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Author: Peyton McElroy

Sleeping Giants

November 26, 2018 Peyton McElroy 2 Comments

Harari seems to be arguing that the rise in population and industry due to things like the agricultural and industrial…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Editing the Gene

November 15, 2018 Peyton McElroy Leave a comment

CRISPR Technology is one of the newer technologies out there. It also happens to have the most upside and potentially…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Natural Selection

November 5, 2018 Peyton McElroy 1 Comment

There are a couple of important points Darwin makes when considering his own argument of evolution through natural selection. Things…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Back to the Future

October 29, 2018 Peyton McElroy 1 Comment

I would have to vote in favor of declaring a new epoch on the geological calendar. Based on the readings…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Wake Up and Smell the Roses

October 22, 2018 Peyton McElroy 1 Comment

Due to the current pace that the planet is warming and our continued inability to take this issue seriously and…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

You Can’t Bury your Problems

October 15, 2018 Peyton McElroy 1 Comment

Lecain seems to be arguing for awareness more than anything. He wants people to be aware of a couple of…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Never Forget

October 8, 2018 Peyton McElroy Leave a comment

There were a few technological advancements that allowed underground mines to dig deeper and thrive as they got deeper into…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

The power of influence

October 1, 2018 Peyton McElroy 2 Comments

Priestly uses this quote to make the abilities of technology and science very clear. New found technologies and science are…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

It’s All Connected

September 24, 2018 Peyton McElroy Leave a comment

It seems to me that the crux of Harari’s argument is that all these things are connected because the people…

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

The First Revolution

September 17, 2018 Peyton McElroy Leave a comment

The Cognitive revolution is the point at which homo sapiens differentiated themselves from all other Neanderthals and humans of the…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

No Such thing as a Cure All

September 10, 2018 Peyton McElroy 1 Comment

Johnston and Huesemann would be very critical of the argument laid out by Douthwaite. Both are hesitant of using technology…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Human impact

September 3, 2018 Peyton McElroy Leave a comment

The Bitterroot valley and Montana at large are faced with a whole host of environmental problems like low amounts of…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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