TVO (public television in Ontario) recently aired a lecture by Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and an author discussing his latest book Musicophilia. I’ve always been interested in the understanding music on a neurological basis. Music seems so universal that I often wonder what is happening on a neurological basis to make it such? I’ve jotted down a few key [...]
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In honour of Ben Stein’s Canadian release of “Expelled – No Intelligence Allowed”
http://www.expelledthemovie.com/playground.php
I have produced a nice javascript demo of one of the basic concepts of evolution: natural (cumulative) selection.
Don’t get me wrong, I think Ben Stein is a very intelligent person. Having said that I think when it came to taking attendance in biology [...]
Video of the Program: http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/tvoutils/globalfiles/VideoPop.cfm?spot_id=5566&sitefolder=theagenda
I watched a program on TVO last night about overpopulation. I usually steer clear of this issue because I find it depressing. Just the same, it’s always in the back of my mind. With last night’s program, I posted a comment on their blog which I’ve included here:
A great program on [...]
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Steven Pinker, in his book “The Blank Slate” offers an interesting comparison of savagery over time. His contention, indeed that of Prof Lawrence Keeley, is that despite all the wars of the 20th century, the per capita rate of violence is lower than all preceding generations. That is to [...]
There has been a spate of activity in the nanotech realm lately. Over the past few months I’ve tracked several new developments. Here they are in no particular order: spine, ram, solar cell, ca
1) Solar Power: The problem with solar technology is the high cost of the solar cells. The [...]
