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( Wow, I think I win )

So there he is, our vertical, hunting, weapon-toting, territorial, neotenous, brainy Naked Ape, a primate by ancestry and a carnivore by adoption, ready to conquer the world. But he is a very new and experiment departure, and new models frequently have imperfections. For him the main troubles will stem from the fact that his culturally operated ( Read more... )

( *Waaaarrggggggg* )

( Meme )

( Meme )

I'm now the offical Chair of the University of Cambridge Concert Band! Woop! I got voted in yesterday, and afterwards lots of people went to the pub, and I didn't even shout "Pub!" at them. Thats not my job anymore, Jen is now Social Sec.

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( They Might Be Giant's take on Physics: Why Does the Sun Shine? (The Sun Is a Mass of Incandescent Gas) )

( They Might Be Giant's take on Biology: Mammal )

I think I am approaching one of the most fundamental choices in my life, one that may well determine an awful lot about my future. By the start of next year I am going to have to choose whether to become a biological or a physical scientist.

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