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An interesting reaction shot from last night's debate:
(via Kobra)
What do you think? Is this what McCain will be remembered for?
(via the Minnesota Independent)
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One of the bonuses of having lots of legs is that you can go bipedal whenever you feel like it.
(via TONMO)
A fun suggestion: do a google image search for "Wonderpus". Be prepared to go blind.
(Also on FtB)
Some days, I just have to get the cephalopod obsession out of my system with a quick purge of links from the mailbag.
Robot tentacles (via Amygdala)
Squid guts ice cream
Japanese manhole covers
Ancient octopus cartoon (via Holbo)
Octopus T-shirts
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Cephalopods get…
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The Untold Story of the Ecological Science of Human Population Dynamics, presented at the following link, http://www.panearth.org/.
There is one issue that is not being given the attention it deserves. I want to ask you and the Balaton Group to focus on human exceptionalism as it relates to population dynamics of the human species. How are we to grasp the gravity of the human predicament, much less gain consensus about how to go forward, if we cannot share an adequate, scientific understanding of the ‘placement’ of the human species within the order of living things. Specifically, is the population dynamics of the human species essentially similar to, or different from the population dynamics of other species? In terms of our population dynamics are human beings actually exceptional? If so, where is the science for an assertion of human exceptionalism vis a vis its population dynamics. The population dynamics of non-human species are routinely and immediately understood. Food is the independent variable and population numbers is the dependent variable. More food equals more organisms; less food equals less organisms; and no food, no organisms. But the minute our focus shifts to human organisms, everything we know from well established scientific research about population dynamics is turned upside down. We widely share, consensually validate and automatically broadcast via the mass media the notion that the human species must grow food in order to meet the needs of growing human population. All of sudden human population numbers is the independent variable and food is the dependent variable. Where is the scientific research for this distinctly human exceptionalism with regard to the population dynamics of humankind? I cannot find sufficient scientific support for such exceptionalism.
Hi Steve, I see you've found Pharyngula...
Though if you really want to engage Pharyngulites in a more meaningful discussion about this issue you might want to post here instead: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula
Cheers!
Fred
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