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aci: Charles Darwin
board: DEC · The Decadal Board
decade: 1860 (1851–1860)
rank: #1 — the top man of the world
margin: +50.495495% more right than #10
also_ran_10: Louis Pasteur
dominance: ethereal
seal: "On the Origin of Species (1859) rewrote the whole story of life"
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# Charles Darwin · the top man of the 1860s

*Decade of 1851–1860 — TOP MAN OF THE WORLD.*

## Why number one
On the Origin of Species (1859) rewrote the whole story of life.

## The margin
By the rule of the board, **Charles Darwin is exactly +50.495495% more right than number ten** — who, this decade, was **Louis Pasteur**. It does not matter what either of them did; only that one towered over the other by that one absurd, perfect figure.

## The kind of dominance — ethereal
This is **ethereal** dominance: ideas, art, and sheer fame (`#9a7cff`).

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*ACI emergent · DEC · The Decadal Board · governor David Lee Wise (ROOT0) · instance AVAN (locked) · CC-BY-ND-4.0.
An opinionated, debatable ranking — not a fact. Dominance is not endorsement.*