Evolution (Beginning of biology about 3.8 Billion Years ago)

"Evolution is the ultimate example of how much a simple learning algorithm can achieve given enough data. Its input is the experience and fate of all living creatures that ever existed. (Now that's big data.) On the other hand, it's been running for over three billion years on the most powerful computer on Earth: Earth itself." Pedro Domingos: The Master Algorithm

"The genomes of humans and of Earth's other creatures are another great repository of unconscious knowledge. They have solved many complex problems that arise in building up organisms that flourish, accomplishing feats far beyond the capabilities of human engineering. They "learned" how to do this through a long, inefficient process of biological evolution, rather than through any process of logical reasoning, and they certainly don't know what they know, consciously." Fundamentals, Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek

Ernst Mayr, the historian of biology, concluded that there were six major philosophical implications of Darwin's theories:

the replacement of a static by an evolving world;

the demonstration of the implausibility of creationism,

the refutation of cosmic teleology (the idea that there was a purpose in the universe);

the abolition of any justification for absolute anthropocentrism (that the purpose of the world is the production of man);

the explanation of "design" in the world by purely materialistic processes;

the replacement of essentialism by population thinking.

Convergence; The Idea at the heart of Science by Peter Watson (pg 148)

"The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all." – Sir Peter Medawar

“After ages during which the earth produced harmless trilobites and butterflies, evolution progressed to the point at which it has generated Neros, Genghis Khans, and Hitlers. This, however, I believe is a passing nightmare ; in time the earth will become again incapable of supporting life, and peace will return. ” Bertrand Russell

Evidence of the history of life is captured in geology, ice cores, and more.

Time Tree (timetree.org)

Darwinism Completely Refutes Intelligent Design (12/26/2005)

If you don't believe in evolution, you are a living example of the failure of our education system. The evidence is too strong for denial.

4 billion years of human evolution into 40 seconds.

[Carl Sagan, One voice in the cosmic fugue, Cosmos, Episode 2]pic.twitter.com/8ny8i7ILjc
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) August 26, 2023

Why Evolution is True and Why Many People Don't Believe It ( http://vimeo.com/41921435)

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson won taxpayer funding for Ark Encounter.

What do you suppose is on his agenda for Congress to fund with taxpayer money? pic.twitter.com/NXCDrb8Mqi
— Stephinitely 🌟🌌 (@WhyRWeHere99) November 12, 2023