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AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

6. equating philosophical "Materialism" (Naturalism) with Economic "Materialism"

Reply to Odin2005 (Original post)

Tue Jun 19, 2012, 04:21 PM

Jun 2012

Like equating Natural Selection with social natural selection or economic natural selection.

Natural Selection is the means of evolution in nature. It is indifferent to the point of seeming cruel. It is nothing you want to base a society, an economy or any other human activity upon, that's for sure.

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New Agers bashing "Materialism" get on my nerves. [View all] Odin2005 Jun 2012 OP

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equating philosophical "Materialism" (Naturalism) with Economic "Materialism" AlbertCat Jun 2012 #6

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