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The Cyclic Theory of Evolution

by Sean Carroll

I don’t think you can define a consistent arrow of time here, but clearly more investigation is warranted.


Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.

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November 13th, 2009 9:05 AM
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8 Responses to “The Cyclic Theory of Evolution”

  1. 1.   Sili Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am

    You just need a lifting function (I think – I really suck at differential geometry).

  2. 2.   jim Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 12:29 pm

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/09/29/for-proteins-evolution-is-a-one-way-street

  3. 3.   Bjørn Østman Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 7:27 pm

    Again with the knuckle-walking! The Human-ape ancestors likely didn’t walk on their knuckles. Grrr.

  4. 4.   Mark Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 7:32 pm

    Wow Sean, except for the cowboy hat, he bears a stunning resemblance! The 70′s version is interesting too.

  5. 5.   chemicalscum Says:
    November 13th, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    @Bjørn Østman

    I agree with Björn Kurtén too. I just can bear it you Björns seem to be born to be right all the time.

  6. 6.   La evolucion cíclica Says:
    November 14th, 2009 at 5:16 am

    [...] La evolucion cíclica [...]

  7. 7.   anonameat Says:
    November 14th, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    I love SMBC.

  8. 8.   Refusenik Says:
    November 14th, 2009 at 7:58 pm

    There is no time..so there is no arrow of time..the trajectory of time is a construction of human brain in our attempt to understand the Universe which we never can, unless we evolve again with a brain capable of understanding the meaninglessness of our existence
    without angst…this is not to deny the positive by-products of the efforts to understand the ununderstandable…





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