Ideollurgy

Ever wondered why humanity seems "destined" to crumble?: De-Mystifying Natural Selection — Evolving Beyond Individual Success

Ever wondered why humanity seems “destined” to crumble? “Evolution runs by selecting only some but not all information to pass on through the line of descent.” Here is a wide misconception that is perpetuated by textbooks — such information selection (aka. natural selection) only happens on the level of “individuals” i.e., the package of traits of me and …

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

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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The Origin of Mass Extinction

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

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”

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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