
Margulis was no apologist for unthinking destruction. Hey, Charles, she would call out, are you still all worked up about protecting endangered species? She knew I was interested in ecology, and she liked to needle me. Until Margulis’s death last year, she lived in my town, and I would bump into her on the street from time to time. A researcher who specialized in cells and microorganisms, Margulis was one of the most important biologists in the last half century-she literally helped to reorder the tree of life, convincing her colleagues that it did not consist of two kingdoms (plants and animals), but five or even six (plants, animals, fungi, protists, and two types of bacteria). THE PROBLEM WITH environmentalists, Lynn Margulis used to say, is that they think conservation has something to do with biological reality. I'm of the mindset that he usually spawns just outside of the visible space you are currently looking at in-game, but for every time I think I can confirm this hypothesis, there are 2 or more times when this doesn't work.(This essay was a finalist for a 2013 National Magazine Award in the Essay category.) I have a cat named Kato that gives a 7.5x bonus to spawns!Īs brm has stated, take a screenshot once you know he's there, and play a little game of Where's the Mysterious Stranger before opening up the app again and spotting him.

Just how it's harder to spot him in a brown room, it will be harder to spot him when all your dwellers are wearing trenchcoats.Ī specific type of tiger-striped cat will increase the chance of him spawning. Give All Your Dwellers Highly Visible Outfits With the new feature of theme rooms, choose themes for your rooms that are not brownish, so that when he does show up, he will be easier to spot.

32's), upgrade your rooms to max so you can run less off them, make your Vault as compact as possible to also get rid of elevators. Get rid of excess items and decrease your storage rooms (because you don't really need 100 things of Yarn or those 18. As the Mysterious Stranger can appear in any room, you'll increase your chances of spotting him if you decrease the number of places he can spawn.
