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In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not DNA.
| Mortimer Adler, Philosopher (1902) |
| Spencer Bachus, Politician (1947) |
| Guy Debord, Writer (1931) |
| Arthur Eddington, Scientist (1882) |
| Max Hastings, Journalist (1945) |
| Roy Hattersley, Statesman (1932) |
| Tim Johnson, Politician (1946) |
| Nigel Kennedy, Musician (1956) |
| Stan Lee, Writer (1922) |
| John Legend, Musician (1978) |
| Hervey Allen, Author (1949) |
| Pierre Bayle, Philosopher (1706) |
| Clarence Day, Author (1935) |
| George Gissing, Novelist (1903) |


