A tax on gorilla iconography? Oh noes… 27 Dec 2007 Greg Laden is reporting that Rwanda is taxing companies that use gorillas in their advertising, in order to pay for their conservation. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you are an albino silverback in Australia, this only applies to Rwandan companies. Or maybe I would happily pay a tax to the Rwandan government for the use of my avatar if asked. It depends on whether I have enough money for beer that month. Ecology and Biodiversity Humor
Ecology and Biodiversity Liveblogging the conference: Jay Odenbaugh 14 Mar 2008 Jay is an ecological philosopher. He wants to sketch how ecologists have used boundaries, and outline both a skepticism and an interactive approach. Read More
Chocosophy Zombies and chocolate: what it is like to eat a block 17 Jul 20126 Feb 2013 Zombies are very much in the news lately. People are using them as a way to teach science. However, long before the scientists caught up with the trends, philosophy had been discussing zombies after the question of whether there are philosophical zombies (P-zombies) was raised by Saul Kripke in 1972,… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Tetrapods, species selection, and extinction 14 Dec 200818 Sep 2017 Just a couple of days ago I mentioned the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. They must have heard me because today I get my email notification that they have published this year’s volume. I’d like to mention three papers of interest to me. Alas, children, if you don’t… Read More
Just read this news item that Egypt is going to copyright the Pyramids: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071225/lf_afp/egyptantiquitieslaw
A clever idea. Hawass is a smart guy. But I hope they don’t try to get the Sudan, Mexico or Iraq to pay dues on those copies of the pyramids they have there… Perhaps they can get Bosnia to pay up, though.