Anders Hesselbom

Tag: Evolution

My bits on evolution, part 6
2011-03-10

Some of my bits for the Swedish Skeptic Podcast, Skeptikerpodden, on evolution and creationism, in Swedish. Några av mina bidrag till svenska Skeptikerpodden om evolution och kreationism, på svenska. 16. Kreationistpropaganda från Bibelfokus.se [...]

My bits on evolution, part 4
2010-11-16

Some of my bits for the Swedish Skeptic Podcast, Skeptikerpodden, on evolution and creationism, in Swedish. Några av mina bidrag till svenska Skeptikerpodden om evolution och kreationism, på svenska. 10. Föreningen Genesis, del 1 av 2 (från Ske [...]

Notable speeches on evolution
2010-10-09

These are in my opinion the currently most important speeches on evolution and creationism. You don't have to have any preexisting knowledge to be able to follow, and they cover why we know what we know about the occuring evolution and why we know cr [...]

My bits on evolution, part 3
2010-09-27

Some of my bits for the Swedish Skeptic Podcast, Skeptikerpodden, on evolution and creationism, in Swedish. Några av mina bidrag till svenska Skeptikerpodden om evolution och kreationism, på svenska. 7. Spår av design (från Skeptikerpodden 17/8 [...]

My bits on evolution, part 2
2010-08-14

Some of my bits for the Swedish Skeptic Podcast, Skeptikerpodden, on evolution and creationism, in Swedish. Några av mina bidrag till svenska Skeptikerpodden om evolution och kreationism, på svenska. 4. Flodmyter (från Skeptikerpodden 25/5 2010 [...]

My bits on evolution, part 1
2010-06-29

Some of my bits for the Swedish Skeptic Podcast, Skeptikerpodden, on evolution and creationism, in Swedish. Några av mina bidrag till svenska Skeptikerpodden om evolution och kreationism, på svenska. 1. "Evolutionism" (från Skeptikerpodden 31/3 [...]

Some visual aid
2009-12-31

To conclude, click on an organism to zoom in on it. When an organism is zoomed in, some details about it is shown together with the DNA string of the parent organisms (if the parents are still alive). Download: Drifting.exe Happy new year! [...]

Counting the DNA differences
2009-12-27

The following adjustment is done to the drifting game. In the first version, DNA differences were counted sequentially, meaning that within each group each organism was compared to its neighbor. By changing this so that every organism is compared to [...]

This is the drifting game!
2009-12-26

The drifting game does not illustrate evolution or the power of natural selection, but change over time and our ability to tell that about relationship to other spices, such as chimpanzees. The board consists of 285 placeholders (19 x 15). Each place [...]

Making fun things from the knowledge of evolution
2009-12-23

Evolution is a powerful mechanism, and the powerful source that is behind it is decent with modification plus selection. In nature, it has taken us from simple chemical reactions to complex self-aware organism over billions of years. The structure of [...]

Evolution debate, Fria Tidningen
2009-09-10

This Saturday, I had the honor to write a reply in an ongoing debate on evolution in a Swedish magazine, Fria Tidningen. Check it out here (in Swedish)!

Can a cat give birth to a dog?
2009-06-06

Again a post in Swedish. A reply to the argument that evolution is wrong because cats don't give birth to dogs, used by Kent Hovind among others. Artbildning: Kan en katt föda en hund?

John Conway’s game of life
2009-03-14

John Conway’s game of life is the simplest known self-organizing system, and it is a good example of evolution. Just like evolution, the environment decides the fitness of the organism. In the case of evolution, the parameters that describe fitness a [...]