Category Archives: Ecology and Biodiversity

Young links

A bit of reading.

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Killer Links from Outer Space

I really have to do these more often… but I’ve been teaching.

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The Quiet Links

After the apocalypse, links…

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Linkballs

Been a while. Teaching. Sorry. Links:

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A Nightmare on Link Street

Apparently the media has cottoned on to the fact that Christianity is in trouble in America, now that a writer of vampfic has abandoned it. In the spirit of being like the media (i.e., clueless), allow me to give you … Continue reading

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The Evil Links I

Why are there more Christian congregations where there is more crime? On Quasispecies; Abbie notes an open source paper in FEBS on viral quasispecies. I worry that it fails to attend to the work of Sergey Gavrilets on holey landscapes, … Continue reading

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Who linked Roger Rabbit?

I’ve been rather busy of late, including being in a movie review club for a beautiful little French film The Hedgehog, based on a book The Elegance of the Hedgehog, which is a much better title. I recommend it. Anyway, … Continue reading

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Names and nomenclature in classification

One of the main focuses in the literature, especially in biology, regarding classification is the problem of nomenclature, of names. Many treat classification as being all about names, an error that is akin to mistaking not the map for the … Continue reading

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Beverley Hills Links

John Haugeland died in May, and the University of Chicago has an excellent obituary by Susie Allen. A memorial prize named after Hanneke Jannsen, who also died a while back, is available for masters theses in philosophy. After Medical Hypotheses … Continue reading

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The Princess Link

I do have a number of substantive posts in preparation, but I also have a couple of chapters to write and be impressive enough to convince the publishers, as well as marking, reviewing and revising. So I’m sorry for the … Continue reading

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