Thread:Forum:Genetic evolution vs memetic evolution (LQT!)/Gene propogation machines/reply (17)

Just to be clear I guess you are arguing that "Kids that you are related to are cuter" is a universal trait of humans?

"More significant than the counter-examples are the central examples, the ones which define the prototype of a coherent cluster of ideas."
 * Have you pretty much shown us the unquestionable evidence that you have discovered a "central example"?

"It is a very good thing that infants are cute, since that provides motivation for the laborious endeavor of"...
 * When I said "philosophy" I basically meant "speculation" and "hypothesizing"; wild, creative, "fascinating" hypothesizing, that would make Kent Hovind proud to be a scientist. Dream on, ReasonDiva.

"There are always counter-examples. Something about them defining the parameters or boundaries of any rule... oh, right; that is what's meant by "proving the rule," putting it to the test."
 * And you've clearly provided proved the "rule" in this case, Teach.