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Author: Tyler Krueger

The Perfect Human

November 12, 2018 Tyler Krueger 2 Comments

The example that stood out to me is from the DNA-Revolution article when Specter talks about the work of George…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Darwin is my Homeboy

November 5, 2018 Tyler Krueger Leave a comment

Darwin used a vast collection of information and ideas to convince people of natural selection. Some of those reasons include:…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Changing Climate Changing Epoch

October 29, 2018 Tyler Krueger Leave a comment

I do think the Anthropocene epoch should be added to the geological time scale. The rapid changes that have occurred…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

You May Doubt Science But You Can’t Doubt History

October 22, 2018 Tyler Krueger Leave a comment

In my opinion there are many technological fixes that can prevent large scale global warming. However, like we have talked…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Fixing the Techno-fix

October 15, 2018 Tyler Krueger 2 Comments

LeCain’s argument is that the engineers and scientists believed they were creating successful solutions to keep the mine operations going…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

The Sad Truth About Mining

October 8, 2018 Tyler Krueger Leave a comment

As the text explains, when mines first started, little technology was needed to accomplish the task. However, the great challenges…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Fear the Science

October 1, 2018 Tyler Krueger 1 Comment

I think this quote by Priestley is an interesting way of saying that governments and religions fear science. In the…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

The Never Ending Cycle of Science, Empire and Capitalism

September 24, 2018 Tyler Krueger 2 Comments

According to Harari, science, empire and capitalism are very closely connected. One great example that he details is the cook…

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

The Ever Growing Dominance of Sapiens

September 17, 2018 Tyler Krueger 1 Comment

The cognitive revolution is “the point when history declared its independence from biology.” (Harari, pg. 37) Homo sapiens gained the…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technology and an Avalanche of Problems

September 10, 2018 Tyler Krueger Leave a comment

The article by the Huesemann siblings and the article by Sean Johnston give great explanations of why technological fixes won’t…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Surviving Change

September 3, 2018 Tyler Krueger 1 Comment

The environmental problems currently affecting the Bitterroot Valley include; poor air quality, toxic wastes, forest deterioration, loss of soil nutrients,…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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