robin wrote:
+ I would argue that people belong to a
+small set of types (with ants, corals, etc) that are extremely successful
+in the sense that the entire future of Life would look much different
+in their absence. I offered as one possible surrogate variable for
+success the total free energy captured by a given species. I am sure
+that someone has tried to calculate this and was curious if anyone knew
+the best guess estimate.
indeed, i guess thermonuclear weaponry captures a spot of free energy.
cheers,
clemens
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Clemens Suter-Crazzolara, PhD
Max-Planck-Institut fuer Zuechtungsforschung
Abteilung Genetische Grundlagen der Zuechtungsforschung
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