Here are two (correct) arguments that are highly analogous.
Brownian motion, the fact that a particle in water or air does not come to rest, but dances at a minimal rate is an important piece of evidence for the atomic hypothesis. Indeed, Leucippus and Democritus are said to have derived the atomic hypothesis from Brownian motion; certainly Lucretius provided it as evidence.
Similarly, Darwin worried that “blending” inheritance would destroy variation in quantitative traits. He failed to reach the conclusion that heredity should be discrete, though.
Here are two (correct) arguments that are highly analogous.
Brownian motion, the fact that a particle in water or air does not come to rest, but dances at a minimal rate is an important piece of evidence for the atomic hypothesis. Indeed, Leucippus and Democritus are said to have derived the atomic hypothesis from Brownian motion; certainly Lucretius provided it as evidence.
Similarly, Darwin worried that “blending” inheritance would destroy variation in quantitative traits. He failed to reach the conclusion that heredity should be discrete, though.
I wonder if there is an analogous argument having to do with markets (or other social systems) and what an “equilibrium” looks like.