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Josh Mitteldorf

Josh Mitteldorf, a senior editor at OpEdNews, was educated to be an astrophysicist, and has branched out from there to mathematical modeling in a variety of areas. He has taught mathematics, statistics, and physics at several universities. He is an avid amateur pianist, and father of two adopted Chinese girls. This year, his affiliation is with the University of Arizona, where he studies the evolution of aging.

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34 Articles, 98 Quick Links, 96 Comments, 5 Diaries, 2 Polls

2 Polls

Friday, March 27, 2009
What happened to Obama's Campaign Promise of Peace?
(81 comments) President Obama was elected with an overwhelming mandate for peace. He promised to withdraw troops from Iraq, to close Guantanamo, and to end the practices of torture, domestic spying and detention without trial. He decried the dictatorial arrogation of power that Bush had claimed as President. Now in office, why does he look so little like a 'Peace President'?

Monday, February 9, 2009
Why do we get old?
(22 comments) In the context of evolution, natural selection is supposed to be optimizing fitness. Getting old and dying seems to be the opposite of fitness. Why has natural selection caused (or permitted) living things to deteriorate with age, and to die?

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