Ideollurgy Archives

Post-script: Natural Selection Does Not Only Act on “Individuals”

May 1, 2022 June 6, 2022

One common criticism against (multi) group-level selection (in favor of kin selection under inclusive fitness framework, which fits the individual selection, plus selfish “genes” narratives better) in explaining the evolution of altruism or other group-oriented traits is that a “group” is ill-defined, organisms seem to come and go and interact ephemerally. However, the concept of …

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De-Mystifying Natural Selection — Evolving Beyond Individual Success

May 1, 2022 May 1, 2022

Ever wondered why humanity seems “destined” to crumble?

The Origin of Mass Extinction

April 30, 2022 November 15, 2022

How Mother Earth can be destroyed — an energy perspective on why mass extinction occurs.

Are We and Soil The Same? — A Modeling Perspective of Soil Carbon Accrual and Weight Gain

March 16, 2022 March 20, 2022

After all, we and Mother Nature come from the same life force.

Is our path towards ecological extinction set in stone?

Post-script of “What Really Are We? The Story of the Fast-opportunist and Slow-Stratgist”

March 4, 2022 March 4, 2022

Thanks for reaching the very end of this trilogy! 😉 I want to briefly mention that, having r-strategists in an ecosystem is natural and not inherently “evil”, no matter how badly you might think of them after reading my article. They only become a problem when they are “quantitatively” out of balance. In fact, fast …

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Where do humans stand in the grand orchestra of Mother Nature? Are we special?

Part 3 of The Descent and Ascent of Humanity — Evolution and Collapse: What Really Are We? The Story of the Fast-Opportunist and Slow-Strategist

February 21, 2022 February 21, 2022

Who are we? — Understanding ourselves in ecological terms and what it means to our fate.

Part 2 of The Descent and Ascent of Humanity — Evolution and Collapse: Slow Down, Humans

January 30, 2022 February 21, 2022

Speed underpins every phenomenon of our Universe, and our problems too.

Post-script on the implication of “Have outdated moral guidelines hijacked our evolution?”

January 24, 2022 March 3, 2022

The notion that we ought to aim for a good relationship and maintain a good state of Mother Nature might of course trigger unease in some. The point is not to propose we need to give up everything for a better Mother Nature (as with the logic in hardcore consequentialism, as well as the “us vs. them” paradigm)…

Part-1 of The Descent and Ascent of Humanity – Evolution and Collapse: Have Outdated Moral Guidelines Hijacked our Evolution?

January 24, 2022 February 21, 2022

The view that “bad” culture/beliefs underlie environmental problems is not new in environmental stuides. But how exactly is it effected? What is our Achilles’ heel that is holding us back? Anthropocentric morality may be so.