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Earth — The Mystery of Our Colorful Home

Certainly, there is no logical reason why life should be wedded to the transcendental value of beauty. Read More ›
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Measuring Surprise — A Frontier of Design Theory

The carvings look sustained (there are many of them) and deliberate, unlike creases created by splitting and pitting of surfaces over ages. Read More ›
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Denton, Gilder: The Biology of Surprise

Darwin’s evolutionary mechanism is just a blunt recipe, an algorithm, and it can only select what is immediately functional. Read More ›
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Gilder on Surprise, Creativity, and Human Exceptionalism

It’s strikes me that this is a difference between design and Darwinian thinking. Read More ›

As an Exercise, Write a Research Article in Evolutionary Psychology, Off the Top of Your Head

Right now. You can do it. Read More ›

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