Tag: environment
Engineering Better Explains Adaptation than Evolutionary Theory
The genetic variation in any species is confined to a limited set of variables such as a finch beak’s thickness.
Some Possible Reasons for the Limited Success of Evolutionary Algorithms
It is theoretically possible that out of thousands of scientists working on evolutionary computation, all failed to correctly implement the Darwinian algorithm.
Slouching Toward a “Brave New World”
Genetic engineering could unleash a deadly pandemic or lead to a “new eugenics” with very sharp teeth.
Lake Erie Now Has Rights
If nature has rights, that means everything does, which devalues “rights” just as a wild inflation deflates the worth of currency.
Human Dignity — Past Death
Having ourselves turned into dirt — or worse — reflects at least an implied philosophical view that it doesn’t ultimately matter that we ever existed.