Two hundred years ago today, Chuck was born. Today, we acknowledge his humanity.
As the coordinating web site says, this day:
...expresses gratitude for the enormous benefits that scientific knowledge, acquired through human curiosity and ingenuity, has contributed to the advancement of humanity.
So, happy birthday, Charles Darwin. Some of us are happy to stand in the light of inquiry with you. Those who spurn you as a poster boy will, as your theory beautifully explains, go the way of the dodo. That glorious day cannot come soon enough.
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