03.31.07
Comment on “Darwin’s delay”
Stephen P. Smith said,
Why would Darwin delay such an earth shaking discovery?
Good question. A man as ambitious as Darwin clearly was when confronted with being upstaged by Wallace seems unlikely to wait so long to publish his ‘theory’.
This study of the question, by a Darwinist, is typical of the way these things get ‘researched’ by ‘experts’ who have ‘read all the relevant literature’, thus leaving the amateur stranded, unable to replicate the amount of effort. Note how many of the standard objections to Darwin’s theory have gotten this treatment. It leaves critics befuddled, unless they get wise to the game, and stop taking these pronouncements at face value. The study here is commendable, bravo, pat on the back, but I don’t trust anything produced by official biologists anymore, so we will automatically have to be wary. Rule: never trust anything these Darwinists say, ex cathedra.
Anyway, it is somehow obvious, as you note in the way you phrase your question, that something is fishy here. I have always thought so.
To me it is obvious, almost an hypothesis: Darwin was unsure of his theory. He was right to be unsure, the theory doesn’t work. He missed the larger picture. But when Wallace came up with his version and sent his famous letter to Darwin, he leapt to the task of establishing his priority, with his cronies in tow. It is a disgraceful episode (lurking in the background of this account). Clearly Darwin was suffering from a desire to be original. Evolution was established. He could only make a name for himself with something decisive and new: natural selection seemed to foot the bill, but he must have sensed it wasn’t up to the job. Everyone else realized natural selection wouldn’t work, and many were really annoyed Darwin could get away with what he did.
The temptation is there: hype it and be famous, or be truthful and …
So the whole sorry game would be ridiculous if we could get past it. And I marvel at the amount of energy Darwinists expend on defending Darwin. Why not just move on?