The following email was sent to Dr. Andreas Wagner, the author of the book “Arrival of the Fittest” on 2017-1-7: Dear Dr. Wagner, I was attempting to explain your theory to a friend recently, and thought that it would it be easier if I re-read your excellent book first. After…
Read moreThis was a very condensed version of my talk, “Why we get old and die, and what to do about it”. As ex-mayor Peter Trent is reported to have said when informed of the title, “Sounds depressing, like some of Leonard Cohen — music to slash your wrists to. But…
Read moreMy hypothesis is that the scrotum, which in mammals, is often exposed, relatively hairless, and with thin skin and little subcutaneous tissue, may have evolved for perhaps a different reason than simply to provide a lower temperature for spermatogenesis. Consider that humans produce about 25,000 sperm every minute. Why so many?…
Read moreWhat does it mean to be conscious? Does it even have a meaning? As a psychiatrist, I am influenced by the way in which the terms “conscious”, “unconscious” and “subconscious” are used. The latter two terms generally refer to perceptions or emotions or thoughts that we are not aware of…
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