#Колонки для Комп'ютерри
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Period and Ellipsis. Biological Part of the Final Column for Computerra
More than two weeks have passed since I drafted the final column on the Computerra website. In principle, I could have published it myself, but since my work has been suspended, I offered to the magazine's owner, Dmitry Mendrelyuk, to …
Political Fragment of the Final Column for Computerra
In the course of my correspondence with the editor-in-chief and owner of Computerra, a decision was made to discontinue (for now temporarily, but I feel it will be permanent) my columns on that resource. It's a shame, of course; many …
An Unpublished Column. On Violence: A Simple Ethical Problem and Analysis of Three Examples from Contemporary Ukrainian Life
Ukraine is passing through the harshest trials in its recent history, which provoke heated debate. Of course, mutual misunderstanding between opponents is compounded by the effects of disinformation. One who sympathises with the anti-criminal character of the Ukrainian revolution will …
On the Nature of Male and Female, or From Conjugation to Oogamy. Column for Kompyuterra #138
Why did I spend so much space on discussing the case of ciliates? It demonstrates that reproduction without the formation of specialized cells can be employed by extremely highly organized organisms. Furthermore, their example illustrates the connection between the sexual …
Discussion of the transition from hermaphroditism to dioecy as an example of non-classical development of a scientific hypothesis. Column for Kompyuterrа #137
In this column, I want to share with readers two surprises. The first — how it turns out with the evolution of reproduction in hermaphrodites. The second — to what extent the interaction of competent people, united by suitable nodes …
We live long. About the Ukrainian protest, "Molotov cocktails" and the oxytocin wave. Column for Kompyuterra #136
In general, I see three sides of the current Ukrainian events: — first: protesters, affected by the oxytocin wave; some desperation pushed to aggression, others are still driven by the most noble (and therefore — slightly idealistic) motivations; — second: …
The Victory of Stability over Optimality, or Why Hermaphrodites Lose to Males and Females. Column for Computerra #135
Strategy — is a hierarchy of priorities corresponding to a particular mode of action in a particular situation. ... Evolution proceeds not toward the optimal, but toward the stable state. The transition from hermaphroditism to gonochorism — is a transition …
Is the Red (a.k.a. Black) Queen really the queen of evolutionary problems? Don't rush to answer — don't forget about hermaphrodites! Column for Kompyuterra #134
Now I must make a confession. I have my own version of the solution, I simply was not in a hurry to explain it. In order for you to appreciate the way out of the theoretical impasse, you needed to …
Are Eight Indirect Hypotheses Describing the Advantages of Sexual Reproduction Sufficient to Explain the Origin of Sex? Column for Computerra #133
If the survival advantage of offspring from sexual parents falls short of twofold, clonal organisms displace gonochoristic ones in the short term. The long-term advantages of sexual reproduction simply do not have time to manifest in such a situation! But …
The queen of evolutionary biology problems: Jenkin's nightmare returns. Column for Kompyuterra #132
But what do we see? The winner in natural selection among most highly organized species, instead of carefully passing on to its offspring its genotype that ensured its environmentally approved individual development, finds nothing better than to violate the integrity …
Riddle of Sex. Cui prodest: gene, individual, group? Column for Kompyuterra #131
Attention: question! Selection of which level (gene, individual, or group) is the cause of the transition to sexual reproduction? And, if you want, a hint. In those cases when some evolutionary innovations promote the preservation and reproduction of both genes …
Origin of sex, gonochorism and hemiclonal inheritance. Statement of the problem. Column for Kompyutera #130
Origin of sexual reproduction. Origin of gonochorism. Ecological differentiation of sexes. Abandonment of sexual process and transition to clonal reproduction. Origin of hemiclonality. Possible abandonment of hemiclonality. The task of this column was...
Ukraine is a big Vradiivka. Selected passages from correspondence with Russian and pro-Russian friends. Column for Kompyuterrra #129
If you are a citizen of Eastern Ukraine, who is being told that the reason for wage delays and economic collapse is not the theft of those at the helm, but that protests are preventing them, would you really agree …
Brief outline of the epigenetic theory of evolution, or ETE for busy people. Column for Kompyuterra #128
The more complex the organism, the more interconnections manifest in its ontogenesis, the more significant the preceding history of the species and the adaptive compromise it has achieved will direct its possible changes. This allows us to understand that life …
How do adaptive traits emerge in the course of evolution, or Which evolutionary theory is supported by modern genetics data?
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Once More on the Nature of Ethnos, and on the Diversity of Supersystems. Column for Kompyuterra No. 126
For describing the diversity of supersystems, two of their characteristics are very significant. First: is the supersystem constructed from similar components — or from functionally different ones? Second: are there specific control structures in the supersystem — or are all …
Does an Ethnos Possess Independent Being? Reflections on Disagreement with Lev Gumilyov. Column for Computerra #125
The central problem is as follows. Is an ethnos a system that must be studied by natural-scientific methods, or is it something about which one should simply ask its representatives (and yes — one must ask the representatives of ethnoses, …
How to bring our innate propensity to xenophobia under rational control? Column for Kompyuterra #124
But what is the path of the golden mean, of rational modification? The first and absolutely necessary step is not to cling to markers. Often it is necessary to distinguish among marker carriers those who are not a source of …
Three conclusions that can be drawn after discussing the reasons for differences between people in the color of their skin. Column for Kompyuterra #123
Two previous columns were devoted to the analysis of one, generally speaking, fairly simple human trait—skin color. Do not assume that I have exhausted the full range of factors influencing this trait. Nevertheless, in this column, I will no longer …
And More on Skin Color: Why We Are White and Why We Tan. Column for Компьютерры #122
Thus, in the establishment of relatively light skin, not only did a certain quantitative trait (melanin content in the skin) change. One consistently realized norm «split» into two, with the switch between them depending on environmental influences. However, to be …