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The Limits of Evolutionary Pressure

2020.05.30 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Industrial melanism, tan and near-black versions of the scalloped hazel moth, Odontopera bidentata

Industrial melanism illustrates evolutionary pressure/selection pressure. But in punctuated equilibria and large evolution, selection pressure won’t work.

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Posted in: Biology, Books Tagged: Darwin Dada, Evolution, Large Evolution, Small Evolution, Sociobiology

Character Displacement, Language Replacement

2020.03.10 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
A jumble of letters, like the jumble of language

Character displacement in biology is similar to language replacement in linguisitics: languages compete, evolve, and even go extinct.

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Posted in: Biology, Books Tagged: Darwin Dada, Evolution, Small Evolution, Sociobiology

Biological Evolution & Language Evolution

2020.03.03 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Language evolution: Tree showing the relationship of Uralic languages, and languages descended from Proto-Indo-European

Language evolution can resemble biological evolution. This is an example of how biology can provide insights about innovation in non-biochemical systems.

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Posted in: Biology, Books Tagged: Civilizing Evolution, Darwin Dada, Evolution, fundamentalism, Language, Small Evolution, Sociobiology

The First Law of Biology: Malthusian Superfecundity

2020.02.16 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Irish Famine Memorial, Dublin; statues of emaciated victims

The first law of biology is Malthusian superfecundity: All species produce more offspring than can survive. Humanity is not exempt.

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Posted in: Biology, Books Tagged: Sociobiology

Biomimicry & The Ideal Free Distribution

2020.02.10 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
A complex, biologically inspired motorcycle frame.

Biomimicry is a complicated attempt to arrive at the simple, natural solutions that result from the Ideal Free Distribution.

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Posted in: Biology, Books, Medicine Tagged: Darwin Dada, Evolution, Sociobiology

Publishing Problems and OpenSource-Capitalist Hybrid Publishing

2019.11.02 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Publishing Problems: Book Burning

Many publishing problems confront authors today, so I’m trying an OpenSource-capitalist hybrid publishing strategy for my next book, Darwin, Dada, Dalí, Duke & Devadevàya, or 5D for short. My Next Book I haven’t posted anything in some time. I retired from medicine, moved to Spain, and started working on my next book. I’ll be taking … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Biology Tagged: Darwin Dada, Small Evolution, Sociobiology

Amazon Sales: Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths

2018.09.21 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Cropped image of the cover of Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths

Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation is now on sale through Amazon.

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Posted in: Books Tagged: Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Dallas-Fort Worth Book Appearances

2018.09.13 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths, Joseph N. Abraham, MD, UL Press

Join UL alumnus, physician, biologist, and author Joseph N. Abraham, MD, for several appearances in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Posted in: Books Tagged: Liberal and Conservative, Partisan Politics, Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Human Genetic Behavior

2017.07.31 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

…And this is why I have foolishly chosen to discuss the taboos of genetic behavior, and ethnic and sexual norms; not to chain people to stereotypes, but to free us all from them. We must recognize our genetic tendencies in order to design around them, and past them; as Bertolt Brecht noted, “When there are obstacles, the shortest distance between two points is a crooked line.”

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Posted in: Biology, Education, Knowledge, Medicine Tagged: Lifelong Learning, Sociobiology, Wisdom

Gender Equity & Pointless Ambition

2017.07.06 by Bookscrounger Leave a Comment

Too often, gender equity pursues a masculine success of domination and pointless ambition, ironically making ‘equal rights’ offensively anti-egalitarian.

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Posted in: Biology, Education, Medicine, Politics Tagged: Small Evolution, Sociobiology, Wisdom
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