FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Norman Borlaug

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: September 14, 2009 4:35:15 PM CDT
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> Subject: Norman Borlaug
>
> Borlaug's obituary reminds us of several humanist themes.
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>         Science and intellect CAN improve the human situation
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> 	Claims that nature is wiser than its human emergents are dangerous  
> romanticism
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> 	Changes are always interrelated and may require subsequent change  
> elsewhere
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> Minnesota understandably headlined his achievements. We should see  
> that this acclaim (and accompanying wisdom) persist worldwide!
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>         
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/business/energy-environment/14borlaug.html?ref=todayspaper
>
> Bob