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The energy of morning coffee. Column in ComputerreOnline #15
What features fundamentally differentiate the way of life of representatives of our animal species from the way of life of our relatives belonging to all other species?
Strategies that we are not aware of. Column in ComputerreOnline #14
When readers report that they have nothing resembling innate programs, as I describe, in their thoughts, this does not refute the ideas I present, but merely indicates that these readers have a healthy psyche.
Award for Beauty. Column in ComputerreOnline #13
"Who eats the girl, he also dances with her" – this wisdom summarizes experience that began accumulating even before the emergence of our species. Pair relationships develop from "resources for hope" to "resources for sex".
Why should women be beautiful? Column in ComputerreOnline #12
For a biologist, the most interesting question is not which women are more beautiful than others. It is surprising why female beauty matters to us at all.
Double Morality. Column in ComputerreOnline #11
Why is a woman who sleeps with many men condemned by people, while a man who sleeps with several women is in some ways even praised? [Another column. My favorite topic: biological bases of human behavior. From my point of …
Fingerprints and Brainprints. Column in Computerra Online #10
{ "title": "", "summary": "", "body": "How do you think, patterns on which of the ten fingers most strongly distinguish men and women? Consider: since I ask about it, you can guess. Something about practice in Haidary..." }
On the Immortality of Populations. Column in Computerra Online #9
{ "title": "", "summary": "", "body": "View the history of life on Earth as a branching tree of potentially immortal populations. It is they, populations, that inhabit the Earth, not we, organisms! BATRIMG<N>BATR" }
On the perverse love for nature. Column in ComputerreOnline #8
For them, nature conservation is a path to power and the corruption of souls. Strangely, they empathize with the suffering of wildlife while rejoicing in violence against other people...
On the differences between sexes. Column in ComputerreOnline #7
The prerogative of dioecious organisms is not sexual selection but sexual dimorphism. Males (and men) are representatives of the sex that, from an evolutionary perspective, is not spared.
What Does the Viper Fancy? ComputerraOnline Column #6
Have you ever picked wild strawberries? Imagine: you search for berries under the leaves, pick them one by one, and then, once at home, relax and close your eyes... What appears before them? Why?
Super-task for education
{"title":"","summary":"","body":"What I would like to propose is a variant of a social mandate for the education system (or, if you prefer, a variant of a national idea). What to call this variant—sustainable development or the preservation of the people and …
Why Are There Men and Women? Column in ComputerraOnline #4
At a superficial comparison, the type of reproduction characteristic of humans turns out to be the least advantageous. Why, then, in the course of evolution did organisms with sexual reproduction, and specifically dioecious ones, gain the advantage?
Shabanov (2011) Grey toads, green frogs: love and death in cold water
Year after year, after the spring warmth consumes the winter reserves of snow and ice, an exciting event unfolds in lakes and puddles, rivers and ponds. The breeding of amphibians. Shabanov D. A. Grey toads, green frogs: love and death …
“Ecology” and Liars. ComputerraOnline Column #3
Those who think about morality must solve an extraordinarily difficult task. Of course, one has to reject the rhetoric of “ecological” liars. But under no circumstances must we lose the priority of nature conservation.
It Started Working!!! (It Seems...)
Dear visitors, you are now seeing the second version of the site. It has moved to another hosting provider, and another person has now taken responsibility for it. The most important consequence for me is that the site has begun …
Textbooks. Straight into the Day After Tomorrow. ComputerraOnline Column #2
The textbook of the day after tomorrow will be network-based. We need to be thinking about it already today; already today a network textbook may find a certain demand.
The Second River. ComputerraOnline Column #1
In a way unexpected even to myself (described a little in the column), I resumed my collaboration with “Computerra,” now in its new, online form. We shall see what comes of it... New columns will appear here. With a small …
Two Natures of Humans: Rape Culture and Biology
Feminists dislike many of the established ideas in our society about male and female roles.
So How Many Sexes Do Humans Have?
This article was written for “Private Correspondent” but remained unpublished due to disagreements with the editor.