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  2. Darwinian demon - Wikipedia

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    A Darwinian demon is a hypothetical organism that would result if there were no biological constraints on evolution.Such an organism would maximize all aspects of fitness simultaneously and would exist if there were no limitations from available variation or physiological constraints. [1]

  3. Monster literature - Wikipedia

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    This sense of dread is connected most clearly to the erasure of human exceptionalism, as the characters within Annihilation must struggle to understand that the environment holds power over them, rather than the other way around. This, in that struggle with monstrosity, is the only way they will survive Area X.

  4. Maps of Meaning - Wikipedia

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    The book describes a theory for how people construct meaning, in a way that is compatible with the modern scientific understanding of how the brain functions. [1] It examines the "structure of systems of belief and the role those systems play in the regulation of emotion", [ 2 ] using "multiple academic fields to show that connecting myths and ...

  5. Higher-order theories of consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Higher-order theory can account for the distinction between unconscious and conscious brain processing. Both types of mental operations involve first-order manipulations, and according to higher-order theory, what makes cognition conscious is a higher-order observation of the first-order processing. [1]

  6. MrBeast's 'Beast Games' on Amazon has a strange message ... - AOL

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    "Beast Games" flies in the face of all that. Money is tossed around as this strange easy-come, easy-go object. It opens with MrBeast standing on a pyramid of cash (allegedly the full $5 million ...

  7. Great chain of being - Wikipedia

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    The very idea of an ordering of organisms, even if supposedly fixed, laid the basis for the idea of transmutation of species, whether progressive goal-directed orthogenesis or Charles Darwin's undirected theory of evolution. [20] [21] The chain of being continued to be part of metaphysics in 19th-century education, and the concept was well known.

  8. Kids obsessed with MrBeast? Here's what parents should know ...

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    YouTuber MrBeast has a huge following. Here's what parents need to know about him. (Image: Getty; illustration by Jay Sprogell for Yahoo) ((Image: Getty; illustration by Jay Sprogell for Yahoo))

  9. Tripartite (theology) - Wikipedia

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    The Old Testament consistently uses three primary words to describe the parts of man: basar (flesh), which refers to the external, material aspect of man (mostly in emphasizing human frailty); nephesh, which refers to the soul as well as the whole person or life; and ruach which is used to refer to the human spirit (ruach can mean "wind", "breath", or "spirit" depending on the context; cf ...