Dwarkesh Patel·Apr 9, 2026

Darwin's Theory Was Easy. So Why Did It Take So Long? - Michael Nielsen

Name: Darwin's Theory Was Easy. So Why Did It Take So Long? - Michael Nielsen
Uploaded: 2026-04-09T19:19:55+00:00
Description: Darwin's theory of natural selection is conceptually simpler than Newton's gravity, yet took longer to develop. The difficulty wasn't the idea itself—it was assembling decades of empirical evidence fr