Monthly Archives: July 2009
On bullying at school, and reunions
Mark Chu-Carroll has a heartfelt rant against how he was treated as a “geek” at school, which resonates with me. I was a geek, but I managed to avoid being attacked daily (mostly) by becoming a “head” or “hippy” (it … Continue reading
Filed under Sermon, Social dominance, Social evolution
Back in the saddle
So, my conferencing has finished, and I’ve even managed to catch up on some sleep. The Ish conference was amazing: I got to hear a lot of papers on topics I am working on and I got to meet some … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Species and systematics, Species concept
Briefly
Just a short note to interrupt the no doubt by now telepathic game of Mornington Crescent being played on this blog… I have give both my papers, one the the local conference and one to the international. It’s always really … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, History
Second book cover
From Peter Lang publishers, due this year (soon, I hope!). Order yours now!
Filed under Administrative, Book, History, Philosophy, Species concept
So much to say, so little time
As I prepare for the conferences I start attending and blathering at from tomorrow, I of course find a treasure trove of things to blog about. Since I can’t really do them all justice, I will merely put a one … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Evolution, History, Philosophy, Science, Social evolution, Species and systematics, Species concept, Systematics
Informational caloric
A comment on Antievolution.org, by didymos, about ID proponents who seem to think that information is some sort of semantic phlogiston or computational caloric. They aren’t the only ones, of course, but it’s a great line.
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Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design
BBC show on Ediacaran fauna
A commenter just posted this: Greetings Ediacara fans, You may be interested in tuning into In Our Time BBC Radio 4, at 0900 BST on Thursday (9th) July. See here for the links.
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Filed under Evolution, Species and systematics, Systematics
Lynch’s challenge to the Orang crowd
Further to the claim I mentioned a while back, on orangutans being the closest species to humans, not chimps, John Lynch has a post up on the phylogeny of ERV sequences in the great apes which show, independently of the … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Systematics
