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An Exercise in Middle Woodland Geometry V
The concept of time is so full of ambiguities and paradoxes that it is no wonder that many societies worship time and its mysteries.
Nov 2, 202422 min read


What are Categories? Human Categorization
These words are categories, terms in which one separates the world into objects or things.
Dec 10, 20239 min read

What is Choice?
The fact that humans do not make purely rational decisions has been established in psychology and is taken as a set of constraints or bounds
Sep 8, 202314 min read

Mixed Species Foraging in Birds
Mixed species foraging flocks of birds and other animals are common everywhere
Jul 22, 202310 min read


Mound Builders of Ohio: Part 1
The Hopewell culture culminates in a history that goes back thousands of years.
Jun 10, 202319 min read

What is the Dawn Chorus?
For diurnal animals, dawn and dusk are special times.
Apr 2, 202312 min read

What is a Chair?
… and what does it have to do with a crow using a tool or the origin of life?
Jan 13, 202316 min read

Complexity, Cooperation, and the Individual
As humans, we live inside our little heads and we have this illusion that we are separate from the world and our bodies.
Nov 24, 202222 min read


Human Consciousness, Theory of Mind, and Smart Animals
Whether consciousness or language in humans came first is an open question.
Apr 24, 202217 min read


Adventures in NFT land - a manifesto of Retro Generative Art
My wife and I decided to do a project together to create a collection of NFTs.
Feb 21, 20227 min read


Monogamy in Animals
Reproduction is, of course, an important part of any animal’s life history, and mating success is a driving force in evolution.
Dec 17, 202113 min read

Bitcoin is Shitcoin
This is the techno libertarian ideal. Which will hold true? What could possibly go wrong?
Jul 31, 20215 min read


The Controversy of Cooperation: Human Political Thought
The evolution of cooperation continues to be a major controversy in biology.
Apr 25, 20219 min read


Mexican Blue Jays (Aphelocoma Ultramarina)
all of a sudden the little birds were gone and three large Mexican Blue Jays had landed in the trees
Mar 2, 20215 min read


On Individuality
Radical individualism always devolves into an infantile state.
Feb 15, 20216 min read


Acorn Woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Acorn Woodpeckers are associated with regions containing multiple species of oak tree.
Feb 7, 20218 min read
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