wow Platt you are right "Along with the passage of the Endangered Species Act, the US ban on DDT is cited by scientists as a major factor in the comeback of the bald eagle, the National bird of the United States, from near-extinction in the contiguous US."
----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 1:17:42 PM Subject: Re: [MD] SOM's defect comes home to roost Check out the consequences of the ban on DDT, especially in Africa. On 1 Dec 2009 at 6:38, X Acto wrote: > What are the deadly consequences of environmentalism? > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 9:36:13 AM > Subject: [MD] SOM's defect comes home to roost > > Hi All: > > One of the main messages of the MOQ is SOM's lack of morality: > > "But having said this, the Metaphysics of Quality goes on to say that > science, the intellectual pattern that has been appointed to take over > society, has a defect in it. The defect is that subject-object science has > no provision for morals." (Lila, 22) > > Now with the revelation in e-mails that several renowned scientists have > been fudging climate warming data we once again see evidence of > Pirsig's truth. Because they lack a "provision for morals" in their > worldview, it is all too easy for scientists to succumb to sinful behavior. > Sure, they talk a good game about transparency, honesty and > objectivity. But the historical record shows otherwise including, among > other hoaxers, Mengele on medicine, Mead on Samoans, Kinsey on sex > and Carlson on DDT. > > The current exposure of a data cover up in service of a political agenda > should serve as a warning against blind acceptance of scientific > authority so prevalent among today's intellectuals. In such circles, the > language of "right" and "wrong" has been displaced by the phrase, "The > research shows . . ." But what if the research is fraudulent? The UN's > answer: "Never mind." > > Because of SOM's "defect" we're being led down the primrose path of > environmentalism with potentially deadly consequences. We can only > hope that the scientific community will clean up its own house. But don't > bet on it. I suspect leftist ideology will again trump honesty. > > Regards, > Platt > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
