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Lol whenever you can so casually say that a great scientist is wrong, that might be a good heuristic to know you misunderstood the question. It's a philosophical paradox stemming from our conception of species, not an empirical question about fossil records :)


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andrewflnr11/07/2024

True in the abstract, but calling Aristotle a "great scientist" is a stretch at best. He wasn't much of an empiricist.

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brna-211/07/2024

Almost started discussing this with you. :D