Prior to reading this article it was my belief that the purpose of dreaming
(REM sleep) was to copy medium term (daily) memories from the hippocampus to
long term memory in the cerebral cortex. REM sleep occurs in only 2 of the 3
orders of mammals: placentals (which include humans and rodents)
On 12/13/06, Charles D Hixson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
To speak of evolution as being "forward" or "backward" is to impose upon
it our own preconceptions of the direction in which it *should* be
changing. This seems...misguided.
Evolution includes random mutation, and natural selection. It
On 12/21/06, Philip Goetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That in itself is quite bad. But what proves to me that Gould had no
interest in the scientific merits of the book is that, if he had, he
could at any time during those months have walked down one flight of
stairs and down a hall to E. O. Wils