Phylogeny, Ontogeny, and #blockchain
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Ernst Haeckel’s famous (and now debunked) embryology image.Heading into my sophomore year at the University of Michigan, I needed one more “honors” class to qualify for an additional check mark on my degree but the classes I wanted didn’t fit into my schedule. I had already taken “Great Books” and “Great Books II,” and another other class I was considering had mandatory discussions on Friday mornings, an instant disqualifier.That left me with just one option: a 20-person seminar called “Imagination.” I showed up the first day with low expectations for the prospects of real learning but high expectations for what the course could do for my GPA — but as the class kicked off, my professor quickly disabused me of both notions. After introducing himself and addressing every single member of the class (...)