FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Fwd: Is nature naturally benign?

[Robert Tapp (rtapp4]

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> From: Robert Tapp <tappx001 [at] umn.edu>
> Date: January 3, 2010 10:12:11 AM EST
> To: Humanist Institute Discussion List <hidisc [at] humanistinstitute.org>
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> Humanists have always assumed that <nature> could and should naturally be 
> improved/challenged by the use of human intelligence -- and that this was one 
> of the strongest supports for expanding the sciences.
> 
> Today's column by Nicholas Kristof furthers that case
> 
>       http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/opinion/03kristof.html?ref=todayspaper
> 
> Bob
>