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Genes Without Prominence
Keith Baverstock
Evolution and the origin of life through the lens of thermodynamics: using dynamical systems theory, Keith Baverstock argues natural selection is based on metabolic efficiency, not genetic variation.
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The Genus Homo
Ian Tattersall
The history of the hominid family is one of diversification, competition, and, sometimes, extinction. Ian Tattersall explains why we need a compact and phylogeny-based definition of the genus Homo.
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The Holographic Universe
Jean-Pierre Luminet
How is a black hole in 5-D space like a 4-D particle/radiation field? Jean-Pierre Luminet explains the holographic principle, the Maldacena conjecture, and the resolution of the information paradox.
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Tribes and States
Philip Carl Salzman
Tribes have equality and autonomy, but their structure is incompatible with modern democracy. Philip Carl Salzman describes Baluchi lineage groups: closer kin unite to oppose distant kin.
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Doing Mathematics Differently
Gregory Chaitin
Spattering drops of ink, Leibniz intuited that a theory as complex as the data it is supposed to explain is useless. Gregory Chaitin finds the same thing using algorithmic information theory.
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The Beginning of the Universe
Alexander Vilenkin
The BGV theorem shows the universe must have had a beginning. Alexander Vilenkin describes the theory of quantum creation, and how the universe could have a beginning and also be uncaused.
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Consciousness
Arthur Cody
Describing consciousness is hard. Can we characterize our experiences as thinking beings? Arthur Cody says no, but argues for the importance of the feelings that authorize us to initiate actions.
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The Subjective Statistician
Paul Weirich
The big problem for Fisher/Bayesian statistics is subjectivity. Unifying Bayesian methods and Fisher significance tests, Paul Weirich has a theory of imprecise probabilities that resolves the problem.
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The Best of Times
David Berlinski
Has violence declined in the modern world? How can we tell? David Berlinski looks at medieval and modern homicide rates, the causes of war, plus statistics and probabilities, to argue the reverse.
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