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>The ecoshpere is incapable of
>taking conscious action on its own behalf. No doubt we live in the
>material
>world--a central tenet--and that the ecoshpere is a key part of it, the
>physical context of our fomrs of life.
Nah. I argue that the ecosphere IS capable of taking action on its behalf,
and as a matter of fact it's built in to the planetary system, and requires
no consciousness. (for lack of a better expression I suggest that the
mechanism of this capability be called "evolution". One of Mark's last few
posts gave a pretty good picture of how it confounds opposition.) Not enough
homage is paid to the profound peril, or even the recognition of "the
physical context of our forms of life." I guess I also am arguing that in a
pissing contest over the concepts and philosophy of historical materialism
and "evolution" then "evolution" will kick ass regardless of your beliefs
to the contrary. And I don't see much cognizance of that in marxism's
supporters.
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CB: You know , Marx said to Engels upon reading Darwin's _Origin_, that Darwin (
though in the crude English style) had laid down the basis for our view in natural
history.
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