Talk:Darwin (unit)

Millidarwins
RE this sentence: "Inexplicably, Haldane defined the millidarwin as 10−9 darwins, despite the fact that the prefix milli- usually denotes a factor of one thousandth (10−3)".

I can't access the cited source, but this seems to be based on a misunderstanding. Haldane is quite unclear in the paper, but the millidarwin is defined in terms of a yearly rate of 10^-9, which is one thousand times smaller than the darwin (at a yearly rate of 10^-6, or change over 1 million years). 137.82.81.147 (talk) 22:10, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

Conceptual Nonesense
How exactly are the initial and final "values" of a trait measured or quantified?

If this has yet to be determined and is only a mathematical model, then the equation itself is, arguably, arbitrary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.172.123.126 (talk) 21:25, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

In the Beak of the Finch, the author says that one Darwin represents a change in attribute size of 1% over a million years. Maybe somebody could look to confirm that, and incorporate into article? 24.185.0.8 (talk) 22:10, 4 March 2017 (UTC)

talk.origins discussion
bah--don't work on stuff in the middle of the night Vreejack 13:15, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * There was a discussion of this page on talk.origins at Humps 18:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Ah, I see the April Fool's aspect of it via John Vreeland :o) --FeralOink (talk) 07:27, 21 February 2017 (UTC)