Multicellular life and the origin of cancer
We had an interesting discussion in the mathematical oncology group (co-)founded by David Basanta in the last days. David is interested in studying cancer as an evolutionary disease, knows a lot about...
View ArticleTo be an adventurer
We have seen earlier that the most difficult question in philosophy, the what it is like to be question of subjective experience (Thomas Nagel), the explanatory gap (Joseph Levine) and the hard problem...
View ArticleFast Food as Maladaptation
Maladaptation is a trait or property required by adaptation that is (or has become) more harmful than helpful. Fast food and addictive junk food can be considered as a consequence of maladaptation. It...
View ArticleMaladaptations of the Pleistocene
mal·a·dap·tive – Not providing adequate or appropriate adjustment to the environment or situation The last post was about fast food as maladaptation. The preference for fat and sugar which leads to...
View ArticleEmotions and the Pursuit of Happiness
The United States Declaration of Independence says that the pursuit of happiness is a basic, unalienable human right: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that...
View ArticleThe future of urban mobility
The video above shows the BMW i vision of BMW how the future could look like. Will it look like this? Today, more people than ever live in urban areas and densely populated cities. Over 50% of the...
View ArticleSolving the Problem of Subjectivity
Google Glass and GoPro cameras make it easier than ever to show what it is like to be someone or to do something, because they show the world from a first person perspective and from a deeply...
View ArticleBMW ActiveE – driving electric
Today I joined DriveNow, a car sharing service from BMW, and tested the new electric BMW ActiveE. As we have argued earlier, electric car sharing is the future of urban mobility. There are only a few...
View ArticleLooking back at the Earth
On July the 20th was the 44th anniversary of Apollo 11. Among the Astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, Mike was the best writer. Mike Collins writes in his splendid and...
View ArticleFascism and Cancer
Hannah Arendt and Erich Fromm were like Albert Einstein Jewish scientists who fled from the tyranny of Nazi Germany and emmigrated to the USA. Both knew their home country and the German culture very...
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