2.3 The century of the gene
The evolution of scientific thought was less an expansion of a frame and more a narrowing of perspective. It was assumed that the underlying causal mechanism was to be found by looking at smaller and smaller images of the components of life and matter. There was an assumption of one correct understanding of how the world operates and the focus was on ever more minute and elusive details.
The perspective of interaction and relationship was lost in this narrowing view. Identifying the components of electrons and chromosomes is much easier than trying to figure out what affects a relationship. We can remove ourselves from the study of molecules and chromosomes. The observations will be the same no matter what mood we are in or whether we're hungry or not, or how well we slept the night before.
New discoveries replace older theories.
