Biology
No big surprise here. We are animals, no more and no less. I am not the least bit surprised that our DNA is so similar to that of chimps. They are so highly intelligent and social, they seem like mini humans to me.
I'm a meat eater though, and I do get queasy when I'm forced to consider the similarity from that standpoint. It's so easy to compartmentalize, to entirely insulate myself from the fact that I'm eating an animal because food is so neat and tidily packed. I've dabbled in vegetarianism, feeling it's barbaric to eat animals. But then I don't feel well; I get tired and hungry. Soy is not something I'm interested in, so it's hard to get protein. Anyway, I'm a meat eater for now, but feeling more like a cannibal armed with this info. (Of course I've never eaten a chimp).
- Drunken Monkey Hypothesis
Craving a beer? Feeling bad about it because you think you might be addicted to alcohol? Don't feel bad because all humans are addicted to alcohol...here's why. According to the 'Drunken Monkey Hypothesis', proposed by Dr. Robert Dudley...
- Ecology
Ecology Webquest Name: __________________________ Period: ________ Date: _____ Part I: Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling I. FOOD CHAINS http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm and click on ?play the game? to begin. Answer...
- Week Six
Living and Non-Living Systems This subject threatens to become very intense and arcane. I can't say I fully understand the autopoetic definition of living systems. I really don't understand the role of cognition in it. That being said, I'll...
- Week Four
A Drug For Everything? It seems like that is the way that we are headed. Clearly, there's an alarming trend toward medicalizing everything, even personality, and then making nearly every aspect of the human condition "treatable". Looked at from this...
- Week Two: Evo Devo Thoughts
I was genuinely surprised to learn about the role of master control genes in the evolutionary process. I always thought (as many people do, I think) that the development of a new trait required a mutation in a gene. And, honestly, I could never figure...
Biology
Chimps and Humans
No big surprise here. We are animals, no more and no less. I am not the least bit surprised that our DNA is so similar to that of chimps. They are so highly intelligent and social, they seem like mini humans to me.
I'm a meat eater though, and I do get queasy when I'm forced to consider the similarity from that standpoint. It's so easy to compartmentalize, to entirely insulate myself from the fact that I'm eating an animal because food is so neat and tidily packed. I've dabbled in vegetarianism, feeling it's barbaric to eat animals. But then I don't feel well; I get tired and hungry. Soy is not something I'm interested in, so it's hard to get protein. Anyway, I'm a meat eater for now, but feeling more like a cannibal armed with this info. (Of course I've never eaten a chimp).
- Drunken Monkey Hypothesis
Craving a beer? Feeling bad about it because you think you might be addicted to alcohol? Don't feel bad because all humans are addicted to alcohol...here's why. According to the 'Drunken Monkey Hypothesis', proposed by Dr. Robert Dudley...
- Ecology
Ecology Webquest Name: __________________________ Period: ________ Date: _____ Part I: Ecosystems and Nutrient Cycling I. FOOD CHAINS http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/frogs/chain_reaction/index.cfm and click on ?play the game? to begin. Answer...
- Week Six
Living and Non-Living Systems This subject threatens to become very intense and arcane. I can't say I fully understand the autopoetic definition of living systems. I really don't understand the role of cognition in it. That being said, I'll...
- Week Four
A Drug For Everything? It seems like that is the way that we are headed. Clearly, there's an alarming trend toward medicalizing everything, even personality, and then making nearly every aspect of the human condition "treatable". Looked at from this...
- Week Two: Evo Devo Thoughts
I was genuinely surprised to learn about the role of master control genes in the evolutionary process. I always thought (as many people do, I think) that the development of a new trait required a mutation in a gene. And, honestly, I could never figure...