Sam Childers: a God-driven altruist
Posted 23 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on Sam Childers: a God-driven altruistThe Takeaway “Sam Childers: The Real-Life ‘Machine Gun Preacher’“
David Sloan Wilson takes Jerry Coyne to task for his ignorance and pessimism
Posted 20 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on David Sloan Wilson takes Jerry Coyne to task for his ignorance and pessimismScience Blogs (Evolution for Everyone) “Jerry Coyne on Group Selection: What Does He Know?” To be honest, DSW does not stick the knife in as deep as he could here. The article he references in Evolution (“Eight Criticisms Not to Make About Group Selection“) is published by the Society for the Study of Evolution, of Read More
David Sloan Wilson piece on the Scientific American blog provides an update on his social engineering experiments informed by evolutionary theory
Posted 20 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on David Sloan Wilson piece on the Scientific American blog provides an update on his social engineering experiments informed by evolutionary theoryScientific American Blog “Evolution, as helping hand“
Interdependence Day Conference hits on biological/evolutionary themes in discussing the need for human cooperation
Posted 18 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on Interdependence Day Conference hits on biological/evolutionary themes in discussing the need for human cooperationSmiley and West “Smiley & West featuring Interdependence Day Conference“
Interesting new conservation model levies voluntary taxes on worldwide businesses
Posted 18 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on Interesting new conservation model levies voluntary taxes on worldwide businesses1% for the Planet
Seemingly there is no limit to the weirdness of human mutualisms (or is it commensalism? parasitism?) with other species
Posted 18 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on Seemingly there is no limit to the weirdness of human mutualisms (or is it commensalism? parasitism?) with other speciesHearing Voices “The Loaves and the Fishes” Listening to this made me wonder “why do humans gain so much pleasure from feeding animals junk food that they will go to public meetings to protect their right to do so?”. It seems like we are so divorced from real nature and authentic interactions with animals that Read More
Bioethicists offer a bounty for scientific evidence supporting political claims about vaccine safety
Posted 15 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on Bioethicists offer a bounty for scientific evidence supporting political claims about vaccine safetyAll Things Considered “Bioethicists Offer Reward For Proof On HPV Vaccine Claim“
Jerry Coyne Reviews David Sloan Wilson’s “The Neighhborhood Project”
Posted 15 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on Jerry Coyne Reviews David Sloan Wilson’s “The Neighhborhood Project”New York Times “Can Darwinism Improve Binghamton?” Notice how much of this article is used to go after Wilson’s belief in group selection! And is Jerry Coyne’s imagination so narrow that he cannot see the way that variation and selection play out in culture? For another view from The New York Times, see “The Evolution Read More
As happened with Hurricane Katrina, poor environmental policy has turned Hurricane Irene into a political disaster as well as a natural disaster
Posted 14 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on As happened with Hurricane Katrina, poor environmental policy has turned Hurricane Irene into a political disaster as well as a natural disasterAll Things Considered “Post-Irene Cleanup May Damage Environment“
E.O. Wilson’s “Manifest Ecology” states simply the imperative for conservation and environmentalism
Posted 14 Sep 2011 / Comments Off on E.O. Wilson’s “Manifest Ecology” states simply the imperative for conservation and environmentalismThe Atlantic Magazine “Manifest Ecology“