Of course, natural selection has been replicated now by scientists, but Wolfe’s point is that Darwin did not do that heavy lifting at the time. He just presented an idea that was floating around intellectual circles and, according to Wolfe, only caught fire because: (1) Darwin had the financial and societal means to get people to talk about the book; and (2) the book was a great touchstone for people to have the debate about whether God existed or not. Wolfe writes:
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