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{{quote|When a man throws a ball high in the air and catches it again, he behaves as if he had solved a set of differential equations in predicting the trajectory of the ball. He may neither know or care what a differential equation is, but it does not affect his skill with the ball.
{{quote|When a man throws a ball high in the air and catches it again, he behaves as if he had solved a set of differential equations in predicting the trajectory of the ball. He may neither know nor care what a differential equation is, but this does not affect his skill with the ball. At some subconscious level, something functionally equivalent to the mathematical calculations is going on.
:—{{author|Richard Dawkins}}}}
:—{{author|Richard Dawkins}}, ''{{plainlink|https://richarddawkins.net/2015/12/selfish-gene-2nd-edition-p-95|The Selfish Gene}}'' (1976).}}

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When a man throws a ball high in the air and catches it again, he behaves as if he had solved a set of differential equations in predicting the trajectory of the ball. He may neither know nor care what a differential equation is, but this does not affect his skill with the ball. At some subconscious level, something functionally equivalent to the mathematical calculations is going on.

Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (1976).