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Linking the Wikipedia article on Orthogenesis which should give more context on the author's philosophical rambling at the end: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogenesis To me this concept seems to be an almost mystical belief in Progress with a capital 'P', particularly Hebert Spencer's take, as though evolution is guided by a mysterious force. (I am rusty on philosophy in case I am off the mark here). Evolution and progress are frequently confused with each other. I'm sure the subsequent Great Wars knocked some sense into people. Of course, like anything with philosophy, it's kind of complicated: quote:Numerous versions of orthogenesis (see table) have been proposed. Debate centred on whether such theories were scientific, or whether orthogenesis was inherently vitalistic or essentially theological
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