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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 | {{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}}<ref>{{br|The Selfish Gene}}, 2nd Ed., 95 — see https://richarddawkins.net/2015/12/selfish-gene-2nd-edition-p-95/</ref>}} | ||