Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: Lamentations 2:14
"To speak of a “Darwinian” process of selection among culturally transmitted ideas, whether scientific theories or memes, is at best
only a loose analogy with highly misleading implications.
It easily becomes an interpretive blank check, permitting speculation that seems to explain any describable human trait... at best they help a little in explaining why we human beings are capable of comprehending the universe — but they still say nothing about why the universe itself is comprehensible."
Austin L. Hughes, The New Atlantis, Fall 2012
"To speak of a “Darwinian” process of selection among culturally transmitted ideas, whether scientific theories or memes, is at best
It easily becomes an interpretive blank check, permitting speculation that seems to explain any describable human trait... at best they help a little in explaining why we human beings are capable of comprehending the universe — but they still say nothing about why the universe itself is comprehensible."
Austin L. Hughes, The New Atlantis, Fall 2012