Hi Steven,
Interesting site. I also fail to see how they call it scientific
since they start with an unprovable (or at least one that I wouldn't
know how to prove) belief the that the Universe is divine.
Personally, as far as this "the Earth is sentient (and so are the
rocks on it)" discussion, I think it really all comes down to faith.
Either you believe it or you don't.
Steve
---Steven Bissell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The discussion about the Earth being sentient is starting to drive
me nuts, but one of my students found this site which might divert the
thread into something more interesting. I'm not sure why the authors
of this site call it "scientific," but there you go.
>
> Steven J. Bissell
> http://www.du.edu/~sbissell
> http://www.responsivemanagement.com
> Our human ecology is that of a rare species of mammal
> in a social, omnivorous niche. Our demography is one of
> a slow-breeding, large, intelligent primate.
> To shatter our population structure, to become abundant
> in the way of rodents, not only destroys our ecological
> relations with the rest of nature, it sets the stage
> for our mass insanity.
> Paul Shepard
>
> http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~harrison/index.htm
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The discussion about the Earth being
sentient is
starting to drive me nuts, but one of my students found this site
which might
divert the thread into something more interesting. I'm not sure why
the authors
of this site call it "scientific," but there you go.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Steven J. Bissell<BR><A
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href="http://www.responsivemanagement.com">http://www.responsivemanagement.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Our human ecology is that of a rare
species of
mammal<BR>in a social, omnivorous niche. Our demography is one of<BR>a
slow-breeding, large, intelligent primate.<BR>To shatter our population
structure, to become abundant<BR>in the way of rodents, not only
destroys our
ecological<BR>relations with the rest of nature, it sets the
stage<BR>for our
mass
insanity.<BR>
Paul Shepard</FONT> </DIV><BR><A
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> ATTACHMENT part 2 application/octet-stream name= Scientific
pantheism and pantheist history.url
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