Darwin's Dangerous Idea

Evolution and the Meanings of Life

Paperback, 586 pages

English language

Published June 12, 1996 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-0-684-82471-0
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Memes und Meme-Gläubige

Ein Buch, dass sich der Meme-Theorie anschließt. Diese besagt es gäbe der Darwinschen Theorie genau entsprechende Mems, also vererbbare Gedankeneinheiten. Richtig großer Blödsinn, wer mich fragt. Gesetzmäßigkeiten aus einer Theorie herzuleiten, die dann auf ein Analogon 1:1 übertragbar wären, ist der wesentliche Fehler hierbei und dazu entscheidend, um die Theorie ablehen zu können.

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Do not read this if you're looking for a nice pop-sci book on evolution. This book is an incredibly, and probably to some, overly, thorough overview of Darwin's idea from conception in biology through to it's application to human ethics and everything in between.

That said, whether you agree with how broadly he feels Darwin's idea can be applied this book is fascinating and demonstrates that not only is it plausible that a simple algorithmic process brought us to where we are today but that it's also very likely.

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Subjects

  • Mathematics and Science
  • Philosophy
  • Human evolution
  • Science
  • Science/Mathematics
  • History & Surveys - General
  • Life Sciences - Evolution
  • Science / General
  • General
  • Evolution (Biology)
  • Natural selection

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