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The Gospel of Crazy Eye Dog
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The Most Important Source of Variation in Explanatory Theories Is Creativity
Good explanations are hard to vary. Even without being tested. Random errors in the transmission of a good explanation are easier for the receiver to detect and correct. The most important source of variation in explanatory theories is creativity. People often try to improve explanations even when they've received them accurately. They make creative amendments spurred by their own criticism. Both human knowledge and biological adaptations are abstract replicators.
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