http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ArmandLeroi Posts tagged with 'ArmandLeroi' at MetaFilter. Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:58:16 -0800 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:58:16 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/40792/Human%2DVariety <a href="http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/leroi05/leroi05_index.html">The Nature of Normal Human Variety</a> A talk with <a href="http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/amleroi/">Dr. Armand Leroi</a> (his <a href="http://www.armandleroi.com/">website</a>). "Almost uniquely among modern scientific problems [the problem of normal human variety] is a problem that we can apprehend as we walk down the street. We live in an age now where the deepest scientific problems are buried away from our immediate perception. They concern the origin of the universe. They concern the relationships of subatomic particles. They concern the nature and structure of the human genome. Nobody can see these things without large bits of expensive equipment. But when I consider the problem of human variety I feel as Aristotle must have felt when he first walked down to the shore at Lesvos for the first time. The world is new again." <size 1>(via <a hrefhttp://aldaily.com/>Arts &amp; Letters Daily</a>)</size> tag:metafilter.com,2005:site.40792 Tue, 29 Mar 2005 04:58:16 -0800 ArmandLeroi biology genetics humanity Kattullus