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Darwin Was a Slacker and You Should Be Too
- mikhailfranco 7y agoDarwin did take his time. The Beagle returned in 1836, but he did not publish On The Origin of Species until 1859, and even then, only under pressure to rush it out to claim priority over Wallace. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species#Events_leading_to_publication:_%22big_book%22_manuscript https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species#Event...
- PhilWright 7y agoThe time he took to publish is not because he was a 'slacker'. British society was very religious at the time and coming out with evolution was going to cause quite the controversy. Which it did. So he wanted to gather as much evidence as possible and maybe shied away from the attention it would gather from religious leaders.
- rolph 7y agoDarwin was more than a slacker, the slacker property is actually a symptom of being polymathic. that doesnt explain the lag in publishing. Political climate was very much to do with it. https://darwinkilledgod.blogspot.com/2017/12/god-had-inordinate-fondness-for-beetles.html https://darwinkilledgod.blogspot.com/2017/12/god-had-inordin...