Science vs Religion 2
Explore the intersection of faith and reason with our curated book list on Science vs Religion. Featuring Michael Lewis's *Blind Side* and Susan Blackmore's *The Meme Machine*, discover compelling insights into belief, evolution, and scientific thought.
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Blind Side
by Michael Lewis
The author examines the phenomenon of the high value of the left tackle in football, using as his example an underprivileged youngster from Tennessee.
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The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore
Humans are extraordinary creatures, with the unique ability among animals to imitate and so copy from one another ideas, habits, skills, behaviours, inventions, songs, and stories. These are all memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976 in his book The Selfish Gene. Memes, like genes, are replicators, and this enthralling book is an investigation of whether this link between genes and memes can lead to important discoveries about the nature of the inner self.Confronting the deepest questions about our inner selves, with all our emotions, memories, beliefs, and decisions, Susan Blackmore makes a compelling case for the theory that the inner self is merely an illusion created by the memes for the sake of replication.
