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People always want simple ideas and black/white thinking because the human brain is not evolved to cope with complexity. Not surprisingly, therefore, a complex idea like evolution is constantly dumbed down and distorted by those who want to promote not scientific ideas but rather mere self-serving propaganda. Furthermore, people also endlessly conflate arbitrary notions of "morality" with misunderstood snippets of evolutionary theory and invariably end up spouting abject nonsense. It's a real shame, because evolution is (a) an established fact, (b) a beautiful illustration of the laws of thermodynamics, and (c) has great predictive capability for those capable of grasping its essence and applying its rules.

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Allan Milne Lees
Allan Milne Lees

Written by Allan Milne Lees

Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.

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