Word: evolutionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Few physicists, for example, are willing to even entertain the computer-as-universe model, and Boulding's theories of "ecodynamics" and our future cultural evolution have been written off as too vague and unfocused to be of much use. In Wilson's case, the debate over the power of genes...
Wait a minute, I can hear you saying. Don't these things cost money? The phrase budget deficit comes to mind. Is this as important as finding the unified theory of physics or housing the homeless? Yes and no. Yes, NASA could save money in the long run by having...
The political evolution of Eastern Europe has a military as well as an economic aspect. Gorbachev and his advisers have said they are willing to adopt what they call "nonoffensive" defenses. The West's task is to get the U.S.S.R. to apply that concept in a way that makes the...
The so-called Gang of Nine has seized the opportunity to part with IBM because they believe the computer maker took a wrong turn in its evolution of the PC when the company introduced its new line of Personal System/2 computers in April 1987. For the more powerful machines in...
One measure of Reaganism's continued impact can be seen in Bush's evolution. A practical man who can read a balance sheet, Bush knew in 1980 that supply- side math could not add up for very long. He had the guts, as Reagan's rival for the nomination, to...