Comments on: “Seeing” the Big Picture: Vision Revolution Author Mark Changizi http://www.benchfly.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-vision-revolution-author-mark-changizi/ Advice for Your Life in Science Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:19:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Science Career Development Resources | BenchFly Blog http://www.benchfly.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-vision-revolution-author-mark-changizi/#comment-3034 Science Career Development Resources | BenchFly Blog Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:16:58 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=3045#comment-3034 [...] Seeing the Big Picture: Mark Changizi – author and scientist Mark Changizi explains his work and why it’s important to keep the big picture in mind in research [...] [...] Seeing the Big Picture: Mark Changizi – author and scientist Mark Changizi explains his work and why it’s important to keep the big picture in mind in research [...]

]]> By: BenchLife: Your Life in the Lab | BenchFly Blog http://www.benchfly.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-vision-revolution-author-mark-changizi/#comment-2763 BenchLife: Your Life in the Lab | BenchFly Blog Wed, 01 Dec 2010 04:39:50 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=3045#comment-2763 [...] Seeing the Big Picture: Mark Changizi – author and scientist Mark Changizi explains his work and why it’s important to keep the big picture in mind in research [...] [...] Seeing the Big Picture: Mark Changizi – author and scientist Mark Changizi explains his work and why it’s important to keep the big picture in mind in research [...]

]]> By: alan@benchfly http://www.benchfly.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-vision-revolution-author-mark-changizi/#comment-669 alan@benchfly Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:11:54 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=3045#comment-669 True- I skipped over my justification of that one. Imagine a sci-fi future where everything we do is automated and run by computer, so we sit in front of a computer all day to control everything. In this extreme, perhaps there would be a pressure to select for a different body type. Maybe something leaner, without the energetic drain of large, obsolete muscles. Or some metabolic compensation to prevent us from being 1000lbs as a result of no exercise. Contrasting that with our hunting/gathering days, I'd imagine the pressures, and thus body types, would be significantly different. I was relieved to hear Mark say that we're <i>only</i> going to have eyes on the side of our heads! Yikes... True- I skipped over my justification of that one. Imagine a sci-fi future where everything we do is automated and run by computer, so we sit in front of a computer all day to control everything. In this extreme, perhaps there would be a pressure to select for a different body type. Maybe something leaner, without the energetic drain of large, obsolete muscles. Or some metabolic compensation to prevent us from being 1000lbs as a result of no exercise. Contrasting that with our hunting/gathering days, I'd imagine the pressures, and thus body types, would be significantly different.

I was relieved to hear Mark say that we're only going to have eyes on the side of our heads! Yikes…

]]> By: kate http://www.benchfly.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-vision-revolution-author-mark-changizi/#comment-665 kate Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:37:55 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=3045#comment-665 I think you guys are a bit off in your thinking about evolution and modern technology... just because I work well on the computer does this mean I will have more children and have a higher fitness to pass on these genes? The technological environment will need to put selective pressure on our reproductive fitness in order for traits to change in that direction over time. I think you guys are a bit off in your thinking about evolution and modern technology… just because I work well on the computer does this mean I will have more children and have a higher fitness to pass on these genes? The technological environment will need to put selective pressure on our reproductive fitness in order for traits to change in that direction over time.

]]> By: wizkid http://www.benchfly.com/blog/seeing-the-big-picture-vision-revolution-author-mark-changizi/#comment-625 wizkid Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:30:40 +0000 http://www.benchfly.com/blog/?p=3045#comment-625 The conference theory is very interesting. The standard thought is that the more conferences you can go to the better. But perhaps all we're doing is perpetuating the stale thoughts and perceptions that our field has held for years, reducing the chances of a truly novel breakthrough. The conference theory is very interesting. The standard thought is that the more conferences you can go to the better. But perhaps all we're doing is perpetuating the stale thoughts and perceptions that our field has held for years, reducing the chances of a truly novel breakthrough.

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