Archive for February 10th, 2008
Science and Public Policy by Aynsley Kellow: Part 2, Virtual Extinctions in Virtual Ecosystems
Posted by jennifer, February 10th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Comments: 13
How many plant and animal species go extinct each year?
Some years ago Greenpeace claimed 50,000 -100,000 species each year.
In the comment thread of an earlier blog post Lamna nasus suggested a figure of 90 species of mammal over the past five centuries.
Professor Aynsley Kellow in his new book ‘Science and Public Policy – The Virtuous [...]
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Why I am a Dynamist
Posted by jennifer, February 10th, 2008 - under Uncategorized.
Tags: Philosophy
Comments: 29
In 1960 famous Austrian economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek wrote an essay entitled ‘Why I Am Not a Conservative’ explaining that a fundamental trait of the conservative attitude is a fear of change while the liberal position is based on courage and confidence, on a preparedness to let change run its course.
In the same [...]

