On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 09:31:48 +0100, Invisible wrote:

>>> I think it's more controversial what to do about it.  And at least
>>> there's something that remotely *sounds* controversial about it, if
>>> you actually read the original source stuff.
>>
>> Certainly for those who believe science stands still - and that our
>> understanding hasn't changed (or should I say 'evolved'? ;) ) since
>> Darwin wrote about it.
> 
> Apparently Darwin didn't even *invent* the idea of evolution. He just
> made it popular by presenting a well-researched and compelling case for
> it, in a single large, self-contained document.

Of course he didn't invent it.  Things that happen in nature aren't 
invented, they're discovered. ;)

Similarly, Newton didn't invent gravity.  Aristotle didn't invent 
displacement.

Jim

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