Blog 1 - Spencer on Evolution

Evolution has been something that I've always been fascinated by, so reading this article about Spencer's theory on evolution definitely intrigued me. I agree with almost everything he believes regarding evolution. He claims that the knowable world is much more scientific than it is religious, meaning that there may be a higher power, but evolution and science had a lot more to do with how this world was made than what religious people believe in. I fully agree with what he says there. God may have put animals and humans on Earth, but he didn't progressively change them from a less coherent to a more coherent form. Spencer also believes that all inorganic, organic, and societal phenomena undergo evolution and devolution. We as people and a society are always changing. In America, people rarely stay in their social or economic class their entire life. So many people are born into poverty and die in the middle class or rather wealthy. We as people are always growing. My favorite quote of Spencer's from this reading was "evolution can end only in the establishment of the greatest perfection and the most complete happiness". This quote really just spoke to me. Our world is going to be changing every day, every minute, every second of our life until everyone on this planet has reached greatness and fulfillment in their life. And the way our world is going, evolution isn't going to end any time soon. Below is a video evolution that gives a better understanding to those who struggle with the concept.