natator88 (60)in #fiction • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneALTERNATIVE FUTURE HISTORY: CUBAN DEMOCRACYMargaret Trudeau, mother of Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada, and wife to Pierre Trudeau, 15th Prime…natator88 (60)in #olympics • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneART PERSONIFIED - OLYMPICSAliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany just captured the gold medal at the PyeongChang Winter 2018 Olympics.…natator88 (60)in #news • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneThe Most Heartwarming Headline You'll See Maybe EverSouth Korea Asks UN for Permission to Let North Korean Official Attend Olympics I sometimes sit and ponder how…natator88 (60)in #ecology • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneSuicidal Species and the Complexity of NatureSuicidal Species Are (nonhuman) species suicidal by nature? That is, will they consume prey until there is no prey…natator88 (60)in #environmentalism • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneMake America Green AgainThe Sierra Club just sent a sticker in the mail: Make America Green Again. I'm going to use this sticker, and…natator88 (60)in #ecology • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneA Libertarian and Epistemocratic View of EcologyWhat do the primacy of the individual and a recognition of the unknowable have to do with ecology? Let us rewind time…natator88 (60)in #nature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneDiscordant Harmonies - Daniel B. BotkinIs nature intrinsically harmonious or inharmonious? Mainstream ecologists would probably reply, "Harmonious, of…natator88 (60)in #life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneMaximize the Serendipity Around YouNassim Taleb is full of one-liners good for maxims, mottoes, and mantras. Just read his book "The Bed of Procrustes."…natator88 (60)in #photography • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWinter BeautyMy Mom is an excellent photographer. She shot this pine cone during Golden Light, an hour after sunrise or sunset.…natator88 (60)in #bitcoin • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWhy I Hope Bitcoin Keeps DroppingAt the beginning of this year, I had about enough cryptocurrency here on steemit to buy one Bitcoin. But I didn't…natator88 (60)in #cognitive-biases • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneAI Fears OverhypedEvery time I read one of Bill Gates' injunctions against AI, or Elon Musk's warnings against it, I don't feel afraid.…natator88 (60)in #philosophy • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWESTERN CIVILIZATION'S THREE WORLDVIEWSTraditionalism, Modernism, and Postmodernism: which will win out in the end? "Sunlight is the best…natator88 (60)in #news • 7 years ago • NoneCAN WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES?Yes, we can. Specifically: Nature is more powerful than we are We need more prescribed burns We need to…natator88 (60)in #science • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND WE CAN'T PREDICT ITMULTIPLICATIVE DIFFICULTY HYPOTHESIS How can we predict things? What does trying to predict the 25th impact of a…natator88 (60)in #contest • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneMEME CONTEST- YOU ARE WHAT YOU READEarn SBD! Have fun! Be creative! I'm reopening my Meme Contest , since I didn't get any entrants last time.…natator88 (60)in #science • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneBRAINS ARE ANTICIPATION MACHINESHYPOTHESIS Why do we predict the future? Why do we anticipate? What is the evolutionary foundation for this…natator88 (60)in #society • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneCHARACTER VS DIVERSITYTHE HYPOTHESIS I went to givewell.org to search for Property and Environment Research Council, a company I…natator88 (60)in #life • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneHORSE FEATHERS EVERYWHEREHave you ever gotten something in your mind and started seeing it everywhere? Probably, because this is a version of…natator88 (60)in #environmentalism • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneWHY WAS THE FROG INCORRECT? IT JUMPED TO THE WRONG CONCLUSION.What do Dusky Gopher Frogs and property rights have in common? I wish I could think of a punchline, but neither the…natator88 (60)in #nature • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch. • NoneHow to Hold a FrogI am quite the herpetology (amphibians and reptiles) freak, and I enjoy spreading my passion to others. This summer, I…
