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I'll Be Back

November 4, 2005 07:58 PM

My computer is down and I am using my back up. The archive function on the blog is not working (I have someone working on it). My wife is sick. I can't work on the book right now because those files are on the other computer, which has a possibly fatal flaw. And, I gotta ride, play with my grandson and deal with my wife's health problems.

So, that is it for now. But, I'll be back.

I leave the comments open so that you can continue the discussion my posts and Parker's comment has started. When my computer is back up I will work on the book and finish it quickly.

For me, it the evolutionary perspective is a model that, along with my complexity vision, brings everything together that I need to know and practice. I think the Ache are one of many models that may shed light on the ancestral lifeway, but not for me. Theirs is a purely local adaptation that is a relatively narrow lifeway that doesn't inspire or instruct me very well.

I am a Northern European by ancestry and, in my generation was, a large person more adapted to a northern climate. A large body is an adaptation to cold since it has less surface area relative to mass. My model is the Cro-Magnon; tall, heavily muscled, thoroughly modern humans that brought culture and art to the human lifeway. Each of you will have your own model whether it be the Masaii (one of my favorites), the Ache, or Hazda.

But, there is no universal model. Humans are highly adaptable and thrive in even harsh and strange settings. And, their physiology shows it, even though the essential features are shared by all humans. It even goes farther than that: not only are we all descended from a single female (or alternately a single male) of the distant past. We are also descended from a single creature billions of years ago. That is why all living things share certain primal features of metabolism and organization.

I want to be quick, powerful, tireless and lean. I use evolutionary and complexity theory to achieve that. And I have to my full satisfaction. I am never sick and never tired and that has served me well in these difficult times.

· Evolutionary Fitness

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