• Main index
  • Preface (2009)
  • Why?
  • Outline
  • Introduction
  • Science
  • Evolution Index
    • Introduction
      • Preface
      • The Idle Theory of Evolution
      • The Idle Life Physical Model 1 and 2
      • Slow Burn Fire
      • Oil Lamp Life
      • Recurring Fever
      • Cancer
      • Idle Theory as Malthusian and anti-Darwinian
    • Idle Theory
      • Idle Cell Life
      • Biological cells
      • Cell Division
      • Idle Cell Populations
      • Multicellular lifeforms
      • A Theory of Ageing
    • Simulation Models
      • The IdleLife (Java) simulation model (source code)
      • Silken Fetters. The IdleSpider (Java) simulation model (source code)
      • The Malthus Simulation model (source code)
        • Stream-fed Populations
        • Pool-fed Populations
        • Predation
      • The TETRA simulation model (source code)
      • Comments on the models
    • Reproduction
      • The Reproductive Imperative 1
      • The Reproductive Imperative 2
      • Kin Recognition
      • Sex
        • Sex as contraception
        • Sex as Counter-reproductive
        • Darwin's Elephants
      • The Ministry of Silly Walks
    • Against Darwin
      • Darwin and Wallace
      • The Linnean Society
      • Either Darwinism, or the Theory of Evolution
      • Darwin's Language of Violence
      • Darwin's War of Nature
      • Darwin's Use of Language
      • The Malthusian Oscillation
      • Inert Torpor
      • Competition
      • The Ethical Consequences of Competition
    • General Essays
      • Fossil Beach
      • The Fossil Record
    • Human Life Index
      • The Origins of Idle Theory
      • Considering Human Life
      • Early Human Life
        • Easy Meat: The Predation of Early Humans
          • Three Versions of Human History
          • The Great Mother
          • Ornament as armour
          • Human Hair as Fibre for Fabric
          • Human Hair
          • Coiffure as Cradle
          • Smoke and Perfume
          • Human Sacrifice
          • Shallow Grave: the Tomb as Refuge
        • The Origin of Bipedalism
        • The Formation of Human Society 1, 2, 3 and 4.
        • Of Human Nature
        • Ice Age
        • The Rise of Toolmakers
        • The Myth of the Golden Age
        • Out of Africa
        • The Evolution of the Military
        • Wheat
        • Food, Clothing, and Shelter
        • The Energy Costs of Walking
      • Outline of Ethics
        • Ethics
        • General Remarks
        • Wants and Needs
        • Pain and Pleasure
        • Human Freedom and Constraint
        • Formal Freedom
        • The Value of Human Society
        • Equality of Idleness
        • Consideration
        • The Mathematics of Ethics
        • Good Manners
        • The Resolution of Disputes
        • Codes of Sexual Conduct
        • Modern Western Sexual Mores
        • Monogamy
        • Theft and Gift
        • Ethical Conflicts
        • Human Behaviour
        • The Varieties of Ethical Systems
        • The Natural Selection of Ethics
        • Co-operative and Coercive Society
        • The Logic of Slavery
        • The Morality of Slavery
        • Shifting Values
        • Idle Theory and Utilitarianism
        • The Doctor's Dilemma
        • The Logic of Puritanism
        • Ethical Naturalism
        • From Physics to Ethics
        • The Code of the Buzzard
        • Plant, Animal, Human
        • Ethical Consequences
        • Origins of the Work Ethic
        • Busy and Idle Psychology
        • Fear of Idleness
        • One Argument Against Lying
        • Morality and Invention
        • The Value of Life
      • Essays on Law
        • Morality and Law
        • Law and Justice
        • The Necessity of Law
        • Rules and Rulemaking
      • Religion
        • Paradise Regained
        • The Body and Soul
        • Monasticism
        • Concerning Malevolence
        • The Ten Commandments
        • One Explanation of the Sabbath
        • From Reason to Faith
        • The Rise and Fall of the Supernatural
      • Outline of Economics
        • The One Good
        • The Value of Idle Time
        • Useful Tools
        • Property
        • Introduction to The Economics of Idle Theory
          • Economics 1a: Idleness, Energy, and Human Society
          • Economics 1b: Useful Tools and Pleasant Luxuries
          • Economics 2: Trade and Prices
          • Economics 2a: Economic Perils
          • Economics 3: Money
          • Economics 4: Boom and Bust
          • Economics 5: Methodological Considerations
          • ITEM: Idle Theory Economic Model (source code)
          • Economics 6: A Review
        • Trade, Prices, and Money
        • Economic Analysis
        • A Simple Economic Model
        • Simple Economic Simulation Model (Econ1 applet notes, source code)
        • Theories of Value
        • Economic Growth
        • The Business Cycle
        • Monopoly
        • Dragon Economy
        • The Secondary Economy
        • Global Warming and Resource Depletion
        • Glossary
      • Politics
        • The Origins of Political Power
        • Forms of Political Power
        • The Family
        • Human Population Trends
        • The Individual and Society
        • Public Goods and Public Ownership
        • Totalitarianism and Liberalism
        • Concerning (In)equality
        • Inequality Theory
        • Martial and Civil Culture
        • Friedrich Hayek's Road to Serfdom
        • Two Illusions of Freedom
        • The Politics of Town and Country
      • The Rosy Vision
        • The Rosy Vision Rewritten
        • Life As Leisure
        • What is Wealth?
        • The Continuity of Inequality
        • Religion
        • The Dragon Economy
        • Psychologism
        • The Post-Millennial Creed
      • Other Essays
        • The Days of Ku Sheng (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
        • Joe's Boat
        • Ship of Fools
        • The Perception of Time
        • The Wings of Sleep
        • Clock Stars and Prayer Beads
        • The Natural Pace of Work
        • The Stalled Empire of Science
      • These Days...
        • The Only Wealth I'll Ever Have
        • Web Publishing
        • Big Pictures and Little Pictures
        • Cigarette Break
        • Free Time in the School Day
        • A History of Idle Theory
    • Consilience
    Naming Conventions
    • Physical and Mathematical Definitions
    • Bayes' Theorem
    • References
      • Busy as a Bee: Then Who's Doing All the Work?
      • Consider the Bee: It Gets a Buzz Doing Nothing at All
      • The Principle of Least Action
      • Tennyson: In Memoriam
      • Predation Studies
  • Conclusions
    • The Future
    • Modern Times
  • Echoes From Cyberspace
  • Quotations
  • Under the Apple Tree
  • 4GW
  • Tom Lutz at the George
  • Orbital Siphon