Problematica x50
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/9/28/problematicax50
Published: September 27, 2026 16:05
In which Max has compiled all 50 of his “Problematica” essays for your long-reading enjoyment
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Darwinizing Gaia: a progress report and evaluation
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/9/19/the-darwinized-gaia-hypothesis
Published: September 21, 2026 09:27
In which Max finally concludes his essay on the Darwinized Gaia hypothesis from three flippin years ago
From the Archive: Goddess in the Details
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/9/19/goddess-in-the-details-redux
Published: September 19, 2026 17:50
In which Max explores the history of the Gaia hypothesis and wonders whether it needs to be “Darwinized” (Part 1 of 2— Part 2 dropping soon…)
When "Geobiology" was "Biogeology"— or, the importance of Preston Cloud
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/9/8/when-geobiology-was-biogeology
Published: September 8, 2026 17:28
In which Max argues that histories of geobiology need to pay more attention to a giant of the field: Preston Cloud
Grasping the AI Nettle (but, like, maybe don't)
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/9/1/grasping-the-ai-nettle
Published: September 2, 2026 09:07
In which Max shouts about AI from his rocking chair on the porch
From the archive: Dinosaur Time
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/8/21/dinosaur-time-redux
Published: August 21, 2026 07:26
An old one whose time has come again: in which Max complains about how prevalent the language of political domination is in popular writing about dinosaurs
Of limeless seas and listless animals
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/8/11/limeless-seas-and-listless-animals
Published: August 11, 2026 11:34
In which Max explores some wacky (and not-so-wacky) attempts to explain the abrupt appearance of the Cambrian fauna (vintage 1895-1960)
All the better to catch you with, my dear
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/7/30/all-the-better-to-catch-you-with
Published: July 31, 2026 07:21
In which Max presents a lost picture from the history of paleontology: Charles Walcott’s “Sidney crab” complete with massive claws (actually the appendages of a large radiodont)
From the Archive: Minnesota Gneiss
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2024/8/17/minnesota-gneiss-again
Published: June 5, 2026 13:39
A farewell to Minnesota: in which Max hits the road to see the second-oldest surface rocks in the United States
"Long live Lyell and his doctrine of uniformitarianism!"
http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2026/5/2/long-live-lyell
Published: May 2, 2026 21:23
In which Max finishes wrestling with a question that has always bugged him: how did uniformitarianism come to be associated with the view that nature’s laws are invariant in time and space? —Part 2 of 2