David The Machine » Science http://davidthemachine.org Reason Made Solid Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Salute to Norman Borlaug http://davidthemachine.org/salute-to-norman-borlaug/ http://davidthemachine.org/salute-to-norman-borlaug/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:52:43 +0000 The Machine http://davidthemachine.org/?p=104 A great man has passed, and his name is Norman Borlaug.

I first became aware of his work via Penn & Teller: Bullshit!, in this following clip:

What this man did is great deed in promoting human life, and extending humankind’s understanding and control of nature. It also served as a direct counter to the ’60s era “panic” about mass starvation and famine arising from overpopulation. There’s still plenty of ingenuity and room left for people to live, and men like Norman Borlaug are the people who have seen the problems and solved them.

]]> http://davidthemachine.org/salute-to-norman-borlaug/feed/ 1 Happy Darwin Day http://davidthemachine.org/happy-darwin-day/ http://davidthemachine.org/happy-darwin-day/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:21:41 +0000 The Machine http://davidthemachine.org/?p=62 Here’s a salute to the man that identified the mechanism of natural selection.

Enjoy your Darwin Day!

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