Calculating with Numbers
I learned two lessons that night. 12 times 12 is 144 and theories should be put to the test as soon as possible.
Category: Science
How I see daily life is heavily influenced by my scientific background. My knowledge is provisional which means in social and political discourse I use working hypotheses.
Agents of Human Evolution
Nature experiments more freely in evolution with the male of the species.
Rate of Evolution, Rate of Mutation
I always thought the rate of evolution was equal to the rate of mutation, but that's not right.
Increments of tiny things can add up to something large
Significant changes do occur although daily or even yearly the incremental changes are barely noticeable.
Types and Certainty of Knowledge
What do you know for sure? Knowledge. Immediate, Secondary, and Authority
Stone Age in New Guinea
Nutritionally poor crops, not allowing excess production to support specialization Local animals were not large enough and trainable, leaving little excess talent available to come up with improvements
Black Hole Derivation
I was fiddling around with a particle accelerating to the speed of light in a gravitational field. I came up with r
Gore-Tex Invention
Another case where science moved by fits and starts rather than reasoned logic.
Design without a Designer
Our very, complex economic system has a design without a designer.