Before the theory of evolution, everything must have been created whole. Now we believe it gradually changes and tests itself out over time.
Now we have memetic evolution: the spread and growth of ideas, testing themselves for supreme virulence and spread. Humans seem to be not only the creators, but the hosts and carriers for ideas.
There will be a next step.
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