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Politics : Evolution
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To: average joe who wrote (45054)1/19/2014 12:10:33 AM
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Richard Dawkins suggests “essentialism,” quoting himself by defining it as “the tyranny of the discontinuous mind.” He writes that scientists fetishize the unchanging “essence” of things, and “seem ill-equipped to deal mentally with a continuous spectrum of intermediates.”

That i find an interesting statement, think will try to get the Professor to respond & elaborate more what he meant by this line of thought, seem ill-equipped to deal mentally with a continuous spectrum of intermediates..

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