Comments on: the weather is, in fact, going to get worse. http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:35:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Sankarman http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5030 Sankarman Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:00:17 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5030 Very good observations, Kim. These days I am working with the Sierra club to help "fight" global warming. Indeed I feel like this should be what I should spend much of my life on. So I was touched by your very thoughtful and heartfelt observations. Yes, indeed, as someone who is in love with nature and the earth I hope we all lead responsible lives more in harmony with everything else in the universe. But as a scientist I am also enamoured with our ability to "conquer" and solve even the most difficult challenges. I do believe, though, a real solution to the problem will take care of the disease and not just the symptom, and will not create more problems along the way. Much of what is wrong with modern technology is that while we tinker with nature we are always upsetting its subtle balancing act. Such is the risk of working with incomplete and partial knowledge. But I believe we are getting better at understanding nature. Very good observations, Kim. These days I am working with the Sierra club to help “fight” global warming. Indeed I feel like this should be what I should spend much of my life on. So I was touched by your very thoughtful and heartfelt observations. Yes, indeed, as someone who is in love with nature and the earth I hope we all lead responsible lives more in harmony with everything else in the universe. But as a scientist I am also enamoured with our ability to “conquer” and solve even the most difficult challenges. I do believe, though, a real solution to the problem will take care of the disease and not just the symptom, and will not create more problems along the way. Much of what is wrong with modern technology is that while we tinker with nature we are always upsetting its subtle balancing act. Such is the risk of working with incomplete and partial knowledge. But I believe we are getting better at understanding nature.

]]> By: kim http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5033 kim Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:15:01 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5033 1): tinkering with modern technology just because we *can,* and not through a deference to the gifts the universe has delivered us--the intricate workings of the brain and our own sentient awareness created technology in the first place--is when we err. 2): i, too, believe that many of us are improving our understanding of nature. to under-stand, to stand "under," is in fact to be placed under, placed really within, the huge cosmos that gives us the ability to play as we do every day. to play out our own destiny. 1): tinkering with modern technology just because we *can,* and not through a deference to the gifts the universe has delivered us–the intricate workings of the brain and our own sentient awareness created technology in the first place–is when we err.

2): i, too, believe that many of us are improving our understanding of nature. to under-stand, to stand “under,” is in fact to be placed under, placed really within, the huge cosmos that gives us the ability to play as we do every day. to play out our own destiny.

]]> By: yogi beer http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5046 yogi beer Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:45:13 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5046 personally, i'm burning every plastic bag i can get my hands on. recycle? why bother. lower emission gases? right here. the sooner we get nuked off this big blue marble, the better. scared monkeys are too arrogant to appreciate the world. personally, i’m burning every plastic bag i can get my hands on. recycle? why bother. lower emission gases? right here. the sooner we get nuked off this big blue marble, the better. scared monkeys are too arrogant to appreciate the world.

]]> By: kim http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5053 kim Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:19:52 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5053 why do you always call us monkeys? why do you always call us monkeys?

]]> By: yogi beer http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5054 yogi beer Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:35:46 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5054 would you prefer "chimps?" call a spade a spade, i say. if you want to hold onto some pagan religion that sees people as a reflection of god, by all means go ahead. i see it otherwise. would you prefer “chimps?”

call a spade a spade, i say. if you want to hold onto some pagan religion that sees people as a reflection of god, by all means go ahead. i see it otherwise.

]]> By: Sankarman http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5214 Sankarman Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:10:12 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5214 Agree totally. Whatever we do should be accompanied by a healthy respect and love for nature. I didn't mean that we should tinker with nature. But in order to survive, we inevitably end up tinkering. I guess what you are really protesting is tinkering because we can or out of greed. Agree totally. Whatever we do should be accompanied by a healthy respect and love for nature. I didn’t mean that we should tinker with nature. But in order to survive, we inevitably end up tinkering. I guess what you are really protesting is tinkering because we can or out of greed.

]]> By: the 13th cylon http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5791 the 13th cylon Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:40:14 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5791 i'm with yogi beer, the sooner the better. although i don't hink we actually have the nerve the destroy ourselves completely, nukes or not. "our" planet will eventually kill us in one big cathartic sweep. Katrina? the tsunami? mere burps as far as the Earth is concerned. she's just clearing her throat, and whever she does, hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions perish. i just hope i get to go in the big one. if i have to sacrifice my little life so that this beautiful life-giving planet can clean house of us arrogant filthy pests, bring it on. i would consider it an honor. if you are unfamiliar with the Tool sonf "aenima" here are a few lines that really sum up how i feel about this topic: some say the end is near i’m with yogi beer, the sooner the better. although i don’t hink we actually have the nerve the destroy ourselves completely, nukes or not. “our” planet will eventually kill us in one big cathartic sweep. Katrina? the tsunami? mere burps as far as the Earth is concerned. she’s just clearing her throat, and whever she does, hundreds, thousands, sometimes millions perish. i just hope i get to go in the big one. if i have to sacrifice my little life so that this beautiful life-giving planet can clean house of us arrogant filthy pests, bring it on. i would consider it an honor. if you are unfamiliar with the Tool sonf “aenima” here are a few lines that really sum up how i feel about this topic:
some say the end is near

]]> By: the 13th cylon http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5793 the 13th cylon Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:49:24 +0000 http://boundlessyoga.com/2007/04/26/the-weather-is-in-fact-going-to-get-worse/#comment-5793 damn, i messed up, anyway, here's the song some say the end is near some say we'll see armageddon soon i certainly hope we will i sure could use a vacation from this bullshit three ring circus sideshow of freaks . . . some say a comet will fall from the sky followed by meteor showers and tidal waves followed by fault lines that cannot sit still followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits some say the end is near some say we'l see armageddon soon i certainly hope we will 'cause i sure could use a vacation from all this stupid shit, silly shit one great big festering neon distraction i've a suggestion to keep ypou all occupied learn to swim mom is gonna fix it all soon mom is coming around to put back the way it ought to be learn to swim 'cause i'm praying for rain and i'm praying for tidal waves i want to see the ground give way i want to watch it all go down mom, please flush it all away i want to see it go right in and down i want to watch it go right in watch you flush it all away time to bring it down again don't just call me a pessimist time to read between the lines i can't imagine why you wouldn't welcome any change my freind i want to see it all come down damn, i messed up, anyway, here’s the song

some say the end is near
some say we’ll see armageddon soon
i certainly hope we will
i sure could use a vacation from this

bullshit

three ring circus sideshow of freaks
. . .
some say a comet will fall from the sky
followed by meteor showers and tidal waves
followed by fault lines that cannot sit still
followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits

some say the end is near
some say we’l see armageddon soon
i certainly hope we will ’cause
i sure could use a vacation from all this
stupid shit, silly shit

one great big festering neon distraction
i’ve a suggestion to keep ypou all occupied

learn to swim

mom is gonna fix it all soon
mom is coming around to put back the way it ought to be

learn to swim

’cause i’m praying for rain
and i’m praying for tidal waves
i want to see the ground give way
i want to watch it all go down
mom, please flush it all away
i want to see it go right in
and down
i want to watch it go right in
watch you flush it all away

time to bring it down again
don’t just call me a pessimist
time to read between the lines

i can’t imagine
why you wouldn’t welcome any change
my freind

i want to see it all come down

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