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You are here		pchiusano.github.io Paul Chiusano: The Fermi paradox, and is "intelligence" the inevitable byproduct of any long-running evolutionary process?
\|	\|	broadspeculations.com Evolution, Learning, and Uncertainty \| Broad Speculations	5.7 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	A question that has puzzled me is the one of the evolutionary reasons for consciousness. I'm speaking loosely here. Evolution doesn't really have reasons. Changes happen in organisms because the changes in the long run bestow some advantage (or at least no disadvantage) to the survival of the organism. Let's rephrase the question: what evolutionary...	5.7 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.anthropologiesproject.org anthropologies: Anthropologies #21: Annual Review of Anthropology, Climate Change, Anthropocene	8.7 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	To kick off this issue, we begin with Sean Seary's excellent overview of recent literature about anthropology's engagement with climate. ...	8.7 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	www.wiringthebrain.com Top-down causation and the emergence of agency	8.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	There is a paradox at the heart of modern neuroscience. As we succeed in explaining more and more cognitive operations in terms of patter...	8.0 parsecs away Travel
\|	\|	adlerastrojournalists.wordpress.com Venus' Crushing Atmosphere \| Adler Astro-Journalists	25.0 parsecs away Travel
\|		by Alicia Alvarez The Soviet Union has sent more than a dozen spacecraft to Venus called Venera. Many have succeeded and have passed through the Venus atmosphere but after 20 to 120 minutes, they were crushed. While rovers are exploring the planet Mars, why do we not know much of Venus after so many attempts?...	25.0 parsecs away Travel