LostFocus

A weblog by Dominik Schwind

I have nothing to say, really.

Fuck off.

Unnatural

Ha!:

More intelligent people are significantly more likely to exhibit social values and religious and political preferences that are novel to the human species in evolutionary history. Specifically, liberalism and atheism, and for men (but not women), preference for sexual exclusivity correlate with higher intelligence, a new study finds.

and Ha!:

An earlier study by Kanazawa found that more intelligent individuals were more nocturnal, waking up and staying up later than less intelligent individuals.

Actually a lot of Ha!s in this article in RDMag. [via]

It’s just rather dangerous to think that the argumentum e contrario is true, too, though. (Sorry, night-dwelling monogamous atheist liberals. You might still be dumb.)

Evolution and Creativity: Why Humans Triumphed

Evolution and Creativity: Why Humans Triumphed

"How did one ape 45,000 years ago happen to turn into a planet dominator? The answer lies in an epochal collision of creativity."

Leaf-like sea slug feeds on light

Leaf-like sea slug feeds on light

This is… awesome? I guess. "It can complete its entire life cycle, including reproduction, just on photosynthesis."

Bookmarks for August 11th through August 13th

These are my links for August 11th through August 13th:

Evolution Fast Forward

I, for one, welcome our new mutant-evolution lizard overlords. Faszinierend. [via]

Evolution

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[via uneasysilence]