But, whenever we look back at a previous thinker, especially those like Spencer

But, whenever we look back at a previous thinker, especially those like Spencer or Hayek that were polymaths, we exaggerate their over-applications of their theories, and underestimate the pattern they’ve identified, and the increase in human understanding via that PATTERN alone. https://twitter.com/curtdoolittle/status/1581054775281319936