No, we are dedicated to living exponentially as if there are no limits. So the greatest shortcoming of the human race is failure to understand the asymptote (and its implied consequences for exponential growth).
Warren W. Aney Senior Wildlife Ecologist Tigard, OR -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of joseph gathman Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 2:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: all those selfish mothers! "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function." Albert A. Bartlett, emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, Time will tell... ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping
