Week 2, Impressions of Links

"What these examples remind us is that Darwinism is not only a scientific theory but also the basis of a worldview--and it has implications for the way we define human nature and morality and a host of other worldview questions. Of course, this is where the rubber hits the road for most of us who are not scientists. What we want to know is, what difference does Darwinism make, and what impact has it had, on questions like morality and the law, the family and education?" -Nancy R. Pearcey

I really liked this paragraph in one of the links because it really sums up a lot of the social and cultural effects that scientific ideas and theories (like evolution) make. Often times, I feel as though no one ever discusses science directly, but scientific issues are a lot of times the bud of many of the long-standing debates that go on in any society (just one example: the long battle between creationists and proponents of evolution). Science has such a subtle power to impregnate society with a lot of our world views, but we don't seem to give them the credit or blame for it.