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245 00 Darwin's dangerous idea with Daniel Dennet. 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2014. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 55 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
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500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by Into the Classroom Media in 2008. 
520    A single great idea: the theory of natural selection. With
       it, Charles Darwin shattered existing notions of the 
       natural world by demonstrating how complexity could arise 
       as a result of a blind and mechanistic sorting process, 
       without an "intelligent designer". Now, join Daniel 
       Dennett as he illuminates the radical nature of Darwin's 
       dangerous idea.  Setting his stage, Dennett illustrates 
       why skeptics insist that beyond "gradual change" evolution
       must require something supernatural to do the "heavy 
       lifting" of design--miraculous "lifters" which Dennett 
       calls "skyhooks". Instead, Dennett demonstrates that we 
       don't need miracles or "skyhooks" because evolution gives 
       us "cranes": from sexual reproduction, to multi-
       cellularity, to language, he illustrates how cranes are 
       new designs which themselves have evolutionary 
       explanations and which, once they exist, become the tools 
       to create previously impossible designs -from birds and 
       humans, to ideas and culture. Next, Dennett turns to the 
       "memetic revolution", and proposes how memes (the cultural
       analog of genes) can explain the extraordinary phenomenon 
       of human culture. In surprising fashion, he cites 
       Toxoplasma Gondi and brain fluke parasites (which cause 
       suicidal behaviour in their hosts) to suggest why we don't
       need "skyhooks" to account for uniquely human attributes. 
       He demonstrates how morality, ethics, the appreciation of 
       beauty, or the willingness to die for an ideology are 
       ideas (memes) which have, like parasites hijacking the 
       human brain, superceded the strict imperative of 
       reproductive success. Daniel Dennett's provocative, and 
       highly entertaining presentation will inspire your 
       students think about the natural world and the nature of 
       human beings in surprising new ways. Dennett stands as the
       sharpest, cleverest, most stylish prober of issues of 
       human consciousness (and) evolutionary theory. Carlin 
       Romano, The Philadelphia Enquirer. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
600 10 Darwin, Charles,|d1809-1882. 
650  0 Natural selection. 
650  0 Psychology. 
655  7 Documentary films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Dennet, Daniel,|ehost. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
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