Tag: Grand Blueprint
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Barnacle Bill the Spider
Male spiders jump away with maximum G force after mating, leaping the human equivalent of 1000 feet in a second. The female stores the sperm until she determines that the male is strong enough to get away. If he gets away, she ingests the sperm and fertilizes her eggs. If he doesn’t get away, she…
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No transitionals
Evo News has yet another article on the failure to find ‘transitional fossils’. Since I’ve been reviewing and condensing old blog into new blog lately, I’ve acquired a feel for the strata of my viewpoints. There aren’t any transitional fossils in this record either. When I crystallize a new understanding, the viewpoint shifts abruptly. A…
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Katydids part 1, reprint
I wrote this item in 2012. A new piece of related research spurred me to revise and expand. First the 2012 version: = = = = = START REPRINT: Wonderful example of what can happen when you decide to look closely at something, instead of fucking around with numbers and potentialities and apocalyptic religious delusions.…
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Katydids part 2, revision
New research at Bristol takes a closer look and separates out the parts more clearly. So I’ll do the same. First we see Katy walking along a branch, and pausing when she hears something interesting… What does she hear? Perhaps something in the air, or perhaps a vibration on the stem that indicates a tasty…
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