The question of evolution in general, and the related ‘evolution’ of civilization has been so totally muddled by science, biology, and everyone else that is almost impossible to consider a theory of society at this point. The ‘eonic effect’ is a warning that the emergence of civilization has not explanation in terms of current religion or science. The eonic model shows just how peculiar the whole process really is.
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