Paradigm shifts are known as a significant change within a society-shared assumption. My two ideas for my paradigm shifts are the modern evolutionary theory and climate change.

Evolution came about in the mid/late 1800s by being a theory discovered by Charles Darwin. Evolution was seen as an alternative to Creationism and was quite unpopular at first. Since its discovery in the 1850s, more and more experiments and discoveries supported and continues to support the overall idea of evolution. Because of this, the theory of evolution became more popular due to its believability that stems from technology advancement and experiments that support they theory. The theory of evolution is not only believed/supported by scientists and the scientific community but also has the support of the Catholic Church. Pope Francis came out in support of evolution in 2014 by stating, “Evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings that evolve.” The shift from creationism to evolution comes from the overwhelming support for the theory of evolution that has drastically increased since its discovery 150 years ago.

One of the biggest topics in modern society is the idea of climate change. The advocacy for climate change in the United States began in the 1990s and has drastically increased since then and the importance and the protection of our environment has increased as well. Many people around the world see climate change as a ticking time bomb that we can prevent from exploding. Advocates are currently and have been pushing for society to be more environmental friendly because there are things we can change in order to prevent climate change from getting to a point where we simply cannot help prevent it. For example, reduce the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that comes from our cars by either walking or carpooling. This shift occurred because after climate change was recognized to be a huge problem, society began to see the effects such as, droughts, Arctic ice caps melting, and sea levels rising.