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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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