Quote by Garrett Hardin
A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change

A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality. – Garrett Hardin

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The god who is reputed to have created fleas to keep dogs from moping over their situation must also have created fundamentalists to keep rationalists from getting flabby. Let us be duly thankful for out blessings. – Garrett Hardin

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Religion
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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. – Garrett Hardin

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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies. – Garrett Hardin

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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything… or nothing. – Nancy Astor

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Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! – Andre Gide

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Not only is womens work never done, the definition keeps changing. – Bill Copeland

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