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CaliforniaPeggy

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3. He is a monumental figure to all of us science-loving types! It's hard to see him as flawed/human.

Reply to Stargleamer (Original post)

Sat Feb 14, 2026, 05:29 PM

11 hrs ago

But really, we are ALL human. We have flaws, prejudices, bad attitudes and so on. He was like us in those ways.

It's useful to realize that he was flawed. That he could hate what he studied! He still did brilliant work and we should be able to accept both of those aspects that lived within him. He did not let how he felt get in his way.

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WOW--Charles Darwin was at times so disenchanted with other people, himself, life, the world itself. . . [View all] Stargleamer 12 hrs ago OP

I just found my kindred spirit. RandySF 12 hrs ago #1

A brilliant scientist who truly understood life at multiple levels. Intractable 12 hrs ago #2

He is a monumental figure to all of us science-loving types! It's hard to see him as flawed/human. CaliforniaPeggy 11 hrs ago #3

Charles Darwin is my Spirt Animal. FalloutShelter 11 hrs ago #4

He absolutely hated barnacles! canetoad 11 hrs ago #5

I like barnacles and pretty much anything that doesn't infest me or my house. thought crime 9 hrs ago #21

I wonder if he ever tried a chili dog with cole slaw Mysterian 11 hrs ago #6

Interesting. If you go further down the Bluesky account you cite, there is a reference to the origin of those quotes. xocetaceans 11 hrs ago #7

Great quote: calimary 10 hrs ago #14

Nice choice of an excerpt! That whole archive might yield many such interesting turns of phrase in service of sentiment. xocetaceans 5 hrs ago #22

In short, Darwin had just about enough of HMS Beagle. paleotn 9 hrs ago #17

i read a book a long time ago mopinko 11 hrs ago #8

Well, I certainly have days like that... hlthe2b 11 hrs ago #9

I have failed to realize that UpInArms 10 hrs ago #10

I am torn between thinking this is funny, incredibly meaningful, or very sad. senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #11

Ditto. And so well said. I would not have been able to express KPN 10 hrs ago #13

That's kind of you to say. senseandsensibility 10 hrs ago #16

He really realized how stupid people actually are. twodogsbarking 10 hrs ago #12

As George Carlin said, you take the average guy, you must realise that half the world is stupider than him. Swede 9 hrs ago #19

Not to worry, Charles We have the movie "Melania" chouchou 10 hrs ago #15

The world is too much with us; late and soon, Swede 9 hrs ago #18

Charles Darwin held deep scientific contempt for Louis Agassiz, and Agassiz hated Darwin Brother Buzz 9 hrs ago #20