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Tell ‘Em That It’s Human Nature: http://trickyrelativity.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/tell-em-that-its-human-nature/
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A reply on Talk: David Deutsch: A new way to explain explanation
Also, even if we cannot "see" progress we are still progressing. Yasser mentioned that things remained "relatively" unchanged for many thousands of years. The key word there is the one in quotes. 1000 years is no different than one minute relatively speaking. If one minute I'm happy and the next I'm sad, how do I know that I'm sad, because just a minute ago I was happy. I hope that's not too abstract. I just think we are painfully tied to how we perceive time and as a result we forget that evolution is like an eternal roller coaster ride--a ride we've only become aware of a relative "minute" ago.
Oh, thanks for the excellent commentary guys.
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http://trickyrelativity.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/perception/
http://trickyrelativity.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/tell-em-that-its-human-nature/