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Eyes, Parts 1 & 2 - [a two-part essay on eye evolution]
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| February 15-16, 2005
| Carl Zimmer
Posted on 02/18/2005 4:34:47 PM PST by snarks_when_bored
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For those with an eye for excellent science writing, an interesting two-parter by a well-known author.

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Carl Zimmer is the author of several popular science books and writes frequently for magazines including The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Science, Newsweek, Discover, Popular Science, and Natural History. Carl's books include Parasite Rex and Evolution: The Triumph of An Idea. He has been been called "as fine a science essayist as we have" by the New York Times Book Review. His new book, Soul Made Flesh, is a chronicle of the dawn of neurology in the 1600s. Please send newsworthy items or feedback to blog-at-carlzimmer.com. |
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posted on
02/18/2005 4:45:24 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
02/18/2005 4:48:23 PM PST
by
Trinity_Tx
(Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believin as we already do)
To: Trinity_Tx; snarks_when_bored
Thanks snarks. All I do is ping.
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posted on
02/18/2005 4:56:51 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: Trinity_Tx; snarks_when_bored
I managed to mess up a 7-word post. I intended to say:
Thanks Thank snarks. All I do is ping.
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posted on
02/18/2005 5:31:39 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: PatrickHenry
Typos are like roaches...you kill the ones you see, but there's almost always another one lurking in the woodwork.
To: snarks_when_bored
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posted on
02/18/2005 5:50:31 PM PST
by
marktwain
To: snarks_when_bored
This thread has attracted so much excitement that, were it not for my typo, we'd have almost no posts at all. However, the night is young ...
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posted on
02/18/2005 5:51:34 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(<-- Click on my name. The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: marktwain
To: PatrickHenry
(laugh) Well, it's Friday evening. Maybe people are eating out or relaxing on the couch or taking their yacht on a run out to the island.
To: snarks_when_bored
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posted on
02/18/2005 5:56:03 PM PST
by
shubi
(Peace through superior firepower.)
To: snarks_when_bored
Excellent article. Thanks. Good to see it here on Free Republic.
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posted on
02/18/2005 6:01:13 PM PST
by
zebra 2
To: snarks_when_bored
. . . evolutionary biology is no different from geology or meteorology . . . Why does the author attribute "evolutionary" only to biology and not to geology or meteorology? Could it be that "evolutionary" is a loaded term that one can inflict upon any scientific discipline? At any rate, "evolutionary" suffers from lack of credibility where real science is concerned.
To: Fester Chugabrew; PatrickHenry
(Somebody got up off the couch.)
Geology and meteorology do not study living things. Non-living things are said to undergo changes, living things are said to evolve (well, not by you, but...).
To: zebra 2
To: snarks_when_bored
Great find, very interesting :)
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posted on
02/18/2005 6:28:16 PM PST
by
anguish
(while science catches up.... mysticism!)
To: anguish
To: snarks_when_bored
(Somebody got up off the couch.)Don't kid yourself. That's where I live.
To: snarks_when_bored
Geology and meteorology do not study living things. Non-living things are said to undergo changes, living things are said to evolve . . . At least you recognize the difference. The author of the above says there is none.
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