tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post5415643863898703011..comments2023-12-30T01:23:38.125-08:00Comments on Riddled: One in the eye for irreducible complexityHamish Mackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-72340704905448523802010-03-15T05:20:02.592-07:002010-03-15T05:20:02.592-07:00Where does the New Scientist journalist get off, d...<i>Where does the New Scientist journalist get off, describing hydra as "early" animals? -- they've been evolving for as long as he or she has.</i><br /><br />Well put, this is also a pet peeve of mine, a throwback to the old <i>scala naturae</i> model that has Man (white man at that) as the "pinnacle" of creation.<br /><br />Hell, how can one argue that humans are "more evolved" than the parasites than are particular to humans?Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-46097131553136604532010-03-10T16:12:43.001-08:002010-03-10T16:12:43.001-08:00What sort of visual system do the mutant Turkey...What sort of visual system do the mutant Turkey's have? A birds eye view?Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-88158297402506581352010-03-10T05:05:27.791-08:002010-03-10T05:05:27.791-08:00It has just occurred to me that I may have been th...It has just occurred to me that I may have been thinking of Mikey instead of hydra.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-91592168356385387852010-03-10T05:02:41.174-08:002010-03-10T05:02:41.174-08:00Smut is right, this is as likely a postmodern deco...Smut is right, this is as likely a postmodern deconstruction of the eye as it is a primitive progenitor of the eye. Hydra are notorious for hanging around the mall dropping acid and discussing Borges. Leave it to a few extremists to take the whole "mind's eye" thing literally.fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01522672049371678717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-43506287653657977732010-03-10T01:04:21.412-08:002010-03-10T01:04:21.412-08:00Of note -- other cnidarians do have eyes, decent i...Of note -- other cnidarians do have eyes, <a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v435/n7039/abs/nature03484.html" rel="nofollow">decent image-forming ones at that</a>, so I don't see the big deal in finding opsin-based photosensitive cells in hydra. For all we know, the ancestor of today's freshwater hydra might have had eyes but lost them on account of them being over-engineered for the hydra life-style.<br /><br />Where does the New Scientist journalist get off, describing hydra as "early" animals? -- they've been evolving for as long as he or she has.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-27862452758995610982010-03-10T01:00:35.193-08:002010-03-10T01:00:35.193-08:00Plants with eyes, now we're talking.
POTATOES...<i>Plants with eyes, now we're talking.</i><br /><br />POTATOES.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-70856053818664465862010-03-09T19:36:24.271-08:002010-03-09T19:36:24.271-08:00Entropy is doing my job review.
(Semi-annual, for...Entropy is doing my job review.<br /><br />(Semi-annual, for doublemint fun!)<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-22171663094018131132010-03-09T19:32:18.113-08:002010-03-09T19:32:18.113-08:00...like I needed something else that's not my ......like I needed something else that's not my friend! Thank you, entropy!ckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-13488712739040308032010-03-09T19:29:44.694-08:002010-03-09T19:29:44.694-08:00The key to understanding entropy is that it's ...The key to understanding entropy is that it's equations work for closed systems.<br /><br />Those are systems that have all their energy contained in them. In any system that receives energy from external sources, entropy equations do not yield zero.<br /><br />So for anything less than the ENTIRE UNIVERSE, entropy is NOT your friend. <br /><br />Um, thank you. I'll be here all week. Please tip your veal...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-9436327680855880702010-03-09T18:34:56.476-08:002010-03-09T18:34:56.476-08:00"Greater can not come from lesser."
Yes...<i>"Greater can not come from lesser."</i><br /><br />Yes yes, girls point and laugh.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-35602746519410839842010-03-09T18:32:05.278-08:002010-03-09T18:32:05.278-08:00(who you callin' a youngun!! I earned this hy...(who you callin' a youngun!! I earned this hypertension!)<br /><br />(wv aboor - well, excuse me!!)ckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-25974195127003805742010-03-09T18:22:07.811-08:002010-03-09T18:22:07.811-08:00You younguns truly have no respect for us older hu...You younguns truly have no respect for us older human wreckage. I have enough freaking trouble with the intra-blog references, if you're gonna go all inter-blog meta, I'm going to be unable to keep up.<br /><br />And, as fair warning, that's when I go off on tangents.<br /><br />Just saying...``mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-79680537016199386882010-03-09T18:16:52.207-08:002010-03-09T18:16:52.207-08:00...you should try incontestible (perhaps with a so......you should try incontestible (perhaps with a soupcon of inadvertent)ckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-86876230073930020032010-03-09T18:01:10.818-08:002010-03-09T18:01:10.818-08:00That was my best work, A.K.!
The Indecipherable P...That was my best work, A.K.!<br /><br />The Indecipherable Phase lasted longer, but pulled in less loot.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-81746546716573697402010-03-09T17:57:49.754-08:002010-03-09T17:57:49.754-08:00Not to worry ckc, it is from Thunder's Incompr...Not to worry ckc, it is from Thunder's Incomprehensible period.Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-73637905094231673982010-03-09T17:52:55.925-08:002010-03-09T17:52:55.925-08:00(well, now I feel really foolish!)
(why no meat?)...(well, now I feel really foolish!)<br /><br />(why no meat?)ckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-78982401187325983702010-03-09T17:50:29.944-08:002010-03-09T17:50:29.944-08:00I call it "An Emu on a Cliff Overlooking the ...I call it <a href="http://blog.3bulls.net/?p=2704#comment-146072" rel="nofollow">"An Emu on a Cliff Overlooking the Ocean with 3 Fish, 2 of Which Are Really Small"</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-23497878015138628672010-03-09T17:43:38.209-08:002010-03-09T17:43:38.209-08:00|>
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"Greater can not com...I remember that theory!<br /><br />"Greater can not come from lesser."<br /><br />Catholic, ya know.<br /><br />P.S. W.V.: pullemu<br /><br />|><br />|_/<br />_|<br />……<br />………<br />………………………………………<br />……….<br />………. >(‘> >(‘><br />………. >()))*><br />……….<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-35733692625144877952010-03-09T17:36:26.688-08:002010-03-09T17:36:26.688-08:00...we all know that you're front-loaded...we all know that you're front-loadedckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-41662401499778606692010-03-09T17:29:02.097-08:002010-03-09T17:29:02.097-08:00I would merely point out that my beurre blanc is w...I would merely point out that my beurre blanc is wildly complex, and, far from being irreducible, MUST be reduced in order to achieve that very complexity...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-54356875795018222682010-03-09T17:16:23.912-08:002010-03-09T17:16:23.912-08:00...they may not have eyes, but they know when it&#......they may not have eyes, but they know when it's <a href="http://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/full/18/4/792" rel="nofollow">time to get up</a>ckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-84947868312215617772010-03-09T17:00:43.663-08:002010-03-09T17:00:43.663-08:00Plants with eyes, now we're talking. This mayb...Plants with eyes, now we're talking. This maybe why pineapples are harder to catch these days.Hamish Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079552635307235197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814819843269246078.post-53399617340842201042010-03-09T16:58:37.438-08:002010-03-09T16:58:37.438-08:00...and, of course, if you want to delve into a won......and, of course, if you want to delve into a wonderful range of responses to light (no eyes yet, sadly), just visit the plant kingdomckc (not kc)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05731097323974389961noreply@blogger.com