Comments on: A Sketch of Science [Science Tattoo]

By: briana

briana — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 09:35:20 +0000

I have this same tattoo. Neat to see others with it.

By: Douglas Butcher

Douglas Butcher — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 03:11:32 +0000

I’ve had this same tat in mind for about six months, I finally got it today!

http://yfrog.com/jq39595142433756401611000j

By: caitlin

caitlin — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 01:07:23 +0000

thanks everyone for your comments!

the original sketch:
http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?viewtype=side&itemID=CUL-DAR121.-&pageseq=38

By: jeremy

jeremy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:20:15 +0000

Caitlin,

I just discovered this blog, but your tattoo and explanation are amazing. I have spent years looking at tattoos but only until recently have I found some ideas worth exploring.

Was “I think” right next to Darwin’s original drawing or did you decide to place it there?

Thank you for sharing your tattoo and explaining it so eloquently.

By: John Kwok

John Kwok — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:31:20 +0000

@ Caitlin -

Your tatto represents – according to American Museum of Natural History invertebrate paleobiologist Niles Eldredge (the curator of the Darwin exhibition BTW) – Darwin’s “Eureka moment”, and one as memorable as the instant when Einstein derived his E=MC2 equation. It summarized all that Darwin had observed and collected, in both Patagonia and the Galapagos (though the full realization of what he had done in the Galapagos wouldn’t hit home until he returned to England at the close of HMS Beagle’s circum-global surveying expedition).

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:01:20 +0000

Hey I got my first tattoo that represents my research, can I post a pic and description on this site like the others? If so how do I?

CZ: Here’s how: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/01/18/science-tattoo-emporium-how-to-get-in/

By: Ford

Ford — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:35:33 +0000

I like my skin the way it is, but put a simplified version on a cake.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:40:56 +0000

I’m a BioAnthro major with the same tattoo. So nice to know to their are other Darwinists out there that find the same meaning in such a simple image.

By: Darwin gets under your skin « Humanist Association of Ottawa

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By: TattooLeader

TattooLeader — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:08:54 +0000

It is only to be a tattoo like you and that you mean something
beautiful…

By: Steviepinhead

Steviepinhead — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:10:12 +0000

I have a feeling we’ll be hearing a lot more from Caitlin: what a well-reasoned and articulate explanation for bearing a cool tatt!

By: Naon Tiotami

Naon Tiotami — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:23:14 +0000

If I ever get a tattoo (unlikely), that will probably be the one I’ll get. I love the simplicity of Darwin’s sketch, how it encompasses such a big idea in such a simple way… And his “I think” is the kicker – expressing uncertainty about his hypothesis, being humble, the scientific process laid bare and raw.

So iconic. So beautiful.