TheWorx

The reason we can't have overly successful species is because that would violate the central tenet of evolution; i.e., that variety must be maximized. The day you have a severely limited number of different genomes is the day you can kiss all life goodbye. This fact is lost on the vast majority of sentient beings now on the planet. Consider Mr. Bill Gates who is out to immunize the world against all manor of viruses; the same viruses that you wouldn't know existed if it weren't for overpopulation. (Let's recall that Sir Isaac Newton survived the Black Plague by following social distancing guidelines--in his case leaving the city to go to his country estate.) The five mass extinctions were all caused by natural catastrophes that did not directly involve predators or pests. When they happened--one is said to have wiped out 95% of all species--surviving species quickly took advantage of all available niches and reestablished variety. If it were not for variety, life woul...

Harrison Ford is a charitable man. I don't know the extent but he still has 250 million in the bank after his various donations. So, why am I picking on him? You guessed it, a Bernie Sanders supporter he's not. Along with the Old Dems, Bloomberg, Steyer, Klobuchar, and Buttigieg, Mr. Ford would prefer to see a more "moderate" candidate. When a rich man says moderation, what he's really saying is, "I don't want to endanger the status quo." In Mr. Ford's case, it's the status quo that has enabled him to be magnanimous with money and, in so doing, obtain a modicum of kudos in St. Peter's Redemption Book but, frankly, I do believe he cares about animals and the environment and may be an atheist for all I know--he just doesn't care enough to give Bernie Sanders the reins. We've come to the reason why his motivation for moderation is suspect. When someone gets the popular vote and wins the Electoral College, he should be allowed to ...