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To: cogitator

And I'm concerned that we don't have enough confidence in our children to deal with problems when they occur without us nitwits posturing as though only we have the secrets of the universe and once we pass the world will be bereft.

Remember the Ecosphere? We actually thought we could recreate a mini-atmosphere and make it balance; the CO2 levels went berserk and it was years after they were forced to shut this bizarre exercise in sophomoric sequestration before the principals admitted what every heating and air-conditioning company in the area already knew, which was they had been pumping fresh air in to "slow" the disaster that was obvious to all involved.

The irony is that as they left the building and it began to be disassembled they remained convinced that with just a tweak here and a twist there the whole enterprise would have led the way to a better and more beneficial world.

Arrogance and hubris have no bounds.


45 posted on 05/25/2006 9:40:38 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer

On reflection, I believe the nitwits actually named their failed enterprise, the Biosphere.


58 posted on 05/25/2006 9:55:25 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer

The pursuit of utopia always ends badly.


65 posted on 05/25/2006 10:00:19 AM PDT by MarxSux
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