by orchaeus | Jan 25, 2024 | Shared Link
A truly absurd, yet slightly brilliant introduction to a discussion that is bound to shed some light on a few contentious topics (thanks Nathan)… ( … which reminds me of the nightmare faced by we ‘completionists’ when attempting to engage in...
by orchaeus | Jan 24, 2024 | Shared Link
https://youtu.be/Gg9R4Q7PEuwIn this walk and talk, I explore the complexity of organisms (as opposed to machines) and give some of my nascent excitement about Assembly Theory as proposed and popularized by Lee Cronin and Sarah Walker (et al). Assembly theory’s...
by orchaeus | Jan 23, 2024 | Shared Link
https://youtu.be/SFxIazwNP_0?si=Yax4tZX5Va3GqnrIIn a variety of senses, this might be the most important scientific discovery any branch of our science has produced, to grant us otherwise impossible insights about the nature of life in the universe, its origins, and...
by orchaeus | Jan 23, 2024 | Shared Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_theoryAssembly theory (Lee Cronin) is one of the most astonishing (and, perhaps verifiable) theories to come out of an examination of complexity in Nature in my lifetime. Absolutely fascinating, compelling, and mind-blowing. But...
by orchaeus | Jan 19, 2024 | Shared Link
https://youtu.be/NjRa4YtjC6EImage by Fiona Clare Gillogly (from her essay on Birding Journals in Birding Magazine) In this walk and talk, one of the first things that happens once I reach the gardens is that, while I am talking about coyotes in the gardens, a siren...
by orchaeus | Jan 19, 2024 | Shared Link
Uhm… ok…?
