It happens with Governments too ...and other groups of people.. It's a Living Organismic thing. Larger systems have greater influence on smaller systems (Ludwig von Bertallanfy)
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
It happens with Governments too ...and other groups of people.. It's a Living Organismic thing. Larger systems have greater influence on smaller systems (Ludwig von Bertallanfy)
Conclusion:
Points of disagreement: Riedl's articulation of laws and verification and truth. Also no talk about ecological interactions.
Legacy still important in morphology. Including his main lesson: Morphology is the heart of organismic biology.
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Points of disagreement: Riedl's articulation of laws and verification and truth. Also no talk about ecological interactions.
Legacy still important in morphology. Including his main lesson: Morphology is the heart of organismic biology.
/End
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Conclusion:
Points of disagreement: Riedl's articulation of laws and verification and truth. Also no talk about ecological interactions.
Legacy still important in morphology. Including his main lesson: Morphology is the heart of organismic biology.
/End
Points of disagreement: Riedl's articulation of laws and verification and truth. Also no talk about ecological interactions.
Legacy still important in morphology. Including his main lesson: Morphology is the heart of organismic biology.
/End
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology lecturer Andrew Berry delivered a humorous, data-driven argument for why Harvard is better than Yale ahead of Saturday's game.
Noah Ferris, Samuel S. Rudavsky, and Riya S. Shah report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Noah Ferris, Samuel S. Rudavsky, and Riya S. Shah report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Yale Too Lame To Draw Trump’s Attention, Harvard Lecturer Andrew Berry Says in Annual Bulldog Roast | News | The Harvard Crimson
As undergraduates gear up for the 141st Harvard-Yale Game Saturday, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology lecturer Andrew J. Berry took the stage at Sanders Theatre Thursday night to deliver a humorous…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology lecturer Andrew Berry delivered a humorous, data-driven argument for why Harvard is better than Yale ahead of Saturday's game.
Noah Ferris, Samuel S. Rudavsky, and Riya S. Shah report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Noah Ferris, Samuel S. Rudavsky, and Riya S. Shah report.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
i got a "B" in organismic biology because i wouldn't memorize the life history of a slime mold. memories!
November 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
i got a "B" in organismic biology because i wouldn't memorize the life history of a slime mold. memories!
Look I’m willing to say it: maybe James Watson got two things right
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perhaps i misunderstood "let's concentrate on you"
Jamaica is bad enough but i have mastered that-at least the danger-4th highest murder rate in the world as for the us i have alienated large stretches of it-i will spare you the details i was amused that you are now friends with JD Watson he single-handedly prevented me from getting a Junior Fellowship at Harvard
In 1972 I got my PhD in Biology and it was conventional to nominate the very best post-docs for a Junior Fellowship, Harvard's most prestigious award-it provided three years of research support without any duties. I was the best student out of Evolutionary and Organismic Biology in more than 20 years. The entire department was behind me.
but Watson was on the 3-man committee, in charge of all the science candidates and he deemed my two papers, reciprocal altruism and parental investment and sexual selection as "not being science" and dismissed me in one sentence. Well bless his soul, he now does not even understand his own subject-yes, i speak of genetics-because having remained resolutely ignorant of evolutionary logic and biology he can neither understand the shape and form of the genotype nor how it differs systematically within life
i have been preparing something for you for a long time on human intelligence, Africa, parasites etc because i prefer to get things right but i am ready to send you what i have main focus is-Africans stupid or smart?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:misyogthncmyejlvlflkvjbh/bafkreidoxuuq447qbvuj3edxli6qr7gzjy2y4ctod5a6363tjgtv4lb6ve@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Look I’m willing to say it: maybe James Watson got two things right
![In response to the revelations of Epstein's support of Nowak and his lab (the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics), Nowak was suspended from supervising undergraduate research for two years, and the institute was permanently closed. 1911101 Harvard's review, leading to the suspension, uncovered that Epstein had maintained access to a personal office in Nowak's lab for 9 years, even after his conviction for sex crimes, and used the office over 40 times, "typically accompanied by young women serving as his assistants". (11]
In 2023, Harvard lifted the sanctions against Nowak and he remains on the faculty, jointly
appointed in the Department of Mathematics and the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kiozjehz4wovetl76xlzbex5/bafkreig5bsb4m3n6iuktvti7qgtalcptujocrs2bgns4phajnlhgz3oo4m@jpeg)
Hit a real stumbling block in my course to become a therapist, lads. The type of therapy I want to practice frequently references "the organismic self" and I cannot pronounce that reliably. Eventually it's going to come out as "the orgasmic self" and it's going to be awkward.
November 12, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Hit a real stumbling block in my course to become a therapist, lads. The type of therapy I want to practice frequently references "the organismic self" and I cannot pronounce that reliably. Eventually it's going to come out as "the orgasmic self" and it's going to be awkward.
is five different biology departments a lot for one university? seems like a lot
(www.fas.harvard.edu/explore-our-... and I left out the one that's a program and not a department)
(www.fas.harvard.edu/explore-our-... and I left out the one that's a program and not a department)
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
is five different biology departments a lot for one university? seems like a lot
(www.fas.harvard.edu/explore-our-... and I left out the one that's a program and not a department)
(www.fas.harvard.edu/explore-our-... and I left out the one that's a program and not a department)
🌿 This Thursday at the BayCEER Colloquium!
Dr. Mathias Scharmann explores how plants diversify and adapt, from flowers to carnivorous traps, linking molecular, ecological, and organismic perspectives.
📅 Oct 30 | 12:30–13:45 | H6 GEO Building
#Colloquium #Ecology #Evolution
Dr. Mathias Scharmann explores how plants diversify and adapt, from flowers to carnivorous traps, linking molecular, ecological, and organismic perspectives.
📅 Oct 30 | 12:30–13:45 | H6 GEO Building
#Colloquium #Ecology #Evolution
October 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🌿 This Thursday at the BayCEER Colloquium!
Dr. Mathias Scharmann explores how plants diversify and adapt, from flowers to carnivorous traps, linking molecular, ecological, and organismic perspectives.
📅 Oct 30 | 12:30–13:45 | H6 GEO Building
#Colloquium #Ecology #Evolution
Dr. Mathias Scharmann explores how plants diversify and adapt, from flowers to carnivorous traps, linking molecular, ecological, and organismic perspectives.
📅 Oct 30 | 12:30–13:45 | H6 GEO Building
#Colloquium #Ecology #Evolution
The Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a 3.5-year PhD in molecular evolution of ageing in ants. Details: https://www.genevo-rtg.de/ #gradstudent
Gene Regulation in Evolution
GenEvo is a DFG funded Research Training Group organised in a collaboration between the faculty of biology of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB).
www.genevo-rtg.de
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz offers a 3.5-year PhD in molecular evolution of ageing in ants. Details: https://www.genevo-rtg.de/ #gradstudent
am not saying don't do that
but lets hope the organismic emerges
n people shy from creating hierarchical groups
modified consensus, explicit consent
self-fulfilling
except it there's no space to connect
no storage to come to and depart from tools
and no time or energy
all because of the problems
but lets hope the organismic emerges
n people shy from creating hierarchical groups
modified consensus, explicit consent
self-fulfilling
except it there's no space to connect
no storage to come to and depart from tools
and no time or energy
all because of the problems
October 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
am not saying don't do that
but lets hope the organismic emerges
n people shy from creating hierarchical groups
modified consensus, explicit consent
self-fulfilling
except it there's no space to connect
no storage to come to and depart from tools
and no time or energy
all because of the problems
but lets hope the organismic emerges
n people shy from creating hierarchical groups
modified consensus, explicit consent
self-fulfilling
except it there's no space to connect
no storage to come to and depart from tools
and no time or energy
all because of the problems
my body does not belong to your stupid organismic concept of America and neither does anybody's else. You are psychotic, and I say that without intent to stigmatize but in the literal sense, because America is literally not an organism, it's literally millions of fucking organisms
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
my body does not belong to your stupid organismic concept of America and neither does anybody's else. You are psychotic, and I say that without intent to stigmatize but in the literal sense, because America is literally not an organism, it's literally millions of fucking organisms
@harvard.edu cutting PhD admissions
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"The Organismic and Evolutionary Biology department will shrink its class size by roughly 75 percent to three new Ph.D. students [...]
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"The Organismic and Evolutionary Biology department will shrink its class size by roughly 75 percent to three new Ph.D. students [...]
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
@harvard.edu cutting PhD admissions
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"The Organismic and Evolutionary Biology department will shrink its class size by roughly 75 percent to three new Ph.D. students [...]
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
"The Organismic and Evolutionary Biology department will shrink its class size by roughly 75 percent to three new Ph.D. students [...]
Maybe they meant organismic water (which would also be organic).
October 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Maybe they meant organismic water (which would also be organic).
“Geist is not God but the space of reasons through which humans self-legislate this logic, and the self-moving contradiction of Geist as such is the material form of life: the absolute “bio-logic” of organismic self-maintenance in its highest form.”
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/christopher_...
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/christopher_...
Critical Inquiry
A journal of Art, Culture and Politics, Published by the University of Chicago
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu
October 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Geist is not God but the space of reasons through which humans self-legislate this logic, and the self-moving contradiction of Geist as such is the material form of life: the absolute “bio-logic” of organismic self-maintenance in its highest form.”
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/christopher_...
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/christopher_...
Small doses of stress may extend life span. Experiments with nematode C. elegans exposed to low-oxygen stress show how nerve cells transmit stress signal, leading to organismic changes & longer life. #aging #longevity elifesciences.org/articles/109...
Aging: Unlocking the longevity code with stress | eLife
Manipulating the neuronal pathway responsible for the hypoxic stress response in the worm C. elegans leads to an increase in lifespan.
elifesciences.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Small doses of stress may extend life span. Experiments with nematode C. elegans exposed to low-oxygen stress show how nerve cells transmit stress signal, leading to organismic changes & longer life. #aging #longevity elifesciences.org/articles/109...
"I am who I am." Bold or deluded? 🤔
Dan Kent breaks down Carl Rogers' theory: the gap between your Self-Concept (should be) and Organismic Self (who you are) causes unhappiness.
Find your authentic self.
Read blog: https://tinyurl.com/cics-congruence
#Authenticity #CarlRogers 🧠
Dan Kent breaks down Carl Rogers' theory: the gap between your Self-Concept (should be) and Organismic Self (who you are) causes unhappiness.
Find your authentic self.
Read blog: https://tinyurl.com/cics-congruence
#Authenticity #CarlRogers 🧠
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"I am who I am." Bold or deluded? 🤔
Dan Kent breaks down Carl Rogers' theory: the gap between your Self-Concept (should be) and Organismic Self (who you are) causes unhappiness.
Find your authentic self.
Read blog: https://tinyurl.com/cics-congruence
#Authenticity #CarlRogers 🧠
Dan Kent breaks down Carl Rogers' theory: the gap between your Self-Concept (should be) and Organismic Self (who you are) causes unhappiness.
Find your authentic self.
Read blog: https://tinyurl.com/cics-congruence
#Authenticity #CarlRogers 🧠
Was it "Three Theories of Morphogenesis (Mechanistic, Vitalist and Organismic)"
"For example, if half of a dragonfly’s egg is separated off and killed, the remaining half goes on to produce a small but complete dragonfly embryo."
"For example, if half of a dragonfly’s egg is separated off and killed, the remaining half goes on to produce a small but complete dragonfly embryo."
Three Theories of Morphogenesis (Mechanistic, Vitalist and Organismic)
By Rupert Sheldrake
rupertsheldrake.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Was it "Three Theories of Morphogenesis (Mechanistic, Vitalist and Organismic)"
"For example, if half of a dragonfly’s egg is separated off and killed, the remaining half goes on to produce a small but complete dragonfly embryo."
"For example, if half of a dragonfly’s egg is separated off and killed, the remaining half goes on to produce a small but complete dragonfly embryo."
Age of the thought police. Steve Miller must be organismic
September 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Age of the thought police. Steve Miller must be organismic
Dude my first time hitting on a trans guy was so surreal. I didn’t think I would ever sleep with a trans guy but… it didn’t even last a second when I had the opportunity.
I get that means I am not Bi but it does mean gender is more messy than I thought. Learning is fun! Organismic even!
I get that means I am not Bi but it does mean gender is more messy than I thought. Learning is fun! Organismic even!
September 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Dude my first time hitting on a trans guy was so surreal. I didn’t think I would ever sleep with a trans guy but… it didn’t even last a second when I had the opportunity.
I get that means I am not Bi but it does mean gender is more messy than I thought. Learning is fun! Organismic even!
I get that means I am not Bi but it does mean gender is more messy than I thought. Learning is fun! Organismic even!
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September 17, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Around 530 million years ago, life on Earth radically changed. Why? Javier Ortega-Hernández, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard discusses the Cambrian explosion and what the fossil record says.
#Harvard
www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questio...
#Harvard
www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questio...
www.harvardmagazine.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Around 530 million years ago, life on Earth radically changed. Why? Javier Ortega-Hernández, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard discusses the Cambrian explosion and what the fossil record says.
#Harvard
www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questio...
#Harvard
www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questio...
From another Crimson article:
“I’m left with this sinking feeling that this is a kind of moral victory, but perhaps ultimately one that doesn’t really restore the University to where it should be,” Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Peter R. Girguis said.
“I’m left with this sinking feeling that this is a kind of moral victory, but perhaps ultimately one that doesn’t really restore the University to where it should be,” Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Peter R. Girguis said.
Once again, the Crimson zooms in on the key points -- the ruling last night is not end of the matter, but does provide Harvard stronger leverage in negotiating
So -> Claims this means Harvard won’t settle are premature
But also -> Trump can kiss the $500M that was floated around goodbye
So -> Claims this means Harvard won’t settle are premature
But also -> Trump can kiss the $500M that was floated around goodbye
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From another Crimson article:
“I’m left with this sinking feeling that this is a kind of moral victory, but perhaps ultimately one that doesn’t really restore the University to where it should be,” Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Peter R. Girguis said.
“I’m left with this sinking feeling that this is a kind of moral victory, but perhaps ultimately one that doesn’t really restore the University to where it should be,” Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Professor Peter R. Girguis said.