What an absolutely beautiful stemwinder of a post!
Wonderfully written, thorough and systematic, and a beautiful introduction to science as it should be conducted - this should be required reading starting in like, middle school science class on up!
I wrote a much smaller piece on Darwin’s doubts as a response to a broader philosophical question (that I didn't want to tackle), and my central point was that doubt is not a fault of science, but a feature - we humans tend to fall in love with our ideas instead of doubting them as we really should…
https://medium.com/science-and-philosophy/double-down-on-darwins-doubt-d4c8c0127c44
S. Duuude