“Our Evolution is Rather Unlikely”

April 30, 2008 | Filed Under My Ramblings | Leave a Comment 

“It suggests that our evolution is rather unlikely — in fact, the timing of events is consistent with it being very rare indeed.” - Andrew Walker, University of East Anglia

Well Andrew, I must congratulate you. Your research has only confirmed what we already knew - life didn’t evolve from nothing. In fact, life didn’t evolve at all!

Earthlings overcame horrendous odds — Watson pegs it at less than 0.01 percent over 4 billion years — to achieve life.

I’d love to know where Watson got that figure from. He figures that each key step had a high end probability of 10% over 4 billion years. This is ridiculous and one must wonder what evidence he had to hand. Apparently he used “fossil records.” Well, that is like listening to a millisecond of a the Beatles White Album and writing a comprehensive review.

“I listened to a millisecond of “The White Album” and predict that it will fail miserably in the music charts.” Mark Burland, on his blog, 2008.

So This is What James Has Been Up To….

April 11, 2008 | Filed Under Family News | 1 Comment 

James Burland sure does look different in person! This is what he has apparently been doing in his spare time…

I’m Still Here

April 10, 2008 | Filed Under Site News | Leave a Comment 

This blog is still active, albeit in a slightly re-arranged location. I am busy learning new ways of dealing with Wordpress (now version 2.5!) - with a focus on using WP as a managed website rather than a straightforward blog.

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Think of a 3. Playstation? Safari? Firefox? Halo? Mobile Phone?

Yesterday Louise and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary. Photos on Flickr soon. It actually snowed a little the day before our wedding…but did any of us expect all that snow we had at the weekend? Makes one wonder what kind of summer we have in store…