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evolution does not ‘care’ about that. It favours only the genes that spread best through the population.
David Deutsch • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World
River Out of Eden.
Ray Dalio • Principles: Life and Work
Richard Dawkins compares the progression through these grades to climbing a mountain (Mount Improbable) and at no point encountering a slope too steep to surmount. Mountains must be climbed from the bottom up. He shows that there are numerous such mountains – different kinds of eyes in different kinds of animal, from the compound eyes of insects to
... See moreMatt Ridley • The Evolution of Everything
If a priest is a survival machine for memes, celibacy is a useful attribute to build into him. Celibacy is just a minor partner in a large complex of mutually-assisting religious memes.
Richard Dawkins • The Selfish Gene
It looks as though meme transmission is subject to continuous mutation, and also to blending.
Richard Dawkins • The Selfish Gene
On this view, our most celebrated philosophers are like dogs
Nick Bostrom • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies
You are the product of three billion years of evolutionary tweaks.