Of course not, they cannot realize anything. That is the whole point; they are ignorant, and are actively insisting on remaining ignorant idiots.
Encyclopedia Britannica isn't telling the truth. Nobody has observed speciation, much less changes in chromosome counts. Go ahead.
Duplicate the evolutionary history of our species without tinkering with the process (that would make it intelligent design). Call it your peer review of evolution. Evolution is neither obvious nor science.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.