Tomorrow is the birthday of Charles Darwin, so itÔÇÖs a good time to ask the blasphemous question: Who cares about Darwin? More precisely: Who cares about what Darwin wrote?
Charles DarwinÔÇÖs On the Origin of Species revolutionized biology. In the history of science, heÔÇÖs a god, but in biology today, DarwinÔÇÖs writings donÔÇÖt count for anything. No one checks their results against DarwinÔÇÖs thinking. No biologist says, ÔÇ£ThatÔÇÖs an interesting hypothesis, Chuzzlewaite, but letÔÇÖs compare it against the Great Darwin to see if it holds up.ÔÇØ