Launching Species 14 Feb 201827 Feb 2019 WorldCat•LibraryThing•Google Books•BookFinder It’s out! Get it here. Hardback and Ebook. Administrative Science Species and systematics Species concept
Genetics Update: Genetic information paper 22 Jan 2010 I have updated my paper on deflating genetic information. The new version is here. Details: A deflation of genetic information ABSTRACT: It is often claimed there is information in some biological entity or process, most especially in genes. Genetic “information” refers to distinct notions, either of concrete properties of molecular… Read More
Administrative A friend gets a trilobite named after him 28 Apr 200818 Sep 2017 … Wilkins turns green with envy. There’s a special sort of immortality for those who work in paleontology which clearly outweighs the total lack of jobs and remuneration: having a species named after you. My friend and accredited geologist and paleontologist has now had a trilobite named after him. Ladies… Read More
Ecology and Biodiversity Whew! (Spiders!) 6 Mar 2008 After a three day workshop on the future and nature of taxonomy (or systematics; I’m still unconvinced there’s a difference) I am exhausted and enthused. The former because of the massive amounts of beer we drank, and the latter, well, because of the massive amounts of beer we drank, and… Read More
Dear John, Now that the comic strip SMBC has convinced me that qualia don’t exist, I realized that pain is a qualia. There is a problem because the usual refutation of solipsism is to drop a brick on the solipsists feet or other painful operation. This doesn’t work logically because the solipsist will state that he or she or whatever has no control over the alters. Anyway enjoy you last life as much as you can. Perhaps listen to F. J. Haydn’s String Quartets, they have been making me much happier and sadder, IOW alive. Yes, I’m Walter from TO, lost track of you. The group is just little fun without you.