The following is a list of topics that have been among the author’s
interests. Their purpose is primarily to entertain, and
secondarily to educate and underline the importance of this
discipline for a proper understanding of the world that surrounds
us. Enjoy!
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Visit the (virtual) Foundalis Zoo! | A virtual tour in the magical world of living beings. Enjoy the pictures that I took in various places in the world. |
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Origins of Life | Would you think that the appearance
of life on Earth is a miracle? Then we disagree. If you would
like to know why, visit this site. Here you’ll find a
little program that will allow you to “play god” and
create your own life , while at the same time find answers to
certain questions you may not expect they can be
answered. |
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Who was the First Human? | If our parents, grandparents, grand-grand-parents, and so on, are all humans, and if there was a time in the past before which there were no human beings on Earth (clearly), then isn’t it obvious that there should be a First Human who appeared at some point in time? |
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Taxonomy Explorer | Anyone familiar with Windows Explorer? Yes? Then consider using the Taxonomy Explorer, an intuitive tool that allows you to navigate in the tree of biological classification of species, as easily as you do when you navigate in the tree of your computer’s folders and files. |
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How Creationists Distort Evolution: a Study in Religious Dishonesty | Creationists, in their feverish
attempts to discredit the theory of evolution, repeat
again, and again, arguments that assume a wrong
theory of evolution. They misrepresent it, attacking a
caricature of evolution. Why do they do that? Are they
simply ignorant, or are they dishonest? This is a link to a sub-index with articles that expose some of the distortions that creationists make to evolutionary theory. The articles then go on to explain what the theory really says. For example, if you think that, according to evolution, living beings arose on Earth “out of mere chance”, I suggest that you take a look at these articles. |
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Why Is the Quantum World so Strange? | This article argues that what some physicists consider as inexplicable “strangeness” of the laws of quantum physics is a question that cannot be answered strictly within the domain of physics, but can be easily understood after taking into account knowledge from biology and cognitive science. |