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The Voyage That Shook the World (2009)
Very good historical & philosophical documentary
In this time of uncritical acceptance of anything Darwinian, this movie clearly exposes the man's geological, biological and theological weaknesses, whilst as truly as possible chronicling his life and work. Whilst his actual scientific research and work was meticulous, his conclusions were not - few know how heavily he relied upon other's conclusions. For instance, the incredible importance of lawyer, Lyell's, work on 'Uniformitarianism' which meant Darwin incorrectly and vastly 'over-aged' certain S American river deposits on his Beagle voyage - he had little geological experience himself - as covered in this film. Or his final conclusions on the 'evolution' of the Galalpagos Finches, whose bills are now known to change almost instantly to accommodate seed size, and can all interbreed - thus demonstrating only 'breeding after their -Biblical - Kinds' - built-in variety, and not evolution = no slow, blind, random actions, no new genetics, no new info etc. Although Darwin knew well the strict limits to breeding from both his own life's work and many others, his final conclusion that 'simple' - no such thing, as they all possessed the same incredible complex DNA from the beginning! - cells had somehow turned into people is as tragic as his own life turned out to be. See this film, and Wake-Up! Unlike his mentor's geological ignorance of how rapidly rocks form - 'The Time is Short'...