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9781594774409

Darwin's Unfinished Business

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  • ISBN13:

    9781594774409

  • ISBN10:

    1594774404

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-12-22
  • Publisher: Park Street Pr

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Summary

Simon G. Powell suggests that evolution is not just about the survival of the fittest but rather the survival of the clever and sensible. He sees Nature as a system of self-organizing intelligence whose agenda is not merely the replication of genetic matter.

Author Biography

Simon G. Powell is a writer, musician, and filmmaker. He is the author of The Psilocybin Solution and the dirctor/presenter of the film documentary Metanoia: A New Vision of Nature. He lives in London.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. ix
Prologue: Darwin's Evolving Legacyp. 1
Why Are We?p. 11
Life: A Great Organizationp. 25
Evolution: Never Mind the Gonads, Here's the Real Agendap. 45
Binary Acorns: The Science of Artificial Lifep. 68
Oscillating Paradigmsp. 90
Ah, But Can Nature Pass an IQ Test?p. 121
Close Encounters of the NI Kindp. 148
Symbiosis: Making Sense Togetherp. 183
Attractors and the Evolutionary Emergence of Mindp. 206
The Conscious Tree of Lifep. 236
Epilogue: A Walk on the Wild Sidep. 264
Notesp. 280
Bibliographyp. 283
Indexp. 286
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