Comments on: Evolution http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:52:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jbruso http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-153978 jbruso Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:20:38 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=21501#comment-153978 Pretty picture, but I have a hard time reconciling it with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity; Sorta like a pretty picture of how the financial system ought to work in theory, but then in practice, whoa, we discover systemic risk and black swans... so we reach the conclusion we need to design a better system. Pretty picture, but I have a hard time reconciling it with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreducible_complexity; Sorta like a pretty picture of how the financial system ought to work in theory, but then in practice, whoa, we discover systemic risk and black swans… so we reach the conclusion we need to design a better system.

]]> By: Dow http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-153687 Dow Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:22:30 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=21501#comment-153687 Avl Dao...take a closer look at the graphic. Avl Dao…take a closer look at the graphic.

]]> By: Avl Dao http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-153596 Avl Dao Sun, 15 Mar 2009 01:56:11 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=21501#comment-153596 Lost in most discussions of terran evolton are the assorted asteroid hits that pretty much wiped the slate clean 3 (?) times. So there's actually not a good linear progression from the original set of tiny single-cell ocean beasties to post-asteroid plants and animal life to dinosaurs to post-asteroid mammals to primates. Had not those asteroids re-set stuff practically to zero (never quite to zero) multiple times, who knows what would have evolved from the original set of micro-organisms. Lost in most discussions of terran evolton are the assorted asteroid hits that pretty much wiped the slate clean 3 (?) times. So there’s actually not a good linear progression from the original set of tiny single-cell ocean beasties to post-asteroid plants and animal life to dinosaurs to post-asteroid mammals to primates.

Had not those asteroids re-set stuff practically to zero (never quite to zero) multiple times, who knows what would have evolved from the original set of micro-organisms.

]]> By: Greg0658 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-152826 Greg0658 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:35:34 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=21501#comment-152826 where is the monkey line leading to the humans ... with the flying saucer impregnating the Neanderthals with intellect and space voyage instinct a chicken .. wheres the egg ? where is the monkey line leading to the humans … with the flying saucer impregnating the Neanderthals with intellect and space voyage instinct

a chicken .. wheres the egg ?

]]> By: gloppie http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-152758 gloppie Thu, 12 Mar 2009 02:23:41 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=21501#comment-152758 I wonder what it would look like in French.... I wonder what it would look like in French….

]]> By: deanscamaro http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/03/evolution/comment-page-1/#comment-152644 deanscamaro Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:48:09 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=21501#comment-152644 I don't see in the cycle where this generation has taken us back to the beginning. Something is missing from the cycle. I don’t see in the cycle where this generation has taken us back to the beginning. Something is missing from the cycle.

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