Word: evolutionism
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In the beginning I created the heavens and the earth -- well, almost. I actually started with a lump of molten rock, gave it a hundred million years or so to cool off and then began to form the clear blue oceans and the landmasses that would eventually become continents. After...
In SimEarth, as in the real world, the great natural processes that shape the environment -- volcanoes, erosion, continental drift -- interact with one another. Climate, vegetation and geology are represented as interrelated systems, each with controls that can be adjusted. Animals multiplying too fast? Just crank down the reproduction dial. Tired...
The most controversial aspect of the SimEarth model may be its reliance on the so-called Gaia hypothesis, a theory of evolution that views the earth as a single organism with various feedback mechanisms to maintain conditions suitable for life. In SimEarth this means that as the heat from the...
Both Hennekens and Mathews-Roth admit that herprotoporphyria research was an important step inthe evolution of the Physicians' Health Study. Bydemonstrating that huge doses of beta carotene hadno adverse effects on the subjects (except for therather unfortunate consequence of turning theirskin yellowish-orange), she was able to sellHennekens on the...
Hoffer said the upgrading promised by the funds is "just part of the evolution for computers in the GSD," and will now be able to "move a little faster."