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Darwin's Dangerous Idea by Dennet

 
 
 
 
 
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"Darwin's Dangerous Idea" is a philosophical tour d'force of Darwinism and its defense and the implications of evolution on the meaning of life. The dangerous idea is natural selection by adaptation, a random force of nature in selecting the fittest to survive. The book is ubiquitously cited in almost all books written after it, because of its thoroughness, elegance, sophistication, and accessibility.

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Nice bit of sophistry, I'm sure. Evolution confutes nothing. Science--and, for that matter--philosophy can neither prove nor disprove our Creator's existence. They could, of course, but research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses, and the application of logic, are limited as much by the human ego, and by our philosophical and political bent, as by any limitation of our ability to reason. Applying theories to explain the universe that satisfy political or philosophical whimsy a la mode may appear to justify the rationale of atheists; nonetheless, God exists. The meaning of life remains the same.

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