22 September 2011 am

Workout notes Yoga, then a 6 mile run; 1.5 to the goose loop, 9 loops in 32:38 (alternating 1 lap on, 1 lap slower), then 1.5 back. I had some knee pain toward the end; I’ve probably been pushing a bit too hard and some rain might be on the way.

Evolution
This article by Jerry Coyne talks about one trait: body size (over a variety of different types of animals. Body size tends to not change much with time; some variation but not much distance from the mean. That all changes at about one million years when one sees a large divergence from the mean; it is almost as if this metric has some sort of an exponential “envelope” function where the exponent becomes strongly positive right at about one million years.

Death Penalty
Yes, Troy Davis was executed. I’m still against the death penalty; here is a thoughtful discussion which describes my point of view. True, humanity isn’t well served by some types of people living among us (e. g. Lawrence Singleton). I still oppose the penalty for many reasons.

What about the rest of my countrymen? I have to admit that I don’t understand the trends:

And if you look at who supports it the least and who supports it he most:

This isn’t as polarizing of an issue as others are. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t millions who agree with me; there are. It is just that one finds split opinions in almost every demographic and I’d be in the minority in just about any group but blacks.

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