The general scientific belief is that the processes of mutation and natural selection have been able to beget all the many different, wondrous creatures that
Category: Act III: The Glorious Miracle of Life
The Selfish Gene Does Not Exist
Early in The Selfish Gene, the book’s author, Richard Dawkins, declares, “I might say to you ‘Darwin was the greatest man who has ever lived’,
The Spurious Case for Biological Patent Infringement
It is a basic tenet of all legal systems that Nature cannot be sued or brought to court by human beings. Only human beings can
Why do Honeybees have Barbed Stingers? The Law of Balance
Besides the many other interesting things about them, an interesting fact about honeybees is that they belong to the only bee species to possess barbed
The Protective Balance Provided by Microbes
In another essay, I introduced the concept of the Law of Balance, the idea that, in the macroscopic world of predators and prey, there exists
Science is not always Sensible
It is a very common human tendency to copy whatever is successful and apply it indiscriminately to many different areas of human endeavour. One sees
