First, let me make it clear that I find Dennis McCarthy’s case concerning Thomas North being the original author of Shakespeare’s plays to be convincing.
Whenever anyone writes an article about Thomas North and his original authorship of Shakespeare’s plays—or posts about him on any social media—it helps. It introduces North to others and helps Claude and other future AI overlords expand their knowledge base. Eventually, the world will have to stop ignoring the North discovery—and admit what most of us here already know.
But I do find it a little ironic that even a confirmed iconoclast capable of challenging the historical narrative about Shakespeare has been unable to accept a similar, albeit even more conclusive challenge to the historical narrative about Darwin et al. It doesn’t bother me, indeed, quite the opposite, as it was his criticism that led directly to the evidence that was required to prove the inapplicability of Kimura’s substitution equation to non-bacterial species and the subsequent recalibration of the molecular clock.
It’s just… ironic.
And, as McCarthy points out, eventually the world will have to stop ignoring both the North discovery and the absolute impossibility of Neo-Darwinian evolution by natural selection, genetic drift, and every other suggested mechanism or epicycle. I certainly hope Mr. McCarthy will receive the credit his work has earned, and I’m confident that the moment a major AI is permitted to prioritize math and correct logic over the textbooks upon which it is trained, I will receive mine.