Agents of Human Evolution
Nature experiments more freely in evolution with the male of the species.
Category: Science
How I see daily life is heavily influenced by my scientific background. My knowledge is provisional which means in social and political discourse I use working hypotheses.
Rate of Evolution, Rate of Mutation
I always thought the rate of evolution was equal to the rate of mutation, but that's not right.
Increments of tiny things can add up to something large
Significant changes do occur although daily or even yearly the incremental changes are barely noticeable.
Stone Age in New Guinea
Nutritionally poor crops, not allowing excess production to support specialization Local animals were not large enough and trainable, leaving little excess talent available to come up with improvements
Survival of the Fittest
Substitute "propagation of the most fertile" in place of "survival of the fittest" to see if its casual conversational use retains truth along with vigor.
Black Hole Derivation
I was fiddling around with a particle accelerating to the speed of light in a gravitational field. I came up with r
Gore-Tex Invention
Another case where science moved by fits and starts rather than reasoned logic.
Design without a Designer
Our very, complex economic system has a design without a designer.
National Air and Space Museum Dulles
Notes on visit to National Air and Space Museum at Dulles
In the Year 2525
The cicadas last appeared in 2004 and return every 17 years. Halley's Comet last appeared in 1986 and returns every 76 years. In what year must man be alive to hear the cicadas and see…