James Coleman
Favorite Quotes
" 'What is it about nature that is so terrifying to the modern mind? Why so intolerable? Because nature is fundamentally indifferent. It's unforgiving, uninterested. If you live or die, succeed or fail, feel pleasure or pain, it doesn't care. That's intolerable to us. How can we live in a world that's indifferent to us. So we redefine nature. We call it Mother nature when its' not a parent in any real sense of the term' " (126).
" 'You know how Danny loves to tell us that the science narrative privileges the balance of power. How there's no objective truth, except who's got the power. Power tells the story and everyone accepts it as truth, because power rules' "(127).
Essay: Humans have an uncontrollable lust for power--and when it comes to nature, we try to control it as well. The thing is, nature will never bend to our will, and that is intolerable to us.
" 'You know how Danny loves to tell us that the science narrative privileges the balance of power. How there's no objective truth, except who's got the power. Power tells the story and everyone accepts it as truth, because power rules' "(127).
Essay: Humans have an uncontrollable lust for power--and when it comes to nature, we try to control it as well. The thing is, nature will never bend to our will, and that is intolerable to us.