Tag: technology
For a Technological Civilization, We Must Have Metals
It is very doubtful that any beings in the universe could develop a civilization remotely comparable with our own without the use of metals.
By Design, Earth Is a Planet Fit for Fire
As we have seen so far in this series, fire was an absolutely crucial component in humanity’s rise to civilization and technology.
Suicide by Zoom — Technology and Dehumanization
“We are always told that ‘strict guidelines will protect against abuse.’ It’s always been baloney.”
Neil Tyson Gets Ancient and Modern Medicine Wrong
Curiously, Tyson has a future, quasi-religious myth of his own to promote: personal immortality through futuristic technology.
Nature Reviews Genetics — Pseudogene Function Is “Prematurely Dismissed”
As Seth W. Cheetham and his co-authors put it, biology suffers from “demotivation into exploring pseudogene function by the a priori assumption that they are functionless.”