By Jacob L. Fine (Image from here) The world we see is not the world that is. Our sense organs were sculpted by natural selection to help us survive in what the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins calls Middle World. He is quick to distinguish this from the J. R. R. Tolkien’s land of hobbits and … Continue reading Overcoming Middle World
Author: Jacob Fine
Jacob is an Honours Biology student at York University. He is currently an Associate Editor for the STEM Fellowship Journal, runs a small private tutoring service, is the Asadi-Lari Interdisciplinary Contest Lead at STEM Fellowship, and is the President and Founder of the Universe Discovery Project at York. He plays piano, drums, and loves philosophical discussions.
On Evolution by Natural Selection
By Jacob L. Fine Reviewer information I would like to thank Dr. R. E. Pearlman and Dr. J. Chahal, York University and McGill University respectively, for their expert opinion and valuable comments, feedback, and discussion. Thanks to COVID19 Demystified editors Lasya and Deanna for their editorial feedback as well. “It’s only a theory!” Heard it … Continue reading On Evolution by Natural Selection
Sidebar: Pandemics of Falsehood
The Scientific Antidote By Jacob L. Fine Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but some opinions are simply not true. Nowadays anyone with access to internet connection can spread falsehoods faster than disease outbreaks. The one tool we have to deal with these pandemics of misinformation can be summarized in one Latin phrase first … Continue reading Sidebar: Pandemics of Falsehood