Podcasts about alfred wallace

On today's show, you'll hear about a paper delivered on a chilly December evening in 1857 by Philip Sclater that hugely inspired Alfred Wallace and eventually led to the publication of the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. Both Sclater and Wallace were extraordinary in their own right. Both were passionate about natural history, keen observers of our natural world, world travellers and gracious in their gifts to the world. Season Eleven, Episode 106

Hoe komt het dat uitvindingen op verschillende plekken op hetzelfde moment lijken te gebeuren? En dat cactussen in Japan en Nederland gelijktijdig bloeien? Die vraag van een luisteraar hint naar de resonantie-ideeën van  Rupert Sheldrake. Deze Engelse bioloog heeft voortgeborduurd op aloude gedachten dat er toch meer moet zijn in het leven dan oorzaak en gevolg. Wij zouden zijn omgeven door onbekende velden die het ontstaan van vormen en gedachten zouden ordenen. Vandaar die cactussen, die gelijktijdige gedachten, maar bijvoorbeeld ook het plotseling opkomende gedrag van pimpelmezen in Engeland die de doppen van de melkflessen die 's ochtends vroeg voor de deur gezet worden overal begonnen open te pikken.Nu ja, het overtuigende bewijs voor deze “morfogenetische velden” moet nog geleverd worden. Daarentegen zijn er voor heel veel gelijktijdige verschijnselen prima verklaringen, toegegeven, het gaat dat altijd heel saai over oorzaak en gevolg. Bijvoorbeeld, die bloeiende cactussen heeft simpelweg te maken met de invloed van daglengte (redelijk gelijk in Japan en Nederland) op biologische kloksystemen. Kennis en wetenschap bouwen in de meeste gevallen op naar aanleiding van voorgaande vindingen. Zo waren er al veel gedachten over evolutie lang voor Darwin, zoals bijvoorbeeld van zijn grootvader. De beroemde “origin of species”  kwam uit na een gemeenschappelijke publicatie met Alfred Wallace, ook naar aanleiding van nieuwe geologische theorieën en ideeën van Malthus over bevolkingsexplosies, die beiden beïnvloedden. De evolutie zelf is een voorbeeld van heel veel identieke uitvindingen, soms vrijwel gelijktijdig, in heel verschillende biologische systemen die in overeenkomstige situaties leven. Zoals de spoelvorm in vissen en dolfijnen, de vleugels van vogels en vleermuizen en de vorming van eiwitten in heel verschillende organismen. En die pimpelmezen? Zoals ik uit eigen onderzoek weet, vogels zijn ontzettend goed in het leren van elkaar, waardoor gedrag razendsnel kan worden doorgegeven.Er is helaas veel charlatanerie ontstaan rond de ideeën van Sheldrake. Therapeuten die veel geld verdienen met telepathie, familieopstellingen en de volslagen nonsens van Neuro-Linguistisch Programmeren. Plak een aantal geleerde woorden aan elkaar en kassa. Jammer, want gedegen onderzoek naar gelijktijdigheid levert vaak interessante bevindingen op.    Leuk dat je onze podcast volgt en lid geworden bent van onze nieuwsbrief stuur hem rustig door naar je vrienden. Get full access to Menno en Erwin about Nature and Science at www.mennoenerwin.nl/subscribe

Hoe komt het dat uitvindingen op verschillende plekken op hetzelfde moment lijken te gebeuren? En dat cactussen in Japan en Nederland gelijktijdig bloeien? Die vraag van een luisteraar hint naar de resonantie-ideeën van  Rupert Sheldrake. Deze Engelse bioloog heeft voortgeborduurd op aloude gedachten dat er toch meer moet zijn in het leven dan oorzaak en gevolg. Wij zouden zijn omgeven door onbekende velden die het ontstaan van vormen en gedachten zouden ordenen. Vandaar die cactussen, die gelijktijdige gedachten, maar bijvoorbeeld ook het plotseling opkomende gedrag van pimpelmezen in Engeland die de doppen van de melkflessen die 's ochtends vroeg voor de deur gezet worden overal begonnen open te pikken.Nu ja, het overtuigende bewijs voor deze “morfogenetische velden” moet nog geleverd worden. Daarentegen zijn er voor heel veel gelijktijdige verschijnselen prima verklaringen, toegegeven, het gaat dat altijd heel saai over oorzaak en gevolg. Bijvoorbeeld, die bloeiende cactussen heeft simpelweg te maken met de invloed van daglengte (redelijk gelijk in Japan en Nederland) op biologische kloksystemen. Kennis en wetenschap bouwen in de meeste gevallen op naar aanleiding van voorgaande vindingen. Zo waren er al veel gedachten over evolutie lang voor Darwin, zoals bijvoorbeeld van zijn grootvader. De beroemde “origin of species”  kwam uit na een gemeenschappelijke publicatie met Alfred Wallace, ook naar aanleiding van nieuwe geologische theorieën en ideeën van Malthus over bevolkingsexplosies, die beiden beïnvloedden. De evolutie zelf is een voorbeeld van heel veel identieke uitvindingen, soms vrijwel gelijktijdig, in heel verschillende biologische systemen die in overeenkomstige situaties leven. Zoals de spoelvorm in vissen en dolfijnen, de vleugels van vogels en vleermuizen en de vorming van eiwitten in heel verschillende organismen. En die pimpelmezen? Zoals ik uit eigen onderzoek weet, vogels zijn ontzettend goed in het leren van elkaar, waardoor gedrag razendsnel kan worden doorgegeven.Er is helaas veel charlatanerie ontstaan rond de ideeën van Sheldrake. Therapeuten die veel geld verdienen met telepathie, familieopstellingen en de volslagen nonsens van Neuro-Linguistisch Programmeren. Plak een aantal geleerde woorden aan elkaar en kassa. Jammer, want gedegen onderzoek naar gelijktijdigheid levert vaak interessante bevindingen op.    --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/menno-en-erwin/message

Speaker:- John Maindonald Worship Leader:- Shirin Caldwell Recorded 17 March 2024 @ Auckland Unitarian Church Charles Darwin, who lived through the middle years of the 1800s, is familiar to most of us as the man who laid the foundations of the modern theory of evolution. His ideas have had dramatic continuing effects on our view of ourselves and of the world of which we are part. The idea that living things shared a common evolutionary heritage was not new. What was new was the mechanism that Darwin, along with Alfred Wallace who came up with very similar ideas at the same time, proposed. Darwin worked his arguments into a book of almost 500 pages that was widely read and finally carried the day in the world of science. It is a careful assembly of evidence, from animal breeding, from geology, and from the way that different life forms are distributed across different continents and islands. For more see https://aucklandunitarian.org.nz/part-of-nature-or-separate-from-nature-charles-darwin-and-evolutionary-biology/

Uma mariposa que imita o som do voo de um beija-flor. Outra que emite um som que os seres humanos não são capazes de ouvir, mas que servem para enganar um dos principais predadores, os morcegos. Essa espécie foi descoberta somente 40 anos depois de ser predita pelos naturalistas Charles Darwin e Alfred Wallace. Descubra a forma curiosa que esse inseto emite o som. Neste episódio o jornalista Paulo Augusto e o biólogo Luciano Lima, conversam com o pesquisador Felipe Amorim, professor de Ecologia da Unesp de Botucatu.

I read from dart to dasheen.     The dartboard was invented just before 1900 and the original name was "butt". This is so much better than I ever could've imagined.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darts     It seems like Alfred Wallace was the other guy dealing with Natural Selection at that time but I thought there might have been another. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/alfred-wallace     The word of the episode is "Darwinism". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism     Theme music from Jonah Kraut https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/     Merchandising! https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar     "The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube   "The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube     Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list! https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/     Backwards Talking on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq     dictionarypod@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/ https://twitter.com/dictionarypod https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/ https://www.patreon.com/spejampar https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar 917-727-5757

A baseball signed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has sold at auction for more than $50,000, a portion of which will go toward providing humanitarian aid to Ukrainians displaced by the nation's war with Russia, auctioneer RR Auction of Boston said Thursday. The winning bid for the Rawlings Major League baseball in the auction that closed Wednesday was more than three times what it was expected to sell for. RR Auction will donate its $15,000 cut of the sale, while seller Randy Kaplan will also donate an undisclosed portion of his proceeds, to provide humanitarian aid through the global nonprofit Americares. Kaplan is a well-known collector of baseballs signed by world leaders who rarely auctions his prized pieces. The winning bidder wished to remain anonymous, but was described by RR Auction as a “collector from the Midwest who is thrilled to have some of the funds go to the Ukraine relief effort." The ball is signed with black felt tip in Ukrainian Cyrillic and Latin letters. It is accompanied by a transmittal letter signed by Volodymyr Yelchenko, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations. Documents signed by British naturalist Alfred Wallace, inventor Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein and Founding Fathers John Hancock and John Adams also sold in the same auction. This article was provided by The Associated Press.

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com

He was an American flautist living in London, studying at the Royal academy of music.  At only 20 years of age, he was intelligent, gifted, talented...a prodigy.  On the evening of June 24, 2009 he performed at the Academy in “London Soundscapes”...featuring the music of composers such as Joseph Hayden, George Frideric Handel, and Felix Mendelssohn.  But his flute wasn't the only thing he brought with him the evening of his performance.  He had with him a relatively large piece of luggage...a rolling suitcase that contained in it the accoutrements of a thief - gloves, a small flashlight, a pair of wire cutters, a glass cutting saw with a diamond blade.  After the concert, he retrieved the suitcase from his locker and put his plan in motion...making his way towards the Natural History Museum in the town of Tring.  This wasn't the first time he'd been there, but it would certainly be his last.  After months of reconnaissance - investigating, casing, scouting, scrutinizing, studying, evaluating, analyzing, planning - he was confident he would be able to make his way around walls, barbed wire, cameras and guards in order to get what he was there to pilfer...a collection of coveted relics of the past...many of which no longer existing anywhere in world...unique, rare, endangered, extinct...priceless and irreplaceable...all for a hobby that grew into an obsession...and a golden flute.The Feather Thief:  Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnsonhttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/books/review/kirk-wallace-johnson-feather-thief.htmlhttps://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/BIOG.htmhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/collections/zoology-collections/bird-skin-collections/bird-skin-collection-wallace.htmlhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/a-flautist--299-stuffed-birds--and-the-bizarre-crime-of-an-obsesIMPORTANT LINKS:Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/killaforniapodPayPal:  https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/killaforniapodMerchandise:  https://www.redbubble.com/people/killaforniapod/shop?asc=uWebsite:  https://killaforniadreamingpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Facebook Group:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1296620370450345/Facebook Page:  https://www.facebook.com/killaforniadreamingInstagram:  https://www.instagram.com/killaforniadreamingpod/?hl=enTwitter:  https://twitter.com/killaforniapodEmail:  killaforniapod@gmail.com 

Science Night, reimagined. Season 3 debuts a new format for your favorite podcast where we focus on the coolest science the stories behind it: past, present, and future! Episode 1 features the latest science developments from protein folding to time crystals, a brief history of 19th Century evolutionary theorist Alfred Russell Wallace, and an attempt to answer the question, “What is Science?” We hope you enjoy the new look and sound of Science Night! Be sure to check out the rest of the Alfred Wallace episode produced by our friends at the History's B-Side podcast (https://anchor.fm/historysbside). Links to the articles we talked about in this episode can be found at https://www.scinight.com/ Special thanks for attempting to answer the question “What is Science?”: Anne Burrows Craig Byron Steffi Diem Jen Ma Jon Marks Brian Shearer Ben Valentine Your Hosts: Chris Goulet (https://twitter.com/gr8goulet?lang=en) Jason Organ (https://twitter.com/OrganJM) James Reed (https://twitter.com/James_Reed3) Credits Editing-James Reed Mastering- Chris Goulet Music: Intro and Outro- Wolf Moon by Unicorn Heads | https://unicornheads.com/ | Standard YouTube License Additional Sounds- Inside a Computer Chip by Doug Maxwell | https://www.mediarightproductions.com/ | Standard YouTube License The Science Night Podcast is a member of the Riverpower Podcast Mill (https://riverpower.xyz/) family

 https://commons.wikimedia.org/This is the first episode of Season 4 where we begin our exploration of Charles Darwin's Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex which was published in 1871. In this episode we explore how Darwin finally got around to discussing the evolution of humans, a topic he avoided in Origin of Species even though he told Alfred Wallace it was "...the highest & most interesting problem for the naturalist." In creating the book he relied on a wide array of scientists, citizen scientists, and bureaucrats in collecting the wide array of facts he uses to support his claim that humans are just another animal and we have evolved like any other organism. We discussed what the social, political, and scientific climate was like when Darwin was publishing this book and how it was received by his friends and enemies alike. https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/henrietta-emma-darwinSarah introduced us to Henrietta Darwin, Charles's daughter who was influential in editing Descent of Man. We discussed the amazing University of Cambridge correspondence project where you can easily search the immense database of correspondences between Charles Darwin and other family members, scientists, friends, his publisher, and others, Follow this link if you wish to explore the site. Sarah reminded us of the tragic tale of the children who were on the Beagle when young Charles Darwin traveled the world. You can find that story told in detail in our first episode of Season 2 entitled Hot Coffee The opening and closing theme to Discovering Darwin is "May" by Jared C. Balogh.Interlude music is "Saulsalita Soul" by Mr. ruiZ

In which guest host James Reed of "Science Night" tells the story of Alfred Wallace, the naturalist who co-authored the Theory of Evolution despite having very little money and even less luck; Matt daydreams of backpacking through the Amazon, Phil mourns the fate of ship-wrecked animals, and we start a beef with dentists. You can support or become a member of History's B-Side here: https://historysbside.com/support Listen to more of James Reed on "Science Night" at www.scinight.com or on your favorite podcast service.

Consumismo, economia, extinção em massa, degradação ambiental e agora, pandemia, são algumas das palavras que estamos convivendo desde o início do século. Mas como a evolução e a Ecologia nos ajudam a compreender melhor nossa realidade e mudar nosso curso de evolução? Com o objetivo de entender e debater ideias, conversamos com a Professora VALESCA FERNANDES, que a partir de 3:19s, explica a importância da evolução para a Biologia e a Ecologia, destacando o conceito de adaptação e o dinamismo do nosso planeta. Em 08:32s, VALESCA nos contextualiza com um panorama história do pensamento evolutivo na Ciência, com destaque para os trabalhos de Charles Darwin e Alfred Wallace. Em 28:19s, falamos sobre a importância da variedade para o fortalecimento de uma espécie. Em 48:02s debatemos cenários alternativos para evitarmos nossa extinção e a importância do debate ecológico na economia. Por fim, em 54:46s eu faço as considerações finais e deixo dicas culturais sobre o tema (um documentário e um livro). Participação: Valesca Fernandes. Contate-nos e contribua com o Geocast: https://www.instagram.com/geocast.podcast Músicas e efeitos: https://www.bensound.com; Imagine (John Lennon, 1971).

My AP Biology Thoughts Episode #2 Welcome to My AP Biology Thoughts podcast, my name is Jacqueline and I am your host for Episode 2 called the Natural Selection Mechanism. Today we will be discussing the 5 components of the mechanism, and how they ultimately lead to evolution. Segment 1: Introduction to Natural SelectionNatural selection, as you probably already know, is the process in which organisms who are better adapted to their environments and have higher fitness pass on their traits to offspring. It is a driving force of evolution, which is the change in the genetic and allele frequencies in a species' gene pool over time. Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace were the co-discoverers of the theory of Natural selection, although Darwin is most often credited as the sole contributor. Natural selection may be one concept, but it is a broad one, and it can be split into five major components: overpopulation, variation, competition, fitness, and reproduction. These five make up what is known as the natural selection mechanism. Segment 2: More About Natural SelectionAs I explain the natural selection mechanism, I'll be using the example of Canada geese. Let's start with overpopulation. Overpopulation is the occurrence where a species's population increases beyond its habitat's carrying capacity. It is the rather simple first step of the mechanism, but it sets up a chain reaction of more complicated events. Let's say the population of Canada geese living in a lake habitat has grown to the point where their aqueous plant food source has become limited and can no longer sustain all of them. Overpopulation has occurred. One side effect of overpopulation and the second mechanism of natural selection is variation. As more members of a species are born, the genetic and physical variance in that population will increase. This occurs often due to random mutations, which can introduce new traits into populations. It may also happen because of immigration of another population (of that same species) but with different genes into the area, known as gene flow. Basically, more members of a species means more variation of genotypes and phenotypes in the population. A wider array of different traits will be developed among them, some of which may convey advantages or disadvantages for the organism. Now let's say that the Canada Geese population, which is experiencing an influx in birth rate (AKA overpopulation, the first part of the mechanism), is also more likely to have random mutations, which will lead to increased variation of traits. Short, medium, and long necks are all now traits prevalent in the species. Another side effect of overpopulation and the third mechanism of natural selection is competition. When there are too many organisms and limited resources, individuals of a species must fight the others around them for those necessities, or risk dying out. However, only the most adept will be able to survive and ultimately reproduce. This ability is known as fitness, and it is the 4th mechanism of natural selection. Being able to outcompete the competition and survive to reproductive age to pass on one's genes is the prime signifier of greater biological fitness. These individuals often have advantageous genes or traits that give them a leg up against rivals and are more likely to be inherited by future generations. The Canada geese population has breached carrying capacity and now has too small of a plant food source for too large of a group. The geese begin to compete among themselves for the resource. The geese with the trait of longer necks have greater fitness because they are able to reach the plants easier and outcompete those with shorter necks, who die out before reproduction. The surviving long-neck geese reproduce and are officially deemed more fit. Reproduction is the final component of the mechanism of natural selection, and it ties in perfectly with fitness. The fittest organisms are those with...

Australian entomologist Geoff Monteith collected 200,000 insects in his lifetime. Around 240 in parts bear his name. This puts him in the illustrious company of Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace and Alexander von Humboldt. - Der australische Insektenforscher Geoff Monteith hat in seinem Leben 200.000 Insekten gesammelt. Rund 240 tragen in Teilen seinen Namen. Damit hat er es in die Liga von Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace und Alexander von Humboldt geschafft.

Today we celebrate the ending of the 1675 coffee shop ban in England and the birthday of a man who devised his own theory of evolution independently of Charles Darwin. We'll learn about one of the fiercest Dutch conservationists and the nurseryman who created the world’s most excellent arboretum. Today’s Unearthed Words feature fabulous one-liners about January. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that helps us grow houseplants - the official greenery of January and February. I'll talk about a garden item that can help you relax, and then we’ll wrap things up with the birthday of a plant wizard who brought the date palm to California. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Curated Articles Gardens: dogwood days | Dan Pearson | Life and style | The Guardian Great post from @thedanpearson about Dogwood & this helpful tip:   “Cornus takes easily from hardwood cuttings. Save prunings and plunge a few pencil-thick lengths into the ground by your mother plant. They will be rooted and ready to lift within a year.”   Top 5 flower trends for 2020, according to Serenata Flowers From @HouseBeautiful We can expect to see more warm palettes and soft neutrals in bouquets. "One particular shade, known as 'neo-mint,' is described as an 'oxygenating, fresh tone,' and expected to be seen much more throughout 2020.   Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There’s no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1676   On December 23, 1675, King Charles II issued a proclamation suppressing Coffee Houses in England. The edict lasted 16 days. The public response was so negative that he revoked it on this day, January 8, 1676.   1823   Today is the birthday of the British naturalist Alfred Wallace. Wallace developed his theory of natural selection quite independently of Charles Darwin - although he did send his theory to Darwin. Wallace’s work prompted Darwin to get serious about publishing his 20-year-old idea. In 1858, both Wallace and Darwin’s work was presented to the Linnaean Society. Wallace published a remarkable book called The Malay Archipelago.  The book is considered a classic and covers the flora, fauna, and folks native to the area - now known as Malaysia and Indonesia. Wallace wrote, "Nature seems to have taken every precaution that these, her choicest treasures, may not lose value by being too easily obtained."  Wallace has been obscured by Darwin over the course of history. Yet, when he died at the age of 91, his obituaries praised him as an extraordinary figure. One obituary said, "He was one of the greatest and brightest and clearest thinkers of his age...of one thing I am certain, and that is that never has anybody come more fully within my favorite description of a great man, namely, that 'he is a combination of the head of a man and the heart of a boy.'” A forthcoming children's book about Wallace is titled Darwin's Rival: Alfred Russel Wallaceand the search for evolution by Christian Dorian.   1945  Today is the anniversary of the death of the Dutch conservationist and botanist Jac P Thijsse. Jac founded the Society for the Preservation of Nature Monuments in Holland. His 60th birthday present was a wildlife garden in Bloemendaal near Haarlem. After WWI, a Dutch food company by the name of Verkade (vare-Kah-dah) ask Jac to create some album books on the Flora of the Netherlands. Essentially, the books became a collector series Album with empty spots for photo cards, which were distributed individually with the biscuits. The Dutch would buy their biscuits, and then they would place the card in the space designed for it in the book. These albums were quite trendy among the Dutch and today sell for hundreds to thousands of dollars apiece today on auction websites. Today in the Netherlands, there is a college named after Jac, and he always makes the top 100 Dutchman's list.   1985  Today is the anniversary of the death of conservationist and plantsman Harold Hillier. In 1864, Hilliard's grandfather Edwin began the family Nursery. His son was supposed to take over the family business, but he died during the war, and so it fell to Edwin's grandson Herald to continue his legacy. Harold immediately set about creating a public garden and arboretum alongside the nursery. The site was already home to some magnificent trees -  some of which were at least 200 years old. In an article from 2019, it was revealed that the Hillier Arboretum is home to the largest collection of Champion Trees in all of Britain and Ireland with a whopping total of 611 followed by Kew Garden with 333 Champion Trees. Champion Trees fit into three categories being either the largest, the finest, or the rarest of their species.  Today the Hillier Nursery is putting together a Champion Tree Trail throughout the Arboretum so that visitors can walk to each of the Champion tree specimens. Among some of the Champion Trees are specimen eucalyptus from Australia, rare pine trees from Mexico, and Sequoias from North America. The Hillier Arboretum really began as a propagation holding place for the nursery. If a tree needed to be propagated, the nursery workers would just go out to the Arboretum and take a scion wood or seeds from the tree there. Similarly, if the nursery received some incredible rootstock or seed, they would sell most of it but hold some back for the Arboretum. Today the 180-acre Arboretum is entirely separate from the nursery, and it features about 42,000 plants across 1200 taxa. the Arboretum features 11 National Plant Collections and has magnificent specimens of witch hazel and oak. Hillier died just six days after his 80th birthday. Harold spent his entire life working to save rare and endangered trees and shrubs from Extinction. In 1978 he gifted the Hillier Arboretum with thousands of specimens in plants. When asked by a reporter for his opinion on plant conservation, Hillier famously replied, "While others are talking about it, I am doing it, roots in the ground, planting, planting, planting."    Unearthed Words Today’s Unearthed Words are incredible and unforgettable onliners about January.   January brings the snow, Makes our feet and fingers glow. — Sara Coleridge, English author   "Come, ye cold winds, at January's call, On whistling wings, and with white flakes bestrew The earth." —  John Ruskin, an English art critic, and thinker   "Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius." — Pietro Aretino (“Pee-et-tro Air-ah-TEE-no”), Italian author    O, wind, If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? — Percy Bysshe Shelley, Romantic poet   In seed-time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy. — William Blake, English poet   When one reads a poem in January, it is as lovely as when one goes for a walk in June. — Jean-Paul Friedrich Richter, German writer   "Nothing is as easy to make as a promise this winter to do something next summer; this is how commencement speakers are caught." — Sydney J. Harris, Chicago Journalist     Grow That Garden Library Houseplants by Lisa Steinkopf The resurgent interest in houseplants is due primarily to Millennials who are filling every nook and cranny in their homes with houseplants. Those smart millennials! If you (like so many millennials) are filling your house with houseplants - especially during the winter season when they add so much - humidity, green, a touch of the outdoors, and clean air. One of the things I appreciated the most about Lisa’s book is that she divided the 125 houseplants featured in her book into three helpful categories - Easy to Grow, Moderately Easy-to-Grow, and Don’t-Try-This-at-Home-It’s-A-Waste-of-Money-and-Time-and-You-Really-Need-That-New-Pair-of-Shoes. Just kidding. It’s actually just called Challenging to Grow. (Which doesn’t sound so bad now, does it? Still - be careful here.) Now, guess which one Lisa and I spent the most time talking about when we chatted a while back? You’re right, again - the easy-to-grow category. Why? Because that’s where the sweet spot is. These plants give the best return on investment of your time and money. These are also the plants that will provide you with the most personal satisfaction. Here’s what you are going to love about Lisa’s book: she’s down-to-earth, and she’s a conscious competent - she knows how to teach houseplants to anyone (even those without green thumbs!) I’m also betting she must be an incredibly wonderful mom and wife because her understanding family has made room for over 1,000 houseplants thriving under Lisa’s care and supervision. This book came out in 2017. You can get a used copy of Houseplants by Lisa Steinkopf and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $14.   Great Gifts for Gardeners Coloring Fibonacci in Nature by Art Therapy Lab                                                                       Assembled here is a collection of outline illustrations inspired by the Fibonacci number sequence found in nature. They appear everywhere in nature, from the leaf arrangement in plants to the pattern of the florets of a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the chambers of a nautical shell. The Fibonacci Sequence applies to the growth of every living thing, including a single cell, a grain of wheat, a hive of bees, and even all of mankind. You can get the coloring book and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for under $20.   Today’s Botanic Spark 1892 Today is the birthday of the agricultural botanist and plant wizard Walter Tennyson Swingle. Swingle was a very popular botanist during his lifetime. He made the news for several remarkable achievements in the world of horticulture. He introduced the Date Palm to California. He created many new citruses through hybridizing. In 1897, Swing made the first man-made cross of a Bowen grapefruit and a Dancy tangerine in Eustis, Florida. In 1909, Swingle created the limequat, a cross between the key lime and the kumquat. That same year, Swingle created the Citrangequat, which is a trigeneric citrus hybrid of a citrange and a kumquat. Swingle developed the Citrange, a combination of the sweet orange and the trifoliate orange. He was attempting to breed an orange tree that could withstand colder weather. Swingle was born in Pennsylvania. His family quickly moved to Kansas, where he was home-schooled and ultimately educated at Kansas State Agricultural College.  In short order, Swingle began working for the government at the United States Bureau of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture. The USDA immediately put him to work, sending him to nearly every country in the world. Swingle brought Egyptian Cotton to Arizona and Acala Cotton to California. However, Swingle's most significant accomplishment was the introduction of the Date Palm to America. The Date Palm was something swingle discovered during a visit to Algeria. Swingle was intelligent and observant, and he noticed that the climate and soil in Algeria mirrored that of California. Swingle was optimistic about the Date Palm's chances in California right from the get-go, writing: “No heat is too great and nor air too dry for this remarkable plant, which is actually favored by a rainless climate and by hot desert winds. It is also shown that the date palm can withstand great quantities of alkali in the soil- more than any other useful plant…It is probably the only profitable crop that can succeed permanently.’ When the Date Palm arrived in California, the Coachella Valley was identified as the perfect spot to grow them. By 1920, over a hundred thousand pounds of dates were grown in California. Today, Dates are one of California's main exports. The total value of the Date crop is approaching $100 million every single year.

In this episode we sit down to discuss the very origins of beauty. Are the rather maligned "standards of beauty" imposed upon us by cultural means? Do we absorb them by being constantly bombarded by publicity and movies? As we argue, beauty is a much deeper and universal concept with a long evolutionary history. Beauty transcends human whims, it pervades the animal kingdom. Aesthetics is not the exclusive dominion of our species, in birds, it has generated an explosion of physical exhuberance and fascinating behavior. We humans have not lagged behind in the business of shaping the body and the mind of the opposite sex. From Darwin to Zahavi, from humans to birds, to chimpanzees and back to humans, here we explore what are the mechanisms through which, as Richard O. Prum asserts, "beauty happens".Enjoy! Erratum: It is Alfred Wallace, not Arthur Wallace... sorry! Find us in: Our website: https://tillthebottom.com/home/ Our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMXM2Vc0d21wjDt5chP26sQ?view_as=subscriber Our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Tillthebottom/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tillthebottom

Alfred Wallace and the boyz give it to hot and hard on the news in the sports world this past week.

Alfred Wallace and the boyz give it to hot and hard on the news in the sports world this past week.

Georgius Eberhard Rumphius (1 November 1627 – 15 Juni 1702) Paul Augustus/WikipediaNama Georgius Everhardus Rumphius kurang dikenal dibanding ahli botani kondang Alfred Wallace, yang melahirkan Garis Imajiner Wallace di bumi nusantara. Seperti kisah Wallace, Rumphius, ahli botani kelahiran Jerman yang bekerja untuk VOC di Hindia Belanda pada masa kolonial ini, mencatat ribuan halaman tentang Ambon yang dibukukan dalam enam jilid. Dia juga pionir riset botani di nusantara, bahkan satu abad sebelum Wallace. Sekitar tiga ratus tahun lalu, saintis yang mengindap penyakit glukoma hingga kehilangan penglihatan ini mencatat dengan detail lebih dari 1.300 tanaman – ditulis dalam buku Herbarium Amboinense – selama di Ambon. Ketua Akademi Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia Sangkot Marzuki menceritakan legenda Rumphius, salah satu ilmuwan pertama yang membawa sains Barat ke Indonesia. Selain mencatat tanaman secara rapi dalam bahasa Latin dan Belanda Kuno, Rumphius juga mencatat gempa yang diikuti tsunami menghantam Ambon pada Februari 1674. Lebih dari 2300 penduduk Ambon tewas, termasuk istri, Susanna, dan anak perempuannya. Ini tsunami tertua yang terekam dalam sejarah nusantara. Jalan begitu sulit bagi Rumphius untuk mengabadikan ciri-ciri tanaman di Ambon. Setelah istrinya, yang juga asistennya dalam riset, meninggal, rumahnya terbakar dan kapal yang membawa naskahnya ke Belanda karam. Manuskrip pertamanya hangus. Dan dia dengan gigih mendikte lagi apa saja yang dia ingat dan ada yang menuliskannya. Itu dia lakukan dalam keadaan tak bisa melihat. Edisi ke-16 Sains Sekitar Kita ini disiapkan oleh Ikhsan Raharjo dan narator Malika. Selamat mendengarkan!

Dove si parla con ANDREA PILASTRO, docente di Zoologia all'Università di Padova, del libro Sesso ed evoluzione, La straordinaria storia evolutiva della riproduzione sessuale, Bompiani editore, di Charles Darwin, di Alfred Wallace, di vantaggi del sesso, di femmine, di maschi, di Acari, di Uccelli del Paradiso, di Rondini, di Associazione Amici dei Parchi e delle Riserve Naturali , di L'ABC di Natura ed Arte, di Museo di Scienze Naturali di Brescia, di Il Rifugio degli Asinelli

Dove si parla con ANDREA PILASTRO, docente di Zoologia all'Università di Padova, del libro Sesso ed evoluzione, La straordinaria storia evolutiva della riproduzione sessuale, Bompiani editore, di Charles Darwin, di Alfred Wallace, di vantaggi del sesso, di femmine, di maschi, di Acari, di Uccelli del Paradiso, di Rondini, di Associazione Amici dei Parchi e delle Riserve Naturali , di L'ABC di Natura ed Arte, di Museo di Scienze Naturali di Brescia, di Il Rifugio degli Asinelli (prima parte)

Dove si parla con ANDREA PILASTRO, docente di Zoologia all'Università di Padova, del libro Sesso ed evoluzione, La straordinaria storia evolutiva della riproduzione sessuale, Bompiani editore, di Charles Darwin, di Alfred Wallace, di vantaggi del sesso, di femmine, di maschi, di Acari, di Uccelli del Paradiso, di Rondini, di Associazione Amici dei Parchi e delle Riserve Naturali , di L'ABC di Natura ed Arte, di Museo di Scienze Naturali di Brescia, di Il Rifugio degli Asinelli (prima parte)

Hoy conversamos sobre: Alfred Russel Wallace, ¿será que el Sol está fijo en el espacio?, zompopas, república más antigua y más reciente, desierto más pequeño y más grande, hoteles y botones. Facebook: www.facebook.com/oigamoslarespuesta/ Web: www.icecu.org

Hoy conversamos sobre: Alfred Russel Wallace, ¿será que el Sol está fijo en el espacio?, zompopas, república más antigua y más reciente, desierto más pequeño y más grande, hoteles y botones. Facebook: www.facebook.com/oigamoslarespuesta/ Web: www.icecu.org

On this episode of The Show About Science, Nate interviews Cliff Tabin, PhD., the Chairman of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School. His work ranges from studying the process by which embryos form to how life evolved into all the different types of animals on Earth. In this interview, Nate learns how Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace arrived at one of the most influential and important ideas in history - Evolution.

We all want to create profitable products but aren't sure where to start. We hope for some amazing formula, when all you really need are three core questions. When you are clear about the answers to the three questions, you can take an amazingly pedestrian, everyday concept and make it hugely profitable. So what are the three questions you need to have in place and how can you get started today? ----------------------- How to Create a Profitable Idea for Business Around July 2000, I was made redundant from my job at a web design firm. Life wasn’t supposed to unfold this way. I’d just moved to Auckland, New Zealand from Mumbai, India a few months prior. And here I was, barely a few months later, without a job and with a mortgage that hovered around $200,000 (yes, we’d just bought a house). What do you do when you’re hurled into such a situation? I turned to Photoshop, but not quite. There’s a story behind the Photoshop story and it began back in India, in July. Back in Mumbai, I freelanced as a cartoonist and work was pretty steady through the year, except around July. For some inexplicable reason, the phones would stop ringing at that point in the year. At first, it drove me crazy and I’d do everything I could to drum up business. I’d rant and rave and complain about the fickle nature of July when my mother pointed out that things were always quiet for me in July. From that point on, we’d use July to learn how to use Photoshop One of the big games at the office (yes, I had staff) was to learn to use Photoshop in Tab, F mode. If you were to turn on Photoshop and hit the Tab key and press F (full screen) you’d find that all your toolbars disappear. The game at the office was to keep working in Photoshop without any toolbars. A bystander would look in awe as you were able to use the brush tool, increase opacity, decrease brush sizes etc. You could do almost anything in Photoshop without needing the tool bar. It looked like pure magic. It’s this magic that I had to use when I was made redundant The moment I was made redundant, I went back to trying to get work as a cartoonist. Since most cartoonists at the time were still using pen, ink and paint, my work in Photoshop stood out when I went to meet art directors at the advertising agencies. One particular art director got a bit chatty and as we talked she realised that she too could use the magic of Photoshop in her work. And so, while I started out trying to sell cartoons, I ended up charging $60 an hour, teaching art directors how to use the core tools of Photoshop without the tool bar. Notice something very interesting in the last sentence? I wasn’t teaching them Photoshop. I wasn’t going into the 2,459 rabbit holes that Photoshop presents to a beginner. Instead I was just teaching them a subset—the core tools of Photoshop without the need for a tool bar. And this is precisely the kind of advice I’d give to a client if they called me up and asked how they should start a profitable business. I’d say you need to ask yourself three questions: who, what and when. So why do these three questions matter? Why Who Matters I’ve been pretty good at drawing since a very young age. Like every other kid around me, I did the usual doodles and scribbling, and when the rest of the kids decided to give up drawing at the age of four or five, I kept at it. So you can say I’d be pretty good at drawing after all these years, wouldn’t you? And you’d be right because I’ve never really stopped drawing for a day. But drawing is a bit like cooking. Just because you’re good at cooking Italian food doesn’t mean you’re going to be any good at Japanese food Over the years I became exceptionally good at drawing cartoons, loved the structure of buildings and architecture, even dabbled in a bit of caricatures. But there’s one thing I avoided: drawing animals. I’d decided very early in my life that I wasn’t too good at drawing animals. Then, recently, I was saddled with about 400 amazing envelopes. There’s a story behind those envelopes, but for now let’s just say it was much too hard to throw away those envelopes. So I started drawing animals on them, tentatively at first, but then with a sense of a mission. The moment I started posting the photos of these envelopes online, there was a flurry of interest People from different parts of the globe started giving me advice on what I should do with them. You should print them, said one. You could create a collector’s item box set said another. And the advice kept pouring in, and did exactly what advice usually does: it confuses you beyond belief. The reason you’re hearing this story is to give you a framework of how a profitable idea doesn’t arise from an ability to do something well. A profitable idea arises from the first question you need to ask: Who. The envelope art I just started working on in early June 2016. So why is who so important? Without the “who” in mind, struggle is almost inevitable. Think about the boxed set of envelopes, for example. There’s no doubt that they make a great product, but well intended as the suggestions were, there’s no clue who would buy it. Or why they would buy it? Yet if we took the Photoshop example, we notice there’s an enormous amount of clarity. Sure, the clarity came about by a fluke discussion, but as we’ll find out a lot of profitable ideas are pure fluke. To get back to the art director, I now had a clear person (what we call in The Brain Audit as the target profile). That one job of teaching the art director not only went on for several months, but led to another job—with the daughter of another art director. I didn’t go down the path of teaching Photoshop to other art directors, but you could clearly see how the “who” helped. The “who” matters whether you’re writing an article or creating a product or service Let’s say you’re creating an online product on storytelling. Before you start writing a word, you are peripherally aware of the volumes of story-related material in books, videos and audio. To write another series on storytelling would be nice, but how would it stand out. Now let’s be fair: there’s a lot of terribly average material online and offline that is very profitable regardless of uniqueness. All the same, when uniqueness is relatively easy, why would you want a me-too product when you can have one that’s clearly outstanding? When you create a product or service for someone in particular, they give you their own specific bent on the problem they’re facing. Take for example a service on presentations There are hundreds of books on presentations and services that promise to show you how to be amazing on stage. Yet, when I spoke to this presenter, she felt competent, but not quite. She felt she needed that last 10% that would take her from good to great. And there you have it. That subset is what gives you the clue. Instead of writing a book, creating a course, inventing a service on “presentations”, you work on the subset of how the “last 10% can take you from a good to great speaker.” Fluke plays an incredibly important part in this game of finding the “who” We’re so hell-bent on finding the right person, the right target profile that we don’t dare venture far from our computer screens. When I ran into that chatty art director, I had no clue that she’d talk about Photoshop. When I spoke to that presenter, I had no idea that a cup of coffee would lead to an idea about “the last 10%”. It may appear that a lot of products or services are built around strategy, but they’re often built around a person. The mistake we make is we hope we run into the ideal “who” right away And more often than not, the “who” is a complete fluke. At first, almost every product or service is like Version 1.0. And the feedback you get from that person is going to be relatively limited. Even if you were to create a product or service for “last 10% presenter”, the product would need refinement to get to Version 1.1 and from there to 1.2 and so on. With every product or service that’s been profitable, we’ve had a Version 1.0 and then moved along refining as we go along. Every time you fix things, your product becomes better and more profitable and there’s always a “who” who’ll give you feedback and help you take the product to another level. But even if there’s a “who” in place, how do you deal with the “what?” The what depends on a simple concept: the idea of a superpower.   Why When Matters 1838 1840 1845 1849 1853 1859 For over 20 years Charles Darwin postponed the publishing of his theory Then, on 24 November, 1859, Darwin published his theory on, “Origin of Species”. Priced at fifteen shillings, 1250 copies were sold. Yet, Darwin wasn’t keen on the book being published until his death. In a letter to his religious wife, Darwin asked that 400 pound be set aside and enough promotion of his book be done after his death. Yet, Alfred Russel Wallace got in the way of these plans Alfred Wallace, a naturalist, spent eight years in Singapore and South East Asia between the years of 1854 and 1862 and is known to have discovered evolution by natural selection as well. He wrote an essay while in Indonesia (while living on the island of Ternate) and sent it to Darwin in 1858. When Darwin saw the contents of the letter, he knew the “Origin of Species” couldn’t wait any longer. It needed to be published right away or all of Darwin’s work would be attributed to another man. We are similar to Darwin in many ways Our work may seem insignificant when compared with the work of Darwin, but if your work changes a single person’s day, it’s significant. You know from your own experience how a single line in a book may have caused you to stop and reexamine what you were doing. Or a random comment that may have changed the way you went about your life or business. Our work seems insignificant only because we know it so well. For others it can be a major moment in their lives. Which is why you need to start now As you’ve probably heard or read elsewhere on the Psychotactics site, most of our work started out unpolished. At this very moment, as I’m writing this article, Renuka is laughing at one of my articles that I wrote several years ago. However the best example of the unpolished nature of our work must be attributed to The Brain Audit itself. As you’v probably heard before, the “book” started out as just 16 pages of notes. We made over $50,000 selling that book simply because we got pushed into selling it. And when we sold it offline we weren’t ready to sell it online. Again, someone pushed us and our online business got underway. If you think your work is crappy, there’s a good reason why Your work is crappy. The Brain Audit was crappy at the start. All our courses and workshops were crappy at the start. Not by choice, of course. We did the best we could but now I can’t even bear to go back and look at the early versions. You too will need to bolster up your confidence and get your work going whether it’s through text, audio, video or presentations. Because if you don’t do it, someone else will. Darwin had all the material he needed but was still reluctant to publish his work And here I am giving you this advice but I’m reluctant as well. I’ve been working on the concept of talent since 2008 or earlier. So many years have passed and while I’ve written the odd article here and there, there’s no program, no book, no webinar, no podcast. Let me ask you this question: Would you like to read about how to become talented in just about any field? Would you like to read about what holds us back?(and no it’s not genes). It’s not like I’m comparing my work to Darwin’s or any one else for that matter. But as a reader or listener, would the information be important to you? Your work is more important than ever It may appear raw to you, but you need to start and fix it later. You’re hoping for that one great idea but you need to start with a little idea. Will the little idea fail? It might, but from those failures you keep moving ahead and fixing things.  Even Darwin’s work was just the start of his journey. During Darwin’s lifetime the book went through six editions, with cumulative changes and revisions to deal with counter-arguments raised. In 1871 he examined human evolution and sexual selection in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, followed by The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. His research on plants was published in a series of books. His final book, The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Actions of Worms (published 1881), he examined earthworms and their effect on soil. When he died he was honoured by a burial in Westminster Abbey where only royals, generals, admirals, politicians, doctors and important scientists are buried. And to think Darwin almost never started on his journey. Do you still want to wait? Or are you going to start today?   Summary So how do you create a profitable idea for business? When you started reading this information, you may have thought there’d be a formula. And that’s the formula you’ve been missing. The formula is so simple that somehow you feel like there’s something wrong. Like as if you have to pay $2000 to some Internet guru to get the formula. But think about it for a second. Let’s say you’ve got a really good way to grow tomatoes. You can grow thousands of tomatoes in an extremely small space. Is that a superpower? Sure it is. So let’s start with the who: Who is going to be interested in your tomato idea? Then let’s get to what: The “what” is about growing thousands of tomatoes in a very small space. Then let’s get to the when: And this is where it all falls apart, isn’t it? You should start now, but there are reasons why you can’t start now. If Darwin could have reasons, so can you and I. We can all have our reasons. The biggest problem isn’t necessarily that you need a great idea for business You just need to start but there’s something holding you back. And we’ll explore what holds you back—yes we will. But understand that there isn’t going to be a moment when you’ll get a great idea. The Brain Audit was not a great idea, it was just a presentation. Every product or service you’ve experienced at Psychotactics wasn’t a great idea and even today is just work in progress. Most ideas are half-baked when they start and it’s in your interest to get started. Start now! Identify whom you think will buy the idea, then work on the what you’re going to sell. Make it a superpower, as far as possible. And start now. If you keep at it, the road will change along the way. You’ll make mistakes and you’ll get smarter too. And that’s when the profit will roll in. Teaching Photoshop wasn’t a new idea. It wasn’t even a great idea. Heck, you could even borrow the idea by learning Photoshop and finding art directors. And the best way to get started is to get started. You’re a member of 5000bc aren’t you? Well, get to the Taking Action forum where others just like you have decided to take their ideas and run with it. They’re on their way and so should you. Useful Resources: 1) How A 3-Step Pre-Sell Creates Product Irresistibilityhttp://www.psychotactics.com/presell-creates-irresistibility/ 2) Three Unknown Secrets of Riveting Story Telling http://www.psychotactics.com/three-elements-storytelling/ 3) The Brain Audit http://www.psychotactics.com/products/the-brain-audit-32-marketing-strategy-and-structure/

In the Talking Indonesia podcast, Dr Dave McRae presents an extended interview each fortnight with experts on Indonesian politics, foreign policy, culture, language and more. Photo credit: Richard Geddes. Find all the Talking Indonesia episodes and more at the Indonesia At Melbourne blog.

Natural selection; Alfred Wallace; The struggle for existence; Web of complex relations; Speciation; Divergence

The theory of evolution is credited to Charles Darwin but important contributions were also made by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Wallace. The stories of these three adventurers are chronicled by Sean B. Carroll, author of the book Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species.

The theory of evolution is credited to Charles Darwin but important contributions were also made by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Wallace. The stories of these three adventurers are chronicled by Sean B. Carroll, author of the book Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species.

The theory of evolution is credited to Charles Darwin but important contributions were also made by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Wallace. The stories of these three adventurers are chronicled by Sean B. Carroll, author of the book Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species.