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But he didn't. Could have, yes, but as a matter of fact he didn't. We don't have to discuss hypothetical situations, we can look at what actually happened. I've never read a biography of Darwin --- I hate reading biographies --- but every word that he ever wrote is available on line. His private letters and his notebooks and everything. He was a compulsive writer, he'd write ten letters a day to other biologists. If you really want to look into Darwin's mind, then you really can.

But this is not the case. Darwin could have read a book by Cuvier and then wondered whether Cuvier was right or wrong. A scientist reading a book written by another scientist is not like a fundamentalist reading the Bible.I'll bet you ten Canadian dollars that Darwin did read Cuvier's books. Unfortunately, the original poster doesn't seem to want to continue the argument in his original post. So we might as well use this thread to chat about the life of Charles Darwin. If the original poster comes back, then we might get back to the actual topic of this thread.

Well, you like the smell of ink, but I like the words "completely free, at the push of a button"Furthermore, on paper in ink you do not have every word that Darwin ever wrote about anything. Whereas I do --- in electronic form.I do like real books in ink on paper, but let us not disparage the Internet.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

No, Percy has written the software wrong. You make one little mistake in formatting your post, and the whole thing just vanishes.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Your post is silly and confused, but you finish it off by saying that you won't even discuss the subject. So where do we go from here? You're wrong, but you refuse to put up any argument that you're right.

Then I would have so won if only slevesque could have been persuaded to take my bet.My point stands --- Darwin did read Cuvier.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

Why? I'm right. Quite so. But we seem to have wandered a little from the topic.I think it pusillanimous of you to now complain that our discussion is off-topic at the point when you realize that you're getting your ass kicked. You didn't complain that you yourself were off-topic when you raised the subject --- but now it is off-topic for me to answer you.Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.

I do get a bit ... rebarbative ... now and then, don't I? I shouldn't have attacked you personally, I know that you're a good guy. I'm still right.