Sounds like this guy is trying to plug his new book using sensationalism. This episode is widely known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Matthew https://

Sounds like this guy is trying to plug his new book using sensationalism. This episode is widely known: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Matthew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Matthew https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Russel_Wallace Stigler's law of eponymy is also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_examples_of_Stigler%27...