I have taken a break from posting as I enjoy my holidays in NYC. This picture definitely relates to evolution, as it stands in the evolution shelves in new york's strand.
I would be tempted to say that keeping books organized is some sort of altruistic trait, at least in this bookshop. If we assume that this is a tourists' bookshop, you're likely not to benefit at all from keeping order while bearing the cost of looking thoroughly when putting the book back on the shelf. Yet the books are somehow ordered, and the social convention, at least among most of us is to watch out for order in shelves. Altruism fits everywhere but we still lack the theory to explain it.
So, correct? not sure.
I would be tempted to say that keeping books organized is some sort of altruistic trait, at least in this bookshop. If we assume that this is a tourists' bookshop, you're likely not to benefit at all from keeping order while bearing the cost of looking thoroughly when putting the book back on the shelf. Yet the books are somehow ordered, and the social convention, at least among most of us is to watch out for order in shelves. Altruism fits everywhere but we still lack the theory to explain it.
So, correct? not sure.
More on this week's Nature....
0 Comments Published by Julián García on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 at 5:13 PM.
- A review of this book, by Oliver Curry, previously criticized on the blogosphere for his human evolution predictions.
- And a very promising article on human altruism combining evolutionary biology and experimental economics...I'll blog about this one later.
Pseudoscience should not be published in Nature
1 Comments Published by Julián García on at 4:49 PM.
A couple of weeks ago this polish 'scientist' made it to Nature, with a correspondence contribution entitled "Creationism, evolution: nothing has been proved. This week's issue contains some (awaited) responses...
One of them (A timely wake-up call as anti-evolutionists publicize their views by U. Kutschera) says that it was a good decision to publish the article as a wake-up call. It is certainly indeed shocking that a pro ID article has made it to Nature, and it may indeed serve as a big wake-up call, but I wonder if this is a role for the most prestigious international science journal. Nature is a very special journal with articles that may target to some extent a broad and special audience, but it is also the most prestigious science publication out there.
Another response (Pseudoscience should not be published in Nature by Uwe Balthasar and Susannah Maidment) says...
Here's another response to the controversial letter.
One of them (A timely wake-up call as anti-evolutionists publicize their views by U. Kutschera) says that it was a good decision to publish the article as a wake-up call. It is certainly indeed shocking that a pro ID article has made it to Nature, and it may indeed serve as a big wake-up call, but I wonder if this is a role for the most prestigious international science journal. Nature is a very special journal with articles that may target to some extent a broad and special audience, but it is also the most prestigious science publication out there.
Another response (Pseudoscience should not be published in Nature by Uwe Balthasar and Susannah Maidment) says...
Nature has a responsibility, as a leading and widely read science journal, to uphold scientific standards and values.I tend to agree with the latter....
Here's another response to the controversial letter.
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