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* Max Dresow writes…
I wrote the primary installment of my (not-actually-so-) quick essay sequence “Problematica” on January 9, 2023. Since then I’ve written twenty-four extra of this stuff, totaling God is aware of what number of phrases. My thought originally used to be to follow writing in some way that mixes scholarly rigor with stylistic freedom, which is to mention: I’ve attempted to write down in some way that dispenses with probably the most stuffier conventions of educational prose. On this I feel I’ve succeeded. I’ve additionally controlled to test off most of the pieces on my doable subjects checklist, from “William Whewell” to “the Darwinized Gaia speculation” to “James Corridor on mountain-building.” This has been pleasing, now not least as a result of I’ve executed a lot of this writing throughout a time in my lifestyles when it’s been difficult to make room for extra structured analysis. (I’m starting my 3rd process in as a few years in September, and I’ve two youngsters underneath 3!) Additionally, instructional publishing is a racket and it has given me some pride to position my paintings at once onto the web with out first signing away the copyright to Springer.
I’ve were given lots extra to write down about, from agnostic biosignatures to the “Nice Taconic Controversy” to the Brasier/Schopf debate. However for now, listed below are the twenty-five essays I’ve written at the side of tablet descriptions. For those who’re in search of suggestions, I’m particularly keen on essays 1, 2, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17 and 19. (I’ll put a double-asterisk [**] subsequent to those.) Thank you for studying!
1. “Comparisons with Tooth: Two Hundred Years of Actualism in Paleontology” **
> An essay that makes use of early dinosaur paleontology and up to date modeling paintings on Otodus megalodon to discover the character of actualistic reasoning in paleontology