Monthly Archives: December 2011
Irreducible complexity robotics
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Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, Epistemology, Evolution, Humor, Philosophy
Notes on Novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell
Notes on Novelty series: 1. Introduction 2. Historical considerations – before and after evolution 3: The meaning of evolutionary novelty 4: Examples – the beetle’s horns and the turtle’s shell 5: Evolutionary radiations and individuation 6: Levels of description 7: Surprise! 8: Conclusion – Post evo-devo … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Natural Classification, Philosophy, Science, Species and systematics, Systematics
Happy Newtonmas
Isaac Newton was born on the 25th of December (under the old Calendar; in our calendar he was born on 4 January, but ignore that for this post). In a wonderful marriage of good scholarship and computers (often a very … Continue reading
Filed under History, Logic and philosophy, Science
The meaning of Christmas
Tony Piro creatively borrows from Peanuts. Click on the picture to see the full comic. Tony has Linus give a fairly standard view, that Christmas is based on prior religious traditions. He carefully avoids making Linus repeat the “Christmas is … Continue reading
Filed under History, Humor, Pop culture, Religion
Mill on species and Kinds
… every Kind (and a species must be a Kind) is distinguished from other Kinds, not by any one attribute, but by an indefinite number. Man, for instance, is a species of the genus animal: Rational (or rationality, for it … Continue reading
Filed under Quotes, Species and systematics
