If intelligence is the ability to adapt to change, then wisdom is to know how and why to adapt for more than personal or economic gain. |
We have limited knowledge, or else science and philosophy would not be necessary. |
We haven't done an honest evaluation of the role energy efficiency can play in our economic development and our energy future as a state. Until we do that, we think it would be bad policy to approve any new nuclear or coal plants. |
Why should humans in their unsurity decide what species are and are not important to humans? Is nature's characteristic ability to naturally select species not the most perfect decision maker we humans have access to on this issue? Just as we expect human children to respect their human elders, let us humans collectively respect our significant elder--Nature. |