Stu on NPR.
http://m.npr.org/story/135706946?url=/blogs/13.7/2011/04/25/135706946/even-evolution-evolves-changing-ideas-on-the-biosphere
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And every time a species goes to extinction the former new but filled niches
vanish.
Sounds a bit like a Steady state of musical chairs.
Unfortunately the word evolution supposes purpose or direction which it
seems steadfast to keep hidden.
Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky PhD
More generally, virtually every new persistent mechanism (e.g., species)
will create new potential niches by the fact of its existence. This can be
seen by considering energy flows. Every persistent mechanism requires a way
to exploit energy resources in order to persist. No mechanism is 100%
There is an example of what happens with unused energy on a very large
scale,
Namely Forest fires after years of suppression rage with unbelievable
ferocity. In this case a failure on the biological level to recycle fast
enough results in a physical process almost beyond the biological .
In
