{"id":3725,"date":"2005-04-01T01:45:21","date_gmt":"2005-04-01T05:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/04\/01\/unfair-methods-of-evolution\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:50","slug":"unfair-methods-of-evolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/01\/unfair-methods-of-evolution\/","title":{"rendered":"unfair methods of evolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a3584'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">No matter your take on evolutionary biology (or on the role of government in&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/dinosSG.gif\" alt=\"dinosSG\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">the marketplace), if you&#8217;re looking for signs of intelligent life on April Fool&#8217;s Day, <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">you should click on over to the<EM> special<\/EM> report by the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\">American Antitrust Insitute<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8216;s <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Science Correspondent, &#8220;<\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.antitrustinstitute.org\/recent2\/403.pdf\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Antitrust Controlled by Jerks<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">&#8221; (AAI, April 1, 2005).&nbsp; <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">You&#8217;ll discover whether antitrust history demonstrates an &#8220;evolution by creeps, or <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">evolution by jerks.&#8221;&nbsp; And, among other artifacts, you&#8217;ll&nbsp;find Larry Summers<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">speculation on &#8220;why there are so few women heading up the antitrust departments <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">of major law firms.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><FONT size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/jokerneg.gif\" alt=\"joker neg\" \/><\/FONT>&nbsp;AAI President Bert Foer isn&#8217;t revealing the identity of the Science<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">Correspondent, or his sources.&nbsp; Feel free to speculate.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">For a serious look at the satirized issues, see William B. Kovacic&#8217;s essay, &nbsp;<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">The<\/FONT><\/EM><A href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/speeches\/other\/0304modernevolution.htm\"><EM><FONT size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"> <FONT color=\"#000000\">Modern Evolution of U.S. Competition Policy Enforcement Norms<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/EM><\/A><EM><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">.<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">For a look at the search for intelligent extraplanetary life, see this illustrated<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><A href=\"http:\/\/gould.as.arizona.edu\/~mmeyer\/ast202\/seti.html \"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">lecture <\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">by University of Arizona professor Michael R. Meyer.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">on the beach<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">the tracks of two<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">lounge chairs<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp; <STRONG><FONT color=\"#ff0000\">John Stevenson<\/FONT><\/STRONG> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; from <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1893959449\/qid=1111164588\/sr=11-1\/ref=sr_11_1\/104-1569557-1267912\"><STRONG><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><EM>Quiet Enough<\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><EM><STRONG>potluck<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; Stop by George M. Wallace&#8217;s neck of the woods today &#8212; there&nbsp; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/jokerG.gif\" alt=\"joker gray 2\" \/> <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"2\">should be an April 1st&nbsp;celebration at <A href=\"http:\/\/declarationsandexclusions.typepad.com\/foolblog\/\">A&nbsp;Fool in the Forest<\/A>.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/tinycheck.gif\" alt=\"tiny check\" \/>&nbsp; You know Steve Bainbridge must be quite rattled, if he forgets <\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">to rattle his Tin Cup after an <A href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2005\/03\/im_in_a_emverye.html\">auto break-in<\/A>.&nbsp;&nbsp; You might want to&nbsp;pay a visit and<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\">help Prof. B. pay his deductible.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter your take on evolutionary biology (or on the role of government in&nbsp; the marketplace), if you&#8217;re looking for signs of intelligent life on April Fool&#8217;s Day, you should click on over to the special report by the American Antitrust Insitute&#8216;s Science Correspondent, &#8220;Antitrust Controlled by Jerks&#8221; (AAI, April 1, 2005).&nbsp; &nbsp; You&#8217;ll discover [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-Y5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13291,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3725\/revisions\/13291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}