Re: Selfish meme?

From: Wade Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Wed Feb 06 2002 - 17:49:37 GMT

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    On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 10:02 , Grant Callaghan wrote:

    > The savages were more eco-balanced because there weren't so
    > many of them.

    I think that's the main reason any society might be described
    (however erroneously) as eco-balanced.

    Don't answer the question, of course, as to _why_ there are so
    damn many of us now, royally messing things up and not giving a
    fetid pair of dingo's kidneys about it....

    - Wade

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