From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2009-04-20T15:59:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Goodbye Ruby - Hello Earth

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Jon A. Lambert <jlambert@oh.rr.com> wrote:
> "Philip Rhoades" wrote:
>>
>> Why is it funny? - I mostly agree with everything he said - the only
>> qualification is that I am skeptical that even a lot of people dropping out
>> will have any impact on the major problems that he mentions.  He is right,
>> Malthus was right.
>
> It's funny because it's a sky-is-falling stupid rant.
> Since you're a biologist, I'll just ask you on the first point.
> Can you name one of the 200 species that became extinct today?  Can you name
> any of the 6000 that became extinct this month?

I highly recommend "The Science of Discworld" (a popular-science book
about the history of the scientific method) for a good perspective on
the issue.

martin