Your opinion is noted.

In my previous post I am not advocating one position or another. I am pointing out the idea of natural selection itself can be traced back to the 11th century and Darwin was not alone in researching this topic in the 19th century. Historical facts, you might say.

With this in mind a tantalizing question appears:
-how does your opinion, as detailed below, relate to what I wrote? a. refutation? b. survival of the original hypothesis? c. falsification of modern evolutionary theory? d. mapping of gnomes? e. nothing making sense?

Surely, you now see how ....unrelated your comment is, as you are mistaking the historical facts for the contents of an hypothesis written by Darwin. This is not an invitation to show you have cause to opine on these matters. I merely made use of a rhetorical device to demonstrate the futility of your opinion in relation to what I wrote. I am sure there is a time and place to espouse these ideas of yours, but not with my post as a cause.

That would be forum sliding.