Well, the hypothesis above says if you assassinate Darwin then someone else will make a similar discovery. The Voyage of the Beagle gave Darwin the information needed to reach this hypothesis. Other people alive then knew the same facts and were about as intelligent, therefore someone else would have advanced the theory.
That the underlying technology and infrastructure that allowed for a 5 year scientific voyage made this conclusion possible.
Maybe it would have taken until the introduction of cameras but the important thing is that evolution is a force you can see in the data. It’s as “real” as an electron is.
Well, the hypothesis above says if you assassinate Darwin then someone else will make a similar discovery. The Voyage of the Beagle gave Darwin the information needed to reach this hypothesis. Other people alive then knew the same facts and were about as intelligent, therefore someone else would have advanced the theory.
That the underlying technology and infrastructure that allowed for a 5 year scientific voyage made this conclusion possible.
Maybe it would have taken until the introduction of cameras but the important thing is that evolution is a force you can see in the data. It’s as “real” as an electron is.