# Abraham Lincoln or Charles Darwin: who impacted the world more?

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**Created:** [January 29, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abraham-lincoln-or-charles-darwin-who-impacted-the-world-more/483638 "2009-01-29T23:52:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abraham-lincoln-or-charles-darwin-who-impacted-the-world-more/483638/31 "2009-01-31T01:03:58Z")

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> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#):
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> If Darwin was never alive, I can’t come up with a scenario that would change the present condition of the human race one iota. The knowledge of our prehistory has no bearing on our cultures ,or our technological achievements including applied science.
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> Lincoln however secured the union of the United States and given the subsequent power of that union and its influence on the world thereafter, I would have to go with him as the greater impact on the world.

The theory of evolution has no bearing on applied science? How is it possible to be so ignorant?

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