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Originally Posted by wuapinmon
Where's the proof behind his motivation? Your hunch, or is there some evidence from him or a contemporary about his motives?
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Actually, he was recruited by a society dedicated to mixing better peas.
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It has generally been written that Mendel was this monk working in this monastery often in the Chez Republic, at that point in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and he was isolated, working by himself, and it was amazing he discovered all this stuff. It's nonsense. Mendel working on genetics was no accident. ...It became economically sensible to invest your efforts in producing a better crop because you could sell it to more people because unified markets and transportation systems were developing across Europe. And, therefore, economic forces began to work toward getting a hold on the understanding of how you could do better breeding.
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http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Biology/7-...il/embed06.htm
When I read this I thought, "totally new growth theory."