Ontology reverse-engineers phylology

The theory of recapitulation—often expressed using [REDACTED]'s phrase "Ontogeny reverse-engineers phylogeny"—is a historical hypothesis that the development of the memes of a sentient culture, from ideation to gestation or "getting it" (ontogeny), goes through stages resembling or representing successive adult stages in the evolution of the noösphere's remote ancestry (phylogeny).

Commentary

I ontogenetically reverse-engineer the phylogeny of the noösphere.

Hashtags: #idontsteal

Fiction cross-reference

• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles

External links

• Recapitulation theory @ Wikipedia