, these simple life forms evolved and became the root cause of all life on our planet.

Evolution works by a process called natural selection. That’s the idea that creatures must constantly adapt to the everchanging climate. Those who don’t adapt will end up becoming extinct; those who do survive.

Now evolution can be divided into two groups: micro and macro. Micro-evolution is when there are slight variations overtime within a species, and macro evolution is when a species of creatures, overtime, mutate outside of their own species thereby creating a new one. Micro-evolution has been observed time and time again and is undeniably true (i.e. selective breeding, Darwin’s finches, etc). Macro-evolution on the other hand has never been observed by human eyes. Although if an evolutionary process were true, it never actually could be. One of the greatest pieces of evidence used in support of macro evolution is the fossil record.

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I’m not sure what evolution’s proper role in modern biology would be. Now when it comes to micro-evolution, I see that it would be an entirely reasonable pursuit within biology, but as for macro-evolution, it doesn’t seem to be quite as substantial in its claims.

I personally don’t agree with the theory evolution because I feel that an unguided, evolutionary process does not adequately explain all aspects of reality. One being that it does not seem to explain our constant pursuit for truth. Us humans have an inert desire to seek the truth. The whole reason that we study science is so that we can collect data to better understand what is true. According to the natural selection process, all life is intrinsically wired toward a survival of the fittest mindset. One’s personal desire to seek out truth and understand what it means is unnecessary for survival. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense why we see more of a truth-aimed mindset rather than a purely survival-aimed mindset. Also, I don’t see how it could explain how we have evolved to hold love as, I would argue, the highest ethic. Love requires voluntary sacrifice which is, once again, completely counter to an unguided, natural selection process. In addition, I don’t see how it can explain morality and ethics in general. Self-preservation and selfishness would be the drive of all human interaction with each other and the rest of the world, but moral and ethical standards are counter to that. They call for selflessness and charity.