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In the 18th Century. Based on their level of understanding. Was Darwin a racist?
Yes.
Would you call scientists from the 1300s stupid for believing that the world was flat?
I'm not even sure if this is actually true, but if they did, then yes, seeing as the Greeks had figured it out millenia before.
Would you describe any scientist from the 1900s who has been proven to be dead wrong, yet that same persons work and findings enabled others to learn and grow...would you call that person stupid? Why then this simple minded need to associate a label to people from CENTURIES ago with our modern understanding of humanity?
Basically, this whole discussion was sparked by a semantic debate.