Tag Archives: nature

Nature and culture interact

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Do you agree with the fact that culture and nature interact with each other and affect one another in complex ways in a sort of co-evolutionary process? Give examples. [ 12/Mar/21 ] Certainly, there are many levels of strategic parallels … Continue reading →

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Technology and humanity

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

If technological growth allows no room for nature to recuperate, what are the effects to the human race? [ 12/Mar/21 ] Mohammad Gani {in his answer} displays clearly why economics and finance are now the single greatest threat to human … Continue reading →

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Environmental awareness

Posted on March 30, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

As a citizen, how do you promote environmental awareness? [ 11/Mar/21 ] Take someone out, and actually get them engaged with some aspect of nature. Doesn’t matter what – whatever it is that interests them? One conversation, one engagement, at … Continue reading →

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Moral objectivism and human nature

Posted on February 28, 2021 by Ted Howard NZ

Can moral objectivism be reconciled with the fact that some unethical behaviors are “human nature”? [ 11/Feb/21 ] Depends what one means by both “moral objectivism” and “human nature”. To me it is clear that all morality starts with a … Continue reading →

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Response to a call to ban vehicles on beaches

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

4WDs destroying threatened coastal bird habitat Response to F&B facebook Post [ 5/12/20 ] The damage caused by ignorance is huge. A total ban seems over the top to me, and actually counter productive. What we need is a requirement … Continue reading →

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1080

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 22/10/20 Mischele posted a newspaper clip on her facebook page – 1080 Detected in workers] If you’ve been eating puha, then you might detect 1080 in your body. It occurs naturally in puha, at very low levels – not … Continue reading →

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Worth

Posted on November 3, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

Where does worth come from? Do you think you are worth something as long as people remember & recall you, but once earth and all things on it becomes extinct there is nothing to give you worth and your contributions … Continue reading →

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Information

Posted on September 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

[ 8/9/20 Facebook – Philosophy of Science – Is information inherent in the Universe?] Like others have said – it depends on the definition of “information” and the complexity of the model of interpretation one applies to it. For me, … Continue reading →

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It’s Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

A facebook post referring to It’s Time to Tell a New Story About Coronavirus—Our Lives Depend on It [ 4/8/20 ] Some truth in it, but not enough. New Zealand has eliminated the virus, by the very simple expedient of … Continue reading →

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Quora – How would you define your own humanity or your own sense of what it is to be ‘human’?

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Ted Howard NZ

How would you define your own humanity or your own sense of what it is to be ‘human’? [ 3/8/20 ] Asking a system to define itself is always going to fail – complexity does not work that way. I … Continue reading →

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