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Biodiversity…

The Improbability of YOU

7 Nov 2023November 8, 2024
I am always thinking about something. One thing I’ve been thinking about is how common it is to hear people state that each of us is unique and unrepeatable; we…
Biology…

Great Quotes by Great Scientists – Roger Sperry

19 Jan 2022January 19, 2022
BTW, this is an MRI pic of my own brain; yes, once again, I have one! ~~~~ I'm still fixing dead links. If you run into one, please let me…
Biology…

Random and somewhat unorganized thought, plus a pic of my brain

11 Aug 2021August 11, 2021
I do not why, but I caught myself thinking something like this: "Our senses allow us to explore and to some extent understand our world, but when we rely just…
Biology…

A thinker never truly retires

12 Jan 2021January 12, 2021
People that think about anything because they want to rather than because they have to are the luckiest ones in this life. I am one of them!😃 I only have…
Blogging…

Dollar store philosophy 2. A peek at the opening of Plato’s Cave

2 Jan 2021January 2, 2021
In a previous post I very briefly expressed some thoughts about how close are mathematical models to actual reality, using the examples of a bird flock and a school of…
Biology…

Dollar store philosophy 1. Is free will a matter of being a conscious outlier?

2 Jan 2021January 2, 2021
I am no philosopher, so you are forewarned. Also, I have no idea how logical this post is or whether this has been said before. Much has been written about…
Biochemistry…

Some biological mysteries that baffle me

6 Dec 2020December 16, 2020
Biology is a part of science that does not lack mystery. In fact, I think that the less "mathematical" a branch of science is, the more mystery is bound to…
Biochemistry…

The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 004 – A Question of Identity

27 Oct 2020October 27, 2020
Episode notes The main point of this episode is to explore the questions: “Who are you, exactly? Who am I, exactly?” I dedicate this episode to the memory of my…
Biology…

I cannot believe it took me almost 15 years…

18 Jul 2019
I love Star Wars and I often call members of my research group my "Young Padawans" or my "Jedi Apprentices".I cannot believe that it took me almost 15 years as…
Biology…

To all my fellow Spanish-speaking biology enthusiasts!

9 Jan 2019
This is a message to all my fellow Spanish-speaking biology enthusiasts! I will be interviewed by the talented science communicator Ms. Sofía Martínez Villalpando in her YouTube channel "The Biologist…
Biology…

Book Review: The Mind of God by Dr. Jay Lombard

28 Dec 2017
As I said in a previous review: "First things first: I consider myself a very hopeful agnostic. Also, I do not care at all for angry atheists (or theists), who…
Biology…

At the Santa Fe Institute

19 Dec 2017September 8, 2020
One of the main desires that a scientist has (yes, we have wants and desires just like everyone else!) is to be recognized by other scientists. I got a taste…
Blogging…

My weird thought of today…

1 Aug 2014February 20, 2022
My weird thought of today: What if for an artificial mind, calculating irrational numbers is a psychoactive drug, and dividing by zero is suicide? Wikimedia Commons ~~~~~~~ *You can subscribe…

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