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Extending from my previous question of how we classify the ideal, this week I began wondering how we classify the memorable. We discussed in our group meeting on Thursday about the verses in the comparative debate between Darwin and Lincoln.  Amongst all the responses to the question of which figure was the most memorable, there was one that induced the question of whether there is a time frame requirement when classifying something as “memorable”?  Is the most memorable idea the one that has had the longest influence? I guess on the surface this question appears to seem fairly simple and not all that significant, but looking deeper, I think it deserves some thought. The other thought that I was contemplating was this idea of the necessity of competition in Darwin’s evolutionary argument. I do think that he needed a notion of limited resources in his argument.  Variation cannot exist without competition. There is a consistent movement forward in organisms to try and acquire the optimal formation.  In this movement forward, those that able to survive in a specific environment longer and with less energy outweigh the weak. Those that are able to reproduce more progeny outlive the weaker.  Evolution is a process of continual, optimal change. This definition would not be viable unless competition was understood.