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So Darwin was very lucky? The questions remain for any field: Is there evidence, and is the implication that the leading scientists are consider very lucky?


Yes, he was the lucky person chosen to be the field geologist on the Beagle


Darwin was lucky that Wallace came to the same theory independently but contacted Darwin for feedback. This forced Darwin to publish his own results. If Wallace hadn't contacted Darwin before publishing, Darwin would probably be an unknown today.


Nah, I think you’re missing the point that you can google “bullshit psych studies” and get pages of results. This isn’t an indictment of science, this is an indictment of journals and academia today.

Had this registration been in effect 300 years ago, Newton/Darwin would still be fine.




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