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The Power of Experimentation
You, dear reader, are the product of four billion years of experimentation. Over the eons, sexual reproduction, genetic mutation, and gene drift (population migration) have repeatedly revised the language of life, and natural selection—competition for resources and mates—has ensured that the best prose gets copied and shared with the next generation. Like every other human being, you’re an evolutionary laboratory. Your genome contains about 150 mutations that weren’t inherited from your parents.
Your life has also been a laboratory. As a child you experimented with different behaviors to see what got your parent’s attention and later what got you liked at school. You experimented with hairstyles and clothes. ...
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