🧩 Philosophy Aug 24, 2026 · Robin Hanson

Make Peace With Darwin

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When people suggest that you “make peace with God”, they might mean:God is very powerful, so you are unlikely to win fights with him,His authority is legit, so you should be ashamed to fight him, andAny value by which you might justify fighting him came from him, and he understands it better than you.I now suggest that you “make peace with Darwin”. Instead of trying to fight Darwinian evolution, you should mostly work with it.One reason is that while you may have the free

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