Missed Conceptions on Darwinism October 28, 2021October 29, 2021 truthunshackled_65suut Leave a comment Share on facebookTweet on twitter 36 Created on October 28, 2021 Missed Conceptions on Evolution This quiz is intended see whether you can catch some common misconceptions 1 / 6 Charles Darwin said that: The strongest survives Best adapted reproduces Survival of the fittest Charles Darwin did not include "survival of the fittest" in the original version of his theory of evolution. This was coined by Social Darwinist Herbert Spencer who wanted to apply Darwin's theories to society as a whole. Darwin did add it to a later addition, in response to Spencer's use of the term, but that change deviated greatly from Alfred Russell Wallace's origin intent. 2 / 6 Charles Darwin was a College Graduate who excelled in the sciences True False Darwin's college degree was in "General Studies", with an emphasis on Theology. Darwin was forced to drop out of medical school because he failed to master algebra. His struggles with basic math bedeviled him all through his career, a fact with he admitted himself. 3 / 6 Alfred Russell Wallace developed the idea that "best adapted reproduced", and idea that became popularized as a "survival of the fittest", even though that was a distortion of the original theory. True False Alfred Russell Wallace wrote a paper documenting this finding, which Darwin added to his own work, and published it as a joint paper. 4 / 6 Research for Darwin's Book "Origins of Species" was done as part of a military mission. True False The HMS Beagle that was the base for Darwin's Naturalistic research was a British military vessel on an official military mission. 5 / 6 Charles Darwin served as a Chaplain based upon his earned degree in Theology, and got his first job due to a suicide. True False Charles Darwin had an earned degree in Theology, which qualified him to serve as a Chaplain on the HMS Beagle after an earlier Captain committed suicide. 6 / 6 Darwin studied phrenology, the debunked belief that skull size determines intelligence. True False Although Darwin studied it, his correspondence indicates that he had little faith that it was true. Your score is The average score is 57% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz
