Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.

We should get used to the idea that we'll probably never be able to find - and confirm - a good explanation of the ultimate origin of the universe, though I see no reason to believe that we can't press much further on this question than we have managed to date.

Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language.

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