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# Video: A Darwinian Theory Of Beauty In Music & Art
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/video-a-darwinian-theory-of-beauty-in-music-art/
- Published: 2010-11-19T08:41:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-11-19T08:41:00.000Z
- Description: Humans are hard-wired to seek beauty in music and in the arts. This view comes from Denis Dutton, a philosophy professor and author of The Art Instinct. In this TED. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/11/video-a-darwinian-theory-of-beauty-in-music-art.html]
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[![image from www.hardin.k12.ky.us](https://a6.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0134892a2d8e970c-75wi "image from www.hardin.k12.ky.us")](http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/jhhs/jhhslmc/art-color.gif?ref=hypebot.com) Humans are hard-wired to seek beauty in music and in the arts. This view comes from Denis Dutton, a philosophy professor and author of *The Art Instinct*. In this TED talk, Dutton explains his theory on beauty. Dutton believes that art, music and other beautiful things are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins. 

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