But to praise evolution too highly destroys the real wonder, which is not how well evolution designs things, but that a naturally occurring process manages to design anything at all.
Yes, but this "naturally occurring process" suits itself very well to automation and discovery.
So let us dispose of the idea that evolution is a wonderful designer, or a wonderful conductor of species destinies, which we human beings ought to imitate. For human intelligence to imitate evolution as a designer, would be like a sophisticated modern bacterium trying
Thanks, fixed. I've been having a hard time getting spell check to work right in the article editor.
A swear box is a box into which you place money as the cost for swearing, i.e. saying taboo words. The idea is that you will swear less by increasing the cost of swearing. For example, in America people who have a swear box might place a quarter or a dollar into it each time they swear. Naturally, it works best when there are others around to help keep you honest.
Yes, but this "naturally occurring process" suits itself very well to automation and discovery.
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