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Re: Ecological Economics and Entropy
On Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:09:25 -0700, mfriesel@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>Jay Hanson wrote:
>> CARRYING CAPACITY IS CALCULATED IN A SPECIFIC REGION
>> USING ACTUAL ANIMALS ACTING AS THEY NATURALLY DO --
>> NOT SOME HYPOTHETICAL SET OF ANIMALS THAT MIGHT BE
>> SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ACTUAL ONES.
>>
>> In other words, if humans are greedy, stupid and violent
>> now, then science must assume that they will remain so.
>>
>I note:
>Well put. I'll save this.
I doubt that there is a science in which "greedy," "stupid," and
"violent" are useful objective variables.
-dlj.
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