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Intellectual Darwinism
Intellectual Darwinism is based around the belief that only ?Deep_Thoughts:Intellectual_Darwinism. Retrieved
the strongest rational argument survives the test of time, December 6, 2011.
i.e, if a new idea becomes popular, the amount of people [2] Menard, Jason (October 23, 2006). "Intellectual
who believed the old thing will wane until the old idea es- Darwinism Doesn’t Always Cull Weak".
sentially becomes "wrong".[1] An argument against this http://jaymenard.com/2006/10/23/intellectual-
idea is the view that the old ideas still have still merit, darwinism-doesn%E2%80%99t-always-cull-weak/.
and that just because something is newer, that does not Retrieved December 6, 2011.
mean it is suddenly better. [3] Swanson, Daniel (December 8, 1971). "Intellectual
A 2006 article by Jason Menard suggests that intellec- Darwinism". The Harvard Crimson, Inc..
tual Darwinism does not result in the weak ideas being http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1971/12/8/
culled.[2] There are some arguments that suggest modern intellectual-darwinism-pbtbhere-is-an-
technology is making society worse off that it was or intellectual/. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
would have been.In an article called "Intellectual Dar-
winism", written by Daniel Swanson, he explains "there
is an intellectual Darwinism among us that believes if
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only all that can be said or thought is permitted, right • On Media and Intellectual Darwinism in the
thinking will out and the best will come to the fore." [3] Blogosphere
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[1] "Intellectual Darwinism". Imortisoft Inc.. • Blind watchers of the sky
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