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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy



masonc@ix.netcom.com (Mason A. Clark) wrote for all to see:

>On Mon, 18 Nov 1996 17:25:38 GMT, brshears@whale.st.usm.edu (Harold Brashears) wrote:
>
>> masonc@ix.netcom.com (Mason A. Clark) wrote for all to see:
>
>> >Is it possible that the thousands of scientists who do research 
>> >in ecology are all a bunch of ideological jerks?
>> 
>> I must have missed a very high percentage of his posts.  I really hope
>> that Hanson has not posted thousands of times, much less quoted
>> "thousands of scientists" in those posts.
>
>Maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's not the computer screen that leads to 
>mis-reading.  How can one read "thousands of scientists who do research"
>as "posted thousands of times"  or "quoted 'thousands of scientists' "?

Easy, if you leave in the paragraph from your original posts (that you
snipped), the entire post reads:

"Is it possible that the thousands of scientists who do research 
in ecology are all a bunch of ideological jerks?

Hanson, bless his entropic soul, publishes articles by scientists who
actually do research in ecology, then people blame Hanson for what 
they say.  It's "what Hanson says is wrong,"  "Hanson's definition 
makes no sense," etc. etc."

It seems to me that the connection is fairly readily made that Hanson
publishes articles of thousands of scientists.  Sorry if this has
caused you discomfort, as it was not intended.

[edited]

Regards, Harold
---
"We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic 
statements, and make little mention of the doubts we may have.
Each of us has to find a balance between being effective and 
being honest."
     - Steven Schneider, proponent of CFC-banning.   
	"Our Fragile Earth", Discover, Oct. 1987. pg 47


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