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Author: Ayla Johnsen

Industrial World Material and Chemical Synthesis: Environmental Implications

December 4, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

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Posted in: Week 15: Webinar

Time for Another Revolution

November 26, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

In this last section of Harari’s Sapiens I find the trigger of the strong state and market in the human…

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Posted in: Week 14: Harari (Part 3)

Gene Editing: Is it Actually a Good Thing?

November 12, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

In Michael Specter’s paper “How the DNA Revolution is Changing Us”  he talks about Phelan’s work on Black Footed Ferrets.…

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Posted in: Week 12: Gould, Specter, Harris

Natural Selection: Will it Ever be Proved?

November 7, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 3 Comments

Charles Darwin’s argument of natural selection, although can’t be completely proved, has many great points that can be proof that…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Climate Change

October 29, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

I would reject the commission because I don’t think that global warming is not the human races fault. Global warming…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Global Warming, What Can we do About it?

October 22, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

Techno-fixes can acknowledge the companies and factories that give off all the greenhouse gases that cause global warming. From there…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Techno-Fix. More Like TechNO-Fix

October 15, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 1 Comment

From my understanding, LeCain does not like techno-fixes of any kind. As stated in the text, “But in retrospect the…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

Will Mining Ever be Safe?

October 8, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

Thanks to the complex pumping, ventilation, and cooling systems that mining engineers created miners could better survive and work in…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

This is Shocking

October 2, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 2 Comments

I think that they should be afraid of air pumps and electrical machines because in that time period they were…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Next Celebrity Couple; Science and Politics?

September 24, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 1 Comment

Science is powerful and ever changing. It’s also funded by the government. Since the government controls science and the funding…

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

Sapiens: If You Like It You Better Put A Ring On It

September 17, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 1 Comment

One of the major revolutions in my opinion was when humans learned how to control fire because it gave them…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technology: Problem Solver or Problem Maker?

September 10, 2018 Ayla Johnsen 1 Comment

I think Johnston would say that technological fixes are radical and not necessary to solve social problems. I think we…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

Environmental Problems in the Bitterroot Valley

September 3, 2018 Ayla Johnsen

Fires, forest deterioration, damage from introduced pest species, losses of soil or its nutrients, poor air quality, and effects of…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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