Monday, March 3, 2008

Nearly Impossible

nearly_impossible

- So it is, because it still is, it is just because it is still not isn't.
- Yes.
- But so unstable...
- Not unstable only, it's fragile; it's extremely transient.
- Yes, much more transient than we thought, but - how is it possible? I mean, in spite of its transience, why we are still able to witness it?
- Sounds puzzling. But just consider it: how can we witness? How is it possible we witness it via eyes, and brains?

Zhou, S. & Zhang, D. A Nearly Neutral Model of Biodiversity. Ecology 89, 248 (2008).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/06-1817.1

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