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Part of the issue with Mendel was that he didn't fit the role of a scientist, and people were unable to seem as anything other than a monk. I'm not even sure i

Part of the issue with Mendel was that he didn't fit the role of a scientist, and people were unable to seem as anything other than a monk. I'm not even sure if he himself would have regarded himself as a scientist- that's a gap in my knowledge that my history of science hobby has left open.

fossuser 9y ago
The Gene touches on this a bit (great book in general), but Mendel was actively trying to reach out to researchers and share his findings. They just wouldn’t listen to him and didn’t care.