Month: April 2023

Islanders have long claimed Flores Island ape-men, similar to fossils of Homo floresiensis, survive. An anthropologist investigates why.

Source: On Flores Island, Do “Ape-Men” Still Exist? – SAPIENS

Source: A Farewell and Remembrance | Uncommon Descent I hadn’t noticed but see that Dembski has closed his well-known blog. Although a long antagonist to the ID camp I have always respected t…

Source: belated ‘bye’//A Farewell and Remembrance | Uncommon Descent – 1848+: The End(s) of History

We humans are forward-facing, gravity-bound plodders. Can the liquid motion of the octopus radicalise our ideas about time? Source: Can the liquid motion of the octopus radicalise our ideas about t…

Source: Can the liquid motion of the octopus radicalise our ideas about time?  – 1848+: The End(s) of History

Today, I’m finding solace not in hope, but in anger. Source: Opinion | Capitalism Is Killing the Planet―and It’s Okay To Be Angry About That | Common Dreams

Source:  Capitalism Is Killing the Planet―and It’s Okay To Be Angry About That  – 1848+: The End(s) of History

Wallace, often billed as the co-discoverer of natural selection, didn’t seek sole credit for the theory. Source: ‘Radical by Nature’ Review: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Evolution – WSJ

Source: ‘Radical by Nature’ Review: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Evolution  – 1848+: The End(s) of History

“This is one of those ‘sit up and read very carefully’ moments,” said one science journalist. Source: Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn’t Even W…

Source: Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn’t Even Want to Talk About It – 1848+: The End(s) of History

The presence today of at least several hundred semi-feral domestic dogs living around the Chornobyl plant and beyond, indicates that the 1986 cull was not, of course, entirely successful. The Dogs …

Source: The Dogs of Chernobyl  – 1848+: The End(s) of History

Source: Net News stories; Archive of essay posts… – 1848+: The End(s) of History

This post started in relation to a discussion at gurdjieff-con.net (links at the end). But the key idea should be restated because it was confused by the extended discussion of the ‘causality…

Source: Repost and Update:…//What is the eonic effect?… – 1848+: The End(s) of History