Brilliance. Ingenious. Learning.
Brilliance. Ingenious. Learning.
About the Talk
Why did the Cambrian Explosion happen when it did? If it was so abrupt–just waiting to happen–why didn’t it happen earlier? Chris Phoenix thinks he knows the answer.
Almost all of today’s animal body types evolved in a single period less than ten million years long. This “explosion” of diversity occurred with seemingly random timing in a period tens of millions of years long. The abruptness of the Cambrian Explosion was a severe puzzle to Darwin, and has remained troubling ever since.
About the Presenter
Chris Phoenix has an MSCS and BS in Symbolic Systems from Stanford University. From 91-97, he worked on high-end embedded software engineering. From 97-01, he moved to dyslexia correction and research. In 02-07, he focused on molecular manufacturing by researching, writing, and running a non-profit, the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. As of 2008, he is working on artificial Intelligence research.
About the Conference
BIL2008 was the first BIL Conference. It was held at the Youth Center in Monterey, CA on March 1-2.
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