Re: Irregular blooming: What is normal?
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- Subject: Re: Irregular blooming: What is normal?
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 20:08:57 +1200
- References: <38E4D54B.482EEE06@nevco.k12.ca.us> <38E54E31.EF09670D@xtra.co.nz> <38E632E8.B6AEA7BB@nevco.k12.ca.us>
"paul@nevco.k12.ca.us" wrote:
>
> Well said, Moira. Yes, "chaotic" is a relative term, because there is
> always some order to things and predictable relationships between living
> and non-living things. I just like to think of nature as a great mystery
> that does not need to be solved or completely understood. It's an ethic
> I choose to live by but I don't impose it on others. Of course our
> survival as a species has always depended on some mastery of nature. But
> we've probably gone too far and we've created imbalances and
> catastrophe.
>
Alas Paul
The result of all our "clever" interference seems more than likely to
end not in mastery of our environment, but its ultimate destruction and
is certainly contributing little that is useful to the survival on earth
of our own species or any other creature..
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate