Darwin Dangerous Idea

Asymmetric equilibria 377 Explaining the outcomes of contests in nature 379 13.5 Variation on a theme: sibling behavior 380 13.6 Variation on a theme: nesting behavior of wasps 386 Notes 388 14 Repeated games: The Prisoner’s Dilemma 389 14.1 The main idea 389 14.2 Preferences 391 14.3 Infinitely repeated games 393 14.4 Strategies 394 14.5 Some Nash equilibria of the infinitely repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma 396 14.6 Nash equilibrium payoffs of the infinitely repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma when the…

Hot rubber Thermal cameras could change the science of taking tyre temperatures. We test the theory Sam Collins Cover story 38 The science of ambition Graeme Wight junior’s hillclimb car shows reality need never get in the way of a good idea 32 48 Ecotec friendly An all aluminium, four-cylinder, DOHC engine from GM aimed directly at motorsport 54 Aero bite size The minutiae of aerodynamics. How the most insignificant component can have an effect 62 Cushioning the blow

integration. In the referred to context, it is possible to admit that social pacification be promoted by way of protecting possessions thus, a Rule of Law nation can only inhibit behavour that might be damaging to property – conduct should at least be dangerous towards the objective material which constitutes property – being it that the principle is inserted at the core of this concept. Thus we observed that within the ambit of the dogmatic category, causality, one may use the causal…

is grown. Riffle: A stretch of rapid, shallow, or choppy water usually caused by an obstruction, such as a large rock. Rill: Tiny gully caused by flowing water. Riparian marsh: Marsh usually found along rivers and streams. Rip currents: Strong, dangerous currents caused when normal currents moving toward shore are deflected away from it through a narrow channel; also called riptides. River: A natural flow of running water that follows a well-defined, permanent path, usually within a…

metafísicos putativamente incomensuráveis que formaram o principal impulso da ciência por quatro séculos (TOOBY e COSMIDES, 1992; WILSON, 1998). Newton unificou as esferas sub e superlunares; Lyell unificou o passado formativo e o presente estático; Darwin, Mendel e Watson e Crick unificaram o desenho aparentemente teleológico em organismos com processos ordinários de causação irretroativa (forward causation). Da mesma maneira, a ideia de que a mente humana é um computador…

sobre o 4 "Those who have inquired into the historical roots of the modern conservation doctrine have generally traced its popularization in North America to Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the United States Forest Service... Yet Pinchot's ideas were also deeply inbued with the ethos of the Progressive era to which he belonged; indeed, in his book The Fight for Conservation, he identified 'development' as the first principie of conservation, with the 'prevention of waste'…

sobre o 4 "Those who have inquired into the historical roots of the modern conservation doctrine have generally traced its popularization in North America to Gifford Pinchot, the first chief of the United States Forest Service... Yet Pinchot's ideas were also deeply inbued with the ethos of the Progressive era to which he belonged; indeed, in his book The Fight for Conservation, he identified 'development' as the first principie of conservation, with the 'prevention of waste'…

because that was all that existed. In such an 22 | Revista Brasileira de Direito Animal environment, Americans felt that it was not only unnecessary to regulate farmers, but that such regulation would be contrary to our agrarian philosophy—the idea that working the land and raising food was the most honorable profession, one that deserved extra protection under the law. Unfortunately, the majority of Americans still retain this utopian vision of farming, in spite of the fact that…

foi trabalhar.) They are proud. Nevertheless, I like them. (Eles são arrogantes. No entanto, gosto deles.) - Nonetheless (mas, porém, no entanto, todavia, entretanto, contudo, não obstante, ainda assim, mesmo assim). The ascent was dangerous. Nonetheless, he decided to attempt it. (A escalada era difícil. Todavia, ele decidiu tentar escalar.) The problems are not serious. Nonetheless, we shall need to solve them soon. (Os problemas não são sérios. No entanto, precisamos…

cumulativamente, e cada nova gera¸c˜ ao pode partir exatamente de onde os antepassados ficaram. O pre¸co, todavia, ´e elevado. Lidar exclusivamente com problemas convergentes n˜ao conduz `a vida: afasta-nos dela. “At´e os trinta anos de idade” [escreveu Charles Darwin em sua autobiografia] “a poesia de muitos gˆeneros ... deu-me grande prazer, e mesmo como escolar deliciei-me intensamente com Shakespeare, especialmente em suas pe¸cas hist´oricas. Tamb´em disse que anteriormente os…