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Author: Cameron Graves

Darwin

November 7, 2018 Cameron Graves

Although Darwin often noted in this chapter that most scientists during his time disagreed with his theory of evolution through natural selection he…

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Posted in: Week 11: Darwin

Making Connections

October 29, 2018 Cameron Graves 3 Comments

From what I took away from the sources I would say that I would consider accepting the Anthropocene epoch after at least a few…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Techno Fixated

October 22, 2018 Cameron Graves

Taking what the IPCC says in their report on global warming there are technological fixes currently being developed and expected to be…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Technofixes Shouldn’t Create New Problems

October 15, 2018 Cameron Graves

In Timothy LeCain’s essay The Technological Fix he discusses the environmental problems and technofixes that went into the copper mining projects in Ducktown, Tennessee and Butte, Montana. In…

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Posted in: Week 08: Superfund (Part 2)

A History Better Not Repeated

October 8, 2018 Cameron Graves 2 Comments

Tim LeCain shares in his text “Between the Heavens and the Earth” a wide array of examples of how mining engineers have…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

What is Progress?

October 2, 2018 Cameron Graves 1,272 Comments

Air pumps and electrical machines used to send shivers down the spines of English politicians and priests. The idea that such machines could…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

Too Much of a Good Thing

September 24, 2018 Cameron Graves 2 Comments

In Harari’s text Sapiens he outlines how without empire and the spread of capitalism, science, would have never flourished into what it…

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

No More Monkey Buisness

September 17, 2018 Cameron Graves

The Cognitive and Agricultural Revolutions were two of the most profound developments in human history and led to the development…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

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