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From: "Steven Bissell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 5:16 PM
Subject: Re: Lomborg
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> Bissell here: I think that Lomborg wrote the book to make money, which
> he is doing. Hate to admit it, but I bought it today. I plan on
> declaring it as a business expense on my taxes however. And, I will
> actually read it. Most of my students do these days, so I have to keep
> up.
>
> Steven
>
> Do not pretend that conclusions are certain
> which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.
> T. H. Huxley, 1869
Ray here: There is alot of questionable stuff one has to read in the line
of duty (job, etc). But there is so much stuff published of fundamental
importance, that I have begun depending on reviews by diverse sources for
information about Lomborg, et al.
I am reading the following (more basically relevant, imho) and am wondering
if anyone here has comments on them:
The Emergence of Life on Earth: A Historical and Scientific Overview
by Iris Fry
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000
and:
The Nature of Unhappiness
by David Smail
Robinson
London, 2001
They have been reviewed at "human-nature.com" if you are interested.
Ray
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