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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: jbe who wrote (52039)8/19/1999 4:51:00 AM
From: nihil  Read Replies (2) of 108807
 
There is no such thing as "an ecological balance." All equilibria are dynamic and it is only by chance that the distributions of species in a system remains constant more than a few seconds. Ecological succession, forests moving to climax, etc. A contemporary view is "punctuated equilibrium" in which systems move from one equilibrium to the next.
As long as we consider a system to be composed of all entities and energy that influence each others' development, then any entity or energy is endogenous and "natural." It is sheer romanticism (pathetic fallacy) to imagine "nature" without man and his works -- man and his works exist -- for good or evil. No getting around that. Unless you want to introduce god or some unnatural force like that.
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