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		owenpalmer 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Structured Procrastination (1995) This is the bell curve meme. Evolution chose -> NOOOO, evolution doesn't "choose" anything -> Evolution chose Personification of natural selection is a common way biologists speak about evolution.

marcosdumay 4 months ago [–]

Yes, we have an entire part of the language for talking about what actors do. And we have nothing at all to talk about how non-acting structures mold complex systems.

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