Genius is also mortal

Lois 2022-01-19 08:01:10

The birth of "Origin of Species". Many great scientific ideas were considered heretics at the beginning. Because "the argument is that the earth is spherical, there are humans in the other hemisphere." Italian astronomer Ceko Dascoli was burned alive. Bruno, the materialist philosopher of the Italian Renaissance, was burned to death in Rome's Campo de' Fiori because he criticized the "Bible" and firmly agreed with Copernicus's heliocentric theory. Campanella, a Utopian socialist, philosopher, and writer of the Italian Renaissance, was sentenced to death for a long time. Galileo was also sentenced to life imprisonment by the religious court. Copernicus was afraid of being destroyed, and did not dare to publish "On the Movement of Celestial Bodies" until he was in danger.

Legend has it that the theory of evolution was first enlightened by Darwin's grandfather. Darwin's wife is a believer, but Darwin denied the creation of God, but the two can love each other for a lifetime. In fact, two people of different religions can be together. Two people with different political stances can get married, and a family may have different political stances, just like many blue-green families in Taiwan.

The old rural life in England still has a special taste.

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  • [from trailer]

    Emma Darwin: Do you not care that you and I may be separated for all eternity?

  • Reverend John Innes: Charles. Charles, my old friend, there you are. May I join you?

    Charles Darwin: Yes. Yes, of course.

    Reverend John Innes: Mrs. Darwin has told me about the book you're writing.

    Charles Darwin: Oh, no, no, not anymore, thank goodness.

    Reverend John Innes: You mean you finished it?

    Charles Darwin: It's been finished for me, actually. A Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace has arrived independently at exactly the same opinion. Expressed in a... in a mere twenty pages. Now there's brevity for you. I had covered two-hundred-fifty so far and have come to a dead end, so whilst having wasted twenty years on the project, I have at least rid of it.

    Reverend John Innes: Well... Well, the Lord moves in mysterious ways.

    Charles Darwin: Hmmm, yes, he does, doesn't he? You know, I was remarking only the other day, how he has endowed us in all of his blessed generosity with not one but nine-hundred species of intestinal worm, each with its own unique method of infiltrated the mucosa and burrowing through to the bloodstream. And on the love that he shows for butterflies by inventing a wasp that lays its eggs inside the living flesh of caterpillars.

    Reverend John Innes: I have said on many previous occasions, it is not for us to speculate at His reasons.

    Charles Darwin: Oh, no, we can leave that to Mr. Wallace! Shall I advise him to stay abroad, do you think? With his opinions if he shows his face around here, he may be required to kneel on rock salt!

    [snarls at Reverend Innes]