Evolution FAQ #7

From http://www.livingtorrents.com faq: 7. We do not believe in the big bang except, for the saying which goes “God said it and bang it happend.” I’m too lazy to find the link right now but the Kansas people who started all this evolution not evolution debate got unelected thrown out in the past few months. [...]

I read it in the newspaper so it must be true aug30

Hugo Rifkind’s People column (half way down) Back at work today, Tony Blair yesterday hosted a summit on social exclusion at Chequers. ‘Listen,’ we ask the Downing Street press office. ‘Social exclusion. Chequers. You guys must have spotted the incongruity here?‘ ‘ Um, no,’ says the press office. Ah well. Can we come? ‘ No. [...]

E pluribus unum

I recently mentioned, in passing, that I was a vegetarian. To be precise, I’m a lacto-ovo-vegetarian. So what, sez you? Well, the lacto and ovo got me thinking about Latin, and languages in general. My primary degree is in Developmental Biology*. Developmental Biology is a relatively new (hypothesis-driven) science, maybe only 200 years old. Of [...]

ummagumma

It’s taken 14 years, and the death of Syd Barrett, but I listened to 30 minutes of Pink Floyd’s Ummagumma tonight. I’m still me and I’m proud of myself. Don’t know what tomorrow will bring. Hopefully, someday, I can sleep through dawn.

Fish eyes

Deborah Lattimore has posted some very, very nice photo’s of fish eyes (yes, fish eyes!) on Flickr. I can’t show you a photo as she’s restricted linking. I know there’s ways around that but I respect her wishes. Now why did I put an evolution tag on this post?  Well, vision developed millions of years [...]

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