Saturday, January 12, 2008

Darwin and Descartes

Descartes relies upon the benevolence of God to assure himself that his senses could not be deceiving him. Today we rely upon the benevolence of the market to assure ourselves that the press could not be deceiving us. In both cases, the science of evolution would lead us a different conclusion. The senses tell us what is needed to preserve the species. The press tells us what is needed to preserve the market.

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