Not to sound rabidly feminist, but it does seem to me that boys like things that go 'BANG!' while girls prefer things that flow peacefully and with continuity. So, it shouldn't really come as a surprise that, as more women enter more branches of Science, more ideas about explosions and sudden, complete extinctions and the like come into question.
While the Cambrian Explosion offers wonderful grist for SF, the concept doesn't really make a lot of sense if one dismisses the possibility of alien interference. Something doesn't just appear, poof! out of nothing. Of course there has to be continuity. 'Blossoming' might be a better term than 'explosion'.
I am off to Los Angeles (Encino, to be exact) for a deposition in a civil case; I will take along with me Tolkein's Beowulf rather than my laptop, so you won't hear from me until Friday.
Hey, what happened to that strange white stuff all over the ground?
ReplyDeleteIt’s still on the mountain. But it’s making its way in liquid form into the rivers and Lake Champlain, all of which are above flood stage.
DeleteThis Is the Way the Animals Arose: Not With a Bang, but With a Bunch of Bangs [Click] “The much-hyped Cambrian explosion may have been just one burst in a marathon evolutionary fireworks display.” This makes a lot more sense.
ReplyDeleteBurning Fossil Fuels Almost Ended All Life on Earth [Click] “A road trip through the geological ruins of our planet's worst mass extinction.”
Not to sound rabidly feminist, but it does seem to me that boys like things that go 'BANG!' while girls prefer things that flow peacefully and with continuity. So, it shouldn't really come as a surprise that, as more women enter more branches of Science, more ideas about explosions and sudden, complete extinctions and the like come into question.
DeleteWhile the Cambrian Explosion offers wonderful grist for SF, the concept doesn't really make a lot of sense if one dismisses the possibility of alien interference. Something doesn't just appear, poof! out of nothing. Of course there has to be continuity. 'Blossoming' might be a better term than 'explosion'.
I don’t know about that, Cat. I have granddaughters who would love the excitement of an exploding science fair project. 😆
DeleteI agree with this guy.
ReplyDeleteRobert Mueller made a big mistake
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https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/bill-barr-directs-top-doj-official-defy-subpoena-house-oversight-committee/?fbclid=IwAR3-BS6Y6EdFizMnNCZh1fdt1kNm0vEbShO-YL0phd_gR7ITgcrrBKfzzJU
ReplyDeleteBill Barr directs top DOJ official to defy subpoena from House Oversight Committee
So glad spring is finally *really* here.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I actually saw flowers on my way to my dental cleaning yesterday.
DeleteA lesson in religious tolerance from ancient India [Click]
ReplyDeleteI am off to Los Angeles (Encino, to be exact) for a deposition in a civil case; I will take along with me Tolkein's Beowulf rather than my laptop, so you won't hear from me until Friday.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels, Alan, and enjoy the book.
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