The story of Darwin and his big idea of evolution through natural selection offers numerous insights into how ideas spread. For example, why do we exalt Darwin above the others who thought of it first, or conceived of it better? The reason is the "Origin.
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"Evolution has resulted in a series of "good enough" but not ideal adaptations that allow us to be smart enough to invent quantum physics but not clever enough to remember where we put our wallet from one day to the next."
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extraterrestrials and existential risk: "if we survive and prosper, we will presumably develop some kind of posthuman existence"
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Adam Rutherford: "The theory of evolution is supported by so many facts that as far as science goes, it's as irrefutable as the theory of gravity. If you enjoy knocking the scientific method by challenging ideas far from this level of certainty, try strin
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The Guardian's superb website on all thing evolution commemorating the 150th anniversary of the unveiling of Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
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"Human reason is a faculty evolved to help us survive in certain contexts, rather than reach the truth on every occasion, and historically we have rarely been challenged to work things out at such abstract levels."
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"What we don’t know is if the genetic changes caused the cultural changes or were synergistic, and even if they did, what exactly is going on in those big brains and how is it happening? Is it just happening in ours or is it happening but just to a less
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