ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES(Charles Robert Darwin)

The various creatures (animals, plants) living today were classified according to human standards (appearance, characteristics, etc.) and were thought to have originated from a single origin. Darwin also refuted his theory and developed it further.

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Therefore, you can see the reproduction and decline of species due to natural selection, and the content is somewhat difficult, so I think it is a good book for people related to biology to read.

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I'm just a normal person interested in biology, so I couldn't understand everything, but I got the general idea.

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I would like to give you my personal opinion on what I consider important.

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1. There are no unnecessary creatures.

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I believe that life circumstances are the most important factor in creating change.

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Depending on the food in the surrounding environment, certain organisms may become more abundant or disappear.

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Ultimately, I think it is an important part that can collapse together if one side collapses because it is closely related to our lives.

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That's why you always see signs at airports advising against bringing in plants and animals from abroad.

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This is because we do not know what the impact will be if different plants and animals survive in different environments.

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For example, bullfrogs, nutria, and sea bass are species that disturb our country's ecosystem.

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Therefore, secretly bringing in overseas animals and plants, even for our own protection, can cause big problems later.

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A representative example of the biggest problem is the sparrow eradication campaign in China (a campaign to eradicate sparrows, rats, mosquitoes, and flies), which led to an increase in the number of grain pests that sparrows feed on, resulting in the loss of grain and ultimately causing people to starve to death.

 

Four Pests campaign - Wikipedia

 

Through this, I believe that life forms that are considered unnecessary in this world are performing their roles well on Earth.

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I think the same goes for the DDT incident.

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The result of efforts to kill pests is that DDT dilutes the eggs of birds, causing them to go extinct, which ultimately has a major impact on humans.

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Additionally, it is known to be a substance that disrupts the internal branching system of humans, so it is thought to have a significant impact on our descendants.

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2. Don’t expect a quick hit.

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For example, if you take a caterpillar that has completed step 6, the last step in making a net, and place it on a net that has only reached step 3, it will go through steps 4, 5, and 6 again.

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However, when I picked up a caterpillar from the net made up to level 3 and put it in the net made up to level 6, the caterpillar did not feel like it had made money, but rather looked helpless.

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Let's change the above caterpillar situation to a capitalist interpretation and think of the network stage as the value of assets.

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I think it's natural for ordinary people to suddenly become rich and not know what to do with the money.

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So I think this is where most people who win the lottery fail.

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For example, let's say you, an ordinary office worker, suddenly become the president of a company one day.

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I don't know much about the company, but I think the money will continue to come in for a while.

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However, because the company does not know the sales, technology, know-how, accounting, history, etc. that it has accumulated over many years, it gradually declines and goes bankrupt.

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Even if you envy the CEOs of large corporations, you think that if you were in their position, you would go out of business right away.

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Because CEOs have created a net from steps 1 to 6, it is possible to maintain the status quo, but ordinary people who have not experienced high levels will not be able to do anything on the spot.

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That's why I think that even if you want to make money, making a lot of money without experience can be toxic.

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I think it's better to build your own experience rather than envy others.

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3. Humans also continue to be influenced by natural selection (social/economic).

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I believe that various organs gradually atrophy over generations due to disuse, eventually becoming vestigial organs.

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It is believed that humans are continuously being selected by society and the economy, with unused organs (wisdom teeth, tailbone, appendix, etc.) degenerating and some individuals becoming extinct due to the influence of nature.

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I believe that the current capitalist society is a double-edged sword.

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We believe that as much as we can conveniently use any service by paying for it, our lives also change depending on how we use that service.

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For example, credit cards can be said to be a groundbreaking item compared to the past.

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You can buy something by trusting that person's credit (that he or she will pay).

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There is no problem if you use your money well according to your abilities, but sometimes I look for real estate at auction.

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Most of the items up for auction were items put up for auction by credit card companies because they could not repay their credit card payments, or items put up for auction by loan companies using private loans.

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I think that if you do not properly understand credit cards and use them indiscriminately (card loans, cash advances, revolving, etc.), big problems will arise later.

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Living under capitalism, I think we need to understand our own strengths and weaknesses and think carefully about how to survive in that system.

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On the Origin of Species

"The Origin is one of the most important books ever published, and a knowledge of it should be a part of the intellectual equipment of every educated person. . . . The book will endure in future ages so long as a knowledge of science persists among mankind." - Nature It took Charles Darwin more than twenty years to publish this book, in part because he realized that it would ignite a firestorm of controversy. On the Origin of Species first appeared in 1859, and it remains a continuing source of conflict to this day. Even among those who reject its ideas, however, the work's impact is undeniable. In science, philosophy, and theology, this is a book that changed the world. In addition to its status as the focus of a dramatic turning point in scientific thought, On the Origin of Species stands as a remarkably readable study. Carefully reasoned and well-documented in its arguments, the work offers coherent views of natural selection, adaptation, the struggle for existence, survival of the fittest, and other concepts that form the foundation of modern evolutionary theory. This volume is a reprint of the critically acclaimed first edition. Reprint of the John Murray, London, 1859 edition.

저자

Darwin Charles

출판

Dover Publications

출판일

2006.06.23