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I want to know why we should think that Darwinian selection is leading us towards perfection. Either perfection is just whatever Darwinian selection is leading us towards, in which case you have an empty definition, or perfection is something else, which just begs the question, what is perfection?
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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