From Bacteria To Bach And Back: The Evolution O... May 2026
If biological evolution gave us the hardware (our brains), cultural evolution gave us the software. Dennett leans heavily on the concept of —units of cultural information that replicate and evolve just like genes.
Just as Darwin showed that nature can "design" a wing without a designer, and Turing showed a computer can "calculate" without knowing math, Dennett argues that most of life operates on competence without comprehension . From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution o...
Words are the primary "thinking tools." By learning language, we "install" software in our brains that allows us to reflect, plan, and create. If biological evolution gave us the hardware (our
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