The Brains IS The Organism

The Brains IS The Organism A. Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish. Nerve cells respond to acidifying waters. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337677/title/Rising_carbon_dioxide_confuses_brain_signaling_in_fish B. The brain IS the organism. The brain of multicellular organisms is the evolutionary progeny of communities, cultures, of earlier unicellular organisms. The drive and purpose of life, of self-replicating mass formats, is the…

The Brains IS The Organism

The Brains IS The Organism A. Rising carbon dioxide confuses brain signaling in fish. Nerve cells respond to acidifying waters. http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/337677/title/Rising_carbon_dioxide_confuses_brain_signaling_in_fish B. The brain IS the organism. The brain of multicellular organisms is the evolutionary progeny of communities, cultures, of earlier unicellular organisms. The drive and purpose of life, of self-replicating mass formats, is the…

21st Century Science, Challenge And Prospects

בעיניים פקוחות א) האם אין זה ברור כי כל המדע (להבדיל מטכנולוגיה) של המאות ה-21 , 20 הוא למעשה “שלחן ערוך” של איגוד מקצועי פוליטי אמריקאי כוחני עם תפיסות ממוצעות דתיות אמריקאיות ושזו הקטסטרופה התרבותית והתקציבית של העולם המדעי הנוכחי האם ראוי ונכון להמשיך להתבטל מדעית לעומת איגוד מקצועי דתי כוחני אמריקאי ? ב) הטעם…

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 27 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…