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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-30-405645340 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Peter, On 10-Nov-09, at 4:27 PM, Peter de Wit wrote: > > There are many ways of drawing attention to wasteful lifestyle > choices, and the environmental impact of human activities can be > analyzed according many criteria. Calculating ecological footprint > according to how much land is required to generate food or energy is > one such method. It doesn't, as you point out, tell the whole story. > Science is all about looking at the vast complexity of the world and > choosing one or two threads at a time to follow. > > > > I don't think this article is what science is about. Science most > certainly isn't about choosing one or two threads to make a > opinionated directional point. That's what politics are for. No, no, its "one or two threads at a time", and this principle applies not only to science, but to just about any endeavor. It's not possible to do everything simultaneously. Consequently, to make any progress, one needs to do one thing at a time. The more threads one is able to follow up, the more complete the tapestry that one can weave. Rome wasn't built in a day, and the body of science will not be either. Cheers, Chris Christopher Majka 6252 Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca "If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else." - Yogi Berra --Apple-Mail-30-405645340 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Peter,<div><br><div><div>On = 10-Nov-09, at 4:27 PM, Peter de Wit wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = class=3D"gmail_quote"> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; = MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote"> = <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <div> <div> <div class=3D"im"> = <blockquote type=3D"cite"><span style=3D"TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; = TEXT-INDENT: 0px; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; FONT: medium 'Times New = Roman'; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); = WORD-SPACING: 0px"> <div style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word" = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font></div></div></span></blockquote> = <div><br></div></div> <div>There are many ways of drawing attention to = wasteful lifestyle choices, and the environmental impact of human = activities can be analyzed according many criteria. Calculating = ecological footprint according to how much land is required to generate = food or energy is one such method. It doesn't, as you point out, tell = the whole story. Science is all about looking at the vast complexity of = the world and choosing one or two threads at a time to follow.</div> = <div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div> = <div><br> </div> <div>I don't think this article is what science is = about. Science most certainly isn't about choosing one or two = threads to make a opinionated directional point. That's what politics = are for. </div></blockquote><br></div><div><br></div><div>No, = no, its "one or two threads <i>at a time</i>", and this principle = applies not only to science, but to just about any endeavor. It's not = possible to do everything simultaneously. Consequently, to make any = progress, one needs to do one thing at a time. The more threads one is = able to follow up, the more complete the tapestry that one can weave. = Rome wasn't built in a day, and the body of science will not be = either. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Ch= ris</div><br></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 14px; "><div>Christopher Majka</div><div>6252 = Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br></div><div><i>"If you don't know where you are going, you will = wind up somewhere else."</i> - Yogi = Berra</div></span></div><div><br></div></div></span><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-30-405645340--
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