Re:Badger or Bulbasaur – have children lost touch with nature?
by serpix on Monday October 02, 2017 @07:41AM
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Connection with nature in my opinion does not equal knowing the names of all of the life found in nature. Connecting with nature means dropping your misguided identification as being somehow separate from nature. Experiencing the unmistakable unity of humans being a part of this earth just as any other life is what I call being connected. Putting a label on a bird is not an experience of anything but a symbol.
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Re:Badger or Bulbasaur – have children lost touch with nature?
by exhilaration on Monday October 02, 2017 @08:22AM
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The problem is that if you can't tell two similar-looking birds apart then you won't notice (or care) when one disappears. Names are important for this reason, they force you to identify the differences between animals, to tell one apart from another, and thereby appreciate the diversity of life around you - a diversity that is rapidly vanishing.
Re:Badger or Bulbasaur – have children lost touch with nature?
by 24gttghh on Monday October 02, 2017 @08:36AM
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An excellent point! Since the Big Bang, our universe has been getting more and more complex, from particles, to atoms, to molecules, to the incredible diversity of life we see today, which yes is under great threat today. Putting a name on that diversity simply shows us our place in this complex universe.