It's Johnny's birthday...
Takes me back to a time when things were simpler. Or, at least, we thought they were.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Chris DiCarlo...
...was in Tuscaloosa tonight as part of the University of Alabama's ALLELE (Alabama Lectures on Life's Evolution) series. I took a group up from Small Southern for the talk. The science was a fairly low-level summary of what we know about our African origins. The more interesting part of the talk dealt with the philosophical questions that rise from that knowledge. Can scientific proof of our commonality save us?
I have my doubts - we seem to be hard-wired for hatred. Still, spreading the word can't hurt. So, we're 95% similar, DNA-wise, to chimpanzees. Well, we're a lot more similar to each other. It's kin selection, guys. We're carrying each others genes - let's look out for each other. For the interested, here's a DiCarlo pub that summarizes his main points.
Although I enjoyed the DiCarlo talk, it was a toss-up between him and the stage production of Moby Dick.
I have my doubts - we seem to be hard-wired for hatred. Still, spreading the word can't hurt. So, we're 95% similar, DNA-wise, to chimpanzees. Well, we're a lot more similar to each other. It's kin selection, guys. We're carrying each others genes - let's look out for each other. For the interested, here's a DiCarlo pub that summarizes his main points.
Although I enjoyed the DiCarlo talk, it was a toss-up between him and the stage production of Moby Dick.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Darwinian night music
Talking Darwin to the Honors group tomorrow. Getting in the mood with Chris Smither.
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