Both scientists and pseudo-scientists feel the need to provide evolutionary "explanations" for whatever phenomenon they study. I fact, the explanations seem more elaborate for phenomena whose very existence is controversial. Memes are the poster child for this phenomenon. Sometimes, long diversions into evolutionary story telling seem like nothing more than an effort to "sound scientific". If the average person has any idea about evolution, he'd say it's about "survival of the fittest". In the back of his mind, he's assuming that evolution has produced an unbroken chain of more and more "fit" creatures, culminating in the most "fit" of all: man. Even "white" man. Even the Aryan race. Actually, "survival of the fittest" is circular, if "fit" simply means the ability to survive and pass on one's genes. The key idea of evolution is descent with variation. There are many reasons why some varieti...