Evolution « Genetics and Literature

Bigger, Stronger, Faster…Better? Genetic Engineering or Evolution

• February 26, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Beaker's Dozen, Blade Runner, Evolution, Genetic engineering, Science Fiction, Science and humanities
Tags: Beaker's Dozen, Beggars in Spain, Blade Runner, Evolution, extinction, Genetic engineering, Nancy Kress

Erewhonians, lilies of the valley, and people who really do know what they say they know…

• February 25, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Erewhon, Science and humanities
Tags: Darwin, Erewhon, Evolution, human embryo, patient rights, Samuel Butler, veganism, vegetarians

Ethical Systems, Religion, and (more) Genealogies

• February 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Darwin, Ethics of science, Evolution, Island of Dr. Moreau, Religion and genetics, Science and humanities
Tags: Buddhism, Christianity, Comparative Religion, Darwinism, Dr. Moreau, ethics, Evolution, Genealogies, Hinduism, Princes and Princesses, Religion, Spaceballs, Star Wars, Stoics, Thomas Huxley

Genealogies and Language

• January 22, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Darwin, Ethics of science, Evolution, Posthuman, Science and humanities
Tags: androgyny, apes, Darwin, epistemology, Evolution, Genealogy, geology, language, linguistics, metaphor, Origin of Species, Penis

Not Just a 2 hour Movie About Russell Crowe and a Boat

• February 15, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Evolution, Films
Tags: Evolution, Galapagos Islands, Master and Commander