RE: Civilization is Natural

From: O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Date: Mon May 17 1999 - 20:02:55 MDT


Daniel Ust said:

>Yes, but by your understanding everything that biological entities do _is_
>natural. Ergo, of what use is the term?

What use is the term indeed? It's become feel good term which means
absolutely nothing. See also "Organic".

>...To
>use a metaphor, it's almost like someone comparing prokaryotes
>to eukaryotes...

Umm, have you got another metaphor to explain this one? I seem to be
unable to comprehend (left my Jupiter-sized brain in my other pants).

Emlyn



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