From Bacteria To Bach And Back: The Evolution O... May 2026

Termites build complex mounds without a blueprint. They have the competence to build but no comprehension of architecture. 2. Memes: The Tools for Thinking

If biological evolution gave us the hardware (our brains), cultural evolution gave us the software. Dennett leans heavily on the concept of —units of cultural information that replicate and evolve just like genes. From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution o...

From Bacteria to Bach and Back: How Minds Evolved Without a Designer Termites build complex mounds without a blueprint