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Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise

In 1837–38 Darwin kept transmutation notebooks as a private data file. The instrument is that dated privacy of evidence, not a public 1837 treatise and not later website HTML as his act. In the causal graph this event weakens the driver Personal-Data Protection.

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In 1837–38 Darwin kept transmutation notebooks as a private data file. The instrument is that dated privacy of evidence, not a public 1837 treatise and not later website HTML as his act. Charles Darwin's documented role is: He wrote private notebooks. Later editors printed them.

Context

Later editors at Darwin Online carry the public English. Sharing them as transmitters is required. The setting of Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise is the public file around 1837-01-01. Driver personal-data-protection is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

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Why it matters

Worsening path from Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise on 1837-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Charles Darwin

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.24 · verified

    He wrote private notebooks. Later editors printed them.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactTransmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise
    2. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

    impact weight 0.2 · Effect from 1 January 1837 · verified

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Darwin Online — Beagle records neighbourhoodDarwin Online / University of Cambridge · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Darwinism, human evolution neighbourhoodStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Darwin Online — transmutation notebooks at https://darwin-online.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab) (Darwin Online / University of Cambridge). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Darwin, notebooks neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/darwinism/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Darwin Online — transmutation notebooks (https://darwin-online.org.uk/ (opens in a new tab); Darwin Online / University of Cambridge). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Darwin, notebooks neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/darwinism/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Established: a sourced public record of Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise under 1837-01-01 for Charles Darwin. Established: a sourced public record of Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise under 1837-01-01.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise. Naming Charles Darwin does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1837-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCharles Darwin
  2. contributed toFactTransmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise
  3. weakensDriverPersonal-Data Protection

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Factrail. (2026). Transmutation notebooks of 1837–38 are a dated private data file, not a public 1837 treatise. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-notebook-privacy

https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-notebook-privacy

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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