What Is The Most Misunderstood Idea Ever?
by Ed Brayton
Longtime friend of Dispatches Ron Brown asks an interesting question at his blog: What is the most misunderstood idea of all time? He offers an initial suggestion that the most misunderstood is Descartes’ famous statement cogito ergo sum, but I think his second idea is even more misunderstood:
* That evolution is driven by random chance…