Tag: survival
Jason Rosenhouse, a Crude Darwinist
As a fellow mathematician, I would have liked to see from Rosenhouse a vigorous and insightful discussion of my ideas.
The Elephant Seal in the Room
You’ve heard about salmon, whales, and sea turtles. Now learn what the clumsy-looking elephant seal accomplishes navigation-wise.
There Is No Such Thing as a Fossil Mind
We are free to accept ad hoc evo psych explanations if we wish. Like astrology and palm reading, they make good conversation pieces.
Algorithmic Specified Complexity: The Game of Life
Hobbyists have designed highly complex patterns using John Conway’s simple rules of birth, death, and survival.
C. S. Lewis Helps Us See Design in Three Dimensions
Just for a little while turn off the PBS science narrator in your head. Why should there be beauty? What is it for?