Fisherian Runaway
June 5, 2018Fisherian runaway is a mechanism proposed by the mathematical and evolutionary biologist Ronald Fisher, to account for the evolution of exaggerated male ornamentation by persistent, directional female choice. When females are attracted to a certain trait within males, this trait over time gets over-emphasised because males with the trait…
Temperance
May 8, 2018Temperance is defined as moderation or voluntary self-restraint and characterized as the control over excess. It is what an individual voluntarily refrains from doing. This includes restraint from retaliation in the form of non-violence and forgiveness, restraint from arrogance in the form of humility and modesty, and…
Shrink Exercise: Growth Chart Resilience
May 6, 2018Shaq Sequence
May 4, 2018Hallmarks of Malignant Growth: Self-Sufficiency in Growth Signals
May 1, 2018To understand what makes continuous growth such a powerful idea, despite clear evidence that it often becomes harmful, The Incredible Shrinking Man turned to cancer research to learn where growth within a healthy system turns malignant. Although cancer is a very complex phenomenon the seminal paper “…
The Growth Hormone Jungle
April 29, 2018Growth hormone is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction and cell regeneration in humans and other animals. As with all hormonal pathways the path concerning the promotion and secretion of growth hormone leads right into a dense entanglement of interrelated secretions of life. If…
KankerCel: The Hallmarks
April 25, 2018Unsinkable Jesus Gecko
April 24, 2018Neglecting Gravity
April 17, 2018The Zooms: Abun’dance
April 16, 2018Abundance Fantasies: Mukbang
April 9, 2018Readyquotes
April 4, 2018Haplogroup Hot Switch
April 1, 2018Shrink Exercise: Giant Vegetable Hugging
March 28, 2018HPS Axis Pirouette
March 15, 2018To soften the pressure of the increasingly dominant genetic profiles for greater human height, humanity at some point may opt to interfere in the cell signaling pathways that induce growth. One such pathway, the hypothalamic–pituitary axis, includes the secretion of growth hormone (GH) into the circulation and the subsequent stimulation of insulin-like…
Degrowth:Buddhist Economics
March 3, 2018Abundance Fantasies:Evangelical Carrots
February 11, 2018In our series on Abundance Fantasies we explore how we can activate our deeply rooted desire for abundance, codified within our language, our myths and religions, to initiate the desire to shrink. There’s an unmistakable relationship between fundamental human desire for abundance and how this desire…