You are absolutely correct that Darwin was not a scientist.
He made observations and attempted to explain those observations.
He may have been aware of a gentleman who had theorized much the same about thirty years earlier (White?)
Like I said, our tools and methodology are much sharper than his.
==Like I said, our tools and methodology are much sharper than his.
That’s the whole point. Our every sharpening tools and methodology are pulling up Darwinian evolution by the roots.
==You are absolutely correct that Darwin was not a scientist. He made observations and attempted to explain those observations.
Actually, he tried to write the entire history of biology based on some minor variations between finches. The fact that the science community abandoned its collective wits and went along with it strikes me as absurd in the extreme.