The Limits of Evolutionary Pressure
Industrial melanism illustrates evolutionary pressure/selection pressure. But in punctuated equilibria and large evolution, selection pressure won’t work.
Sociobiology
Character Displacement, Language Replacement
Character displacement in biology is similar to language replacement in linguisitics: languages compete, evolve, and even go extinct.
Biological Evolution & Language Evolution
Language evolution can resemble biological evolution. This is an example of how biology can provide insights about innovation in non-biochemical systems.
The First Law of Biology: Malthusian Superfecundity
The first law of biology is Malthusian superfecundity: All species produce more offspring than can survive. Humanity is not exempt.
Biomimicry & The Ideal Free Distribution
Biomimicry is a complicated attempt to arrive at the simple, natural solutions that result from the Ideal Free Distribution.
Publishing Problems and OpenSource-Capitalist Hybrid Publishing
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…]
Amazon Sales: Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation is now on sale through Amazon.
Dallas-Fort Worth Book Appearances
Join UL alumnus, physician, biologist, and author Joseph N. Abraham, MD, for several appearances in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Human Genetic Behavior
…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.”
Gender Equity & Pointless Ambition
Too often, gender equity pursues a masculine success of domination and pointless ambition, ironically making ‘equal rights’ offensively anti-egalitarian.