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Discission

Discission

1. Incision or cutting through a part.

2. In ophthalmology, opening of the capsule and breaking up of the cortex of the lens with a needle knife or laser.

Origin: L. Di-scindo, pp. -scissus, to tear asunder


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Human Evolution Progress

The title of this discission has a problem that is very common in discussions of the process of evolution. The word progress. It implies progress toward a goal. Evolution has no goal. It will be very hard to understand this process ...

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