> -----Original Message----- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:46 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Discovery Magazine article on the candidates science > policies > > > However > > any species that could be eradicated by such a move probably wasn't > destined > > for much greatness in any case. > > suddenly and irrevocably eradicating and entire requirement for > sustaining life isn't evolution either... > > ....on a grander scale couldn't the same be said for "draining" the air > on our planet?
Well... draining a primary resource for nearly ALL life is a little different than affecting a niche species by a (relatively) small change in environment. And I didn't say it was "evolution". ;^) I tried to intimate that a species that we could easily eradicate with one small change may very well have gone naturally extinct as well. My point wasn't that "we should do whatever the hell we want" - as the only species that CAN truly consider the long term cost of its actions we have a responsibility to consider it... but at the same time nature has eliminated more biodiversity than we ever can hope to. Ignoring that fact and trying vainly to "keep everything as it is" is just a dead end. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:275949 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
