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Author: Nick Lemon

The Stuff of Nightmares

November 12, 2018 Nick Lemon 1 Comment

I found the example of the Puerto Rican mosquitoes most interesting. The thought of releasing a herd of genetically altered…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Our Ideas Are Always Evolving

November 5, 2018 Nick Lemon Leave a comment

  The most difficult aspect of proving the Theory of Evolution through Natural Selection is that all species are still…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Bridging the Divide

October 29, 2018 Nick Lemon Leave a comment

From the reading, I have gathered that there are a few different ideas at play when considering weather or not…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

The Truth About Climate Science

October 22, 2018 Nick Lemon Leave a comment

I found the reading most interesting when it talked about how we are actually doing some things right in the…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Tech-No-Logical-Fixes

October 15, 2018 Nick Lemon 2 Comments

In the past, we have seen a few common issues regarding technological fixes. The most common and most important issue…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Mining for Trouble

October 8, 2018 Nick Lemon 3 Comments

I found this reading interesting because it tied together a few of the topics we have been exploring in the…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Where are the “Old-Timers” of Science Today?

October 3, 2018 Nick Lemon 4 Comments

In the context of this week’s reading, air pumps and electrical machines represent progress and change. Governments and religious entities,…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

At The Knee of Life’s Exponential Growth Curve

September 24, 2018 Nick Lemon 1 Comment

Much of the reason for the exponential growth we see in the 20th and 21st centuries is because, for much…

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Posted in: Week 05: Harari (Part 2) and Johnson (Part 1)

So Long Neanderthals…

September 17, 2018 Nick Lemon 1 Comment

The Cognitive Revolution was a period of time between 70,000 and 30,000 when sapiens first began to make boats, oil…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Nature Knows Best

September 10, 2018 Nick Lemon 1 Comment

In the paper written by Jeff Douthwaite, he begins by establishing credibility. He states that: “Having taught in both the…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Not all environmental circumstances are created equal.

September 3, 2018 Nick Lemon 2 Comments

The Bitterroot Valley faces many environmental challenges. These challenges were, and still are, primarily caused by irresponsibility and, in some…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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