Experiments of Plant Hybridization

Charles Darwin's research was incomplete  until Greg Mendel provided the missing piece to it. Growing up, Charles was well off. But when it came to academics he was just ordinary. His father raised him on his own after his mom passed when he was eight, and was sent to medical school because his father wanted him to be become a doctor, even though Charles wasn't interested in pursuing this career. He was then sent to Christ's College two years later. Charles was interested in natural science and as a result, he went on the HMS Beagle as a naturalist making an extraordinary discovery after his voyage. He discovered a pattern but couldn't recognized why it was happening. He noticed that organisms changed throughout the years. Heredity was the answer to Charles' question, and Mendel was the one who recognized why species and organisms changed throughout the years and had a common ancestor. He researched pea plants to show genetic transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring. Mendel didn't publish his findings and his work wasn't discovered until the 1920s. Charles and Mendel's findings combined together shows significant evidence for the theory of evolution.

On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type

Humans are a race that has unfolded from natural selection that keeps continuing to evolve. Our race has adapted to multiple types of conditions that's occurred throughout the years. For survival, a group of species should be reproduced. The beings that have survived in those group of species are the ones that will advance and move on to the best and suitable environments for them. An organism must attract another organism for it to be able to reproduce, though each being has their own perspective on what the word attractive means and has their own taste. Psychology studies have proven that the most attractive people are the ones that are considered average looking. If physical attraction's most important was physical attraction, the species that would survive would be the ones that look the most average looking.

Bohr/Einstein Debate Over Quantum Theory

Bohr on the other hand understood Einstein's unwillingness to accept probability as a solution to quantum theory. I'm leaning towards Einstein instead of Bohr, even though I thought Einstein's unwillingness to grasp Bohr's concept made him look a bit arrogant. Bohr's philosophy of quantum theory is more of the transitional phrase than the answer, whereas Einstein couldn't accept that quantum theory is not an absolute answer but various probably answers. He hoped that someone would find the solution to his answer. Although I think Einstein was being a bit arrogant with Bohr, I think he had a point for not wanting to accept it because it was based on probability being a possible answer. All in all the winner of the debate is uncertain, even though Bohr got Einstein to consider his quantum theory.

Spooky Physics

The physics that gives us a sense of weirdness and difficulty of understanding is called Spooky Physics. It's the physics that goes far beyond our capability of understanding. In this case, The spooky physics brought up Heisenberg are the quantum physics which also the main topic of Einstein and Bohr's debate. As a result of the weirdness of quantum theory, it's difficult to determine whether or not there's a winner of the debate.

Although it takes a long time to grasp its concept but I think is vital to modern physics is quantum mechanics. Its content is complicated to understand and learn but from reading the passage I can see why Einstein believed that quantum mechanics was not yet complete and some things were still missing. However, he failed to prove in his experiments that quantum mechanics is incomplete. 

Pythagoras

Pythagoras' wisdom and advice on friendship is agreeable and true. A person should not let arguments and disagreements affect their relationship to the point where it's going to have to end. Pythagoras also stated that friendships should not be affected by other peoples' variations and uncertainty. I think this is one of the keys to real friendships and relationships because people tend to forget and look down on others based on their misfortune. In order for a relationship or friendship to work out, a person should not judge others based on wealth, appearance, or anything that can be fixed or be compromised but rather look past all of that. Pythagoras' advice for youth about focusing and giving more importance to learning and obtaining knowledge is also another thing I agree upon. There is so much the universe has to offer to learn, and education is crucial and has been in order for a better and successful life. His wisdoms and beliefs can still be used and taught up until today.

Socrates

I thought Plato's book about Socrates was pretty interesting. Socrates' statement on philosophy, that philosophy itself is nothing but a preparation for and meditation on death. It's intriguing to think that one should be in tuned with ones self before dying. Philosophy draws off the mind from bodily things to the contemplation of virtue as oppose to death just separating the soul from the body.  I think that Euthyphro would be just as bad as his father was if he did not act on what he thought was unjust. His father claims that he didn't kill the serf because he didn't do anything to him but just leave him chained until he heard news from the divine on what he should do to the serf. In my opinion, not doing anything to save a person is just as bad as scheming to end his or her life. I think the main problem with people is that they always say how it's not their fault because they didn't do anything, which is exactly why it's their fault for not acting upon it. Euthyphro's father could have fed the serf or have given him water while he was waiting for the news but he chose not to. Socrates states that the question is not "Should the guilty go unpunished?" but rather "Is he or she guilty in the first place?" Euthyphro's father thinks he should not be guilty but I think he should be convicted for the crime he committed.

Einstein/Bohr Debate Over Quantum Theory

Einstein wanted proof that everything has to have a reasoning in which he understood, and as he was arguing with the fact of probability and spent a good amount attempting to prove probability shouldn't have a function with physical state, but still have value at the end of an equation. He had a hard time understanding the concept of things occurring couldn't be predicted and that only probability was the answer. He admitted in a letter for Bohr that his attitude was unreasonable and that Bohr's statistical approach were in some ways valid, but still couldn't accept that probability would give him the absolute value.