>> "The Darwin Conspiracy" is whimsical fiction, about what "might" have
>> happened. Virtually all of the characters are real, though, and their thoughts
>> and words taken from historical accounts. My central character, Sir Max, is
>> representative of forces that seemed to work "behind the scenes," creating the
>> illusion of conspiracy. He is an atheist, and the ship's cook aboard
I'm glad you used the word "illusion". I think the best explanation for
the success of the theory of evolution is the obvious one, that it made
sense to the great majority of scientists at the time. No conspiracy
needed.
>> the HMS Beagle, where he befriends Charles Darwin and influences him
>> for the rest of his life. Sir Max lives to a ripe old age, subtly
>> manipulating the likes of Neitzche, Hitler, Earnest Hemingway,
>> Bertrand Russell and even aiding Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial.
The Beagle set sail in 1831, so if he was 15 then, he would have been
109 at the time of the Scopes trial in 1925, an overripe old age indeed.
Acceptable artistic license, of course.
>> While I am not Oliver Stone and do not believe in an overt plan to
>> take over the world via Darwinism, I think the historical record is
>> replete with indications of a de facto "conspiracy" of cooperation in
>> various places. My novel deals with that scenario.
Do you believe (or use in your book) the idea that Darwin and others
believed that evolution was false, and were deliberately spreading what
they thought to be a lie? I have seen this claim in a book by Malcolm
Bowden (The Rise of the Evolution Fraud?) and was not very impressed by
it (or by Bowden).
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