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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding Wayne Tyson's plea for, dare I say,
"ecological wisdom", I whole heartedly agree. I have found that to truely
understand the functioning of any local ecological system you need to live in it
and study it carefully for 10 to 15 years and have the broad background
(knowledge) about what organisms are there (seen and unseen), and how they
interact between them selves and their abiotic environment. This wisdom
does not come cheaply, and should alway be accompanied by a big dose of humility
about the things we still do not understand. Ty Harrison</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=landrest@cox.net href="mailto:landrest@cox.net">Wayne Tyson</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=rlb14@cornell.edu
href="mailto:rlb14@cornell.edu">Robert Layton Beyfuss</A> ; <A
title=apwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org">apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 07, 2012 12:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [APWG] re what we know</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>RLB and all:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Einstein also is credited with saying something
to the effect that everything should be [made] as simple as possible, but no
simpler. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The way I think about this subject is that
knowledge is no substitute for understanding. In other words, just knowing
something does not mean that one understands it, therefore "the pursuit of
knowledge" should be "the pursuit of understanding." I like a statement I
heard some time ago but don't remember the author: "If you can't explain it to
your (grandmother, neighbor) you don't know enough about it--in other words
understanding can't be "transferred" like knowledge can; it must be gained by
a long personal involvement with the subject. Even then, certain knowledge is
the kiss of death to the intellect. Everybody must "get theirs" the hard way,
from the bottom up. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>WT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PS: "The most important thing to know is what you
don't know." --Margaret Mead</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"The worst kinda ignerance ain't s' much not
knowin' as 'tis knowin' s' much that ain't so." --Henry Wheeler
Shaw</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=rlb14@cornell.edu href="mailto:rlb14@cornell.edu">Robert Layton
Beyfuss</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=apwg@lists.plantconservation.org
href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org">apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 06, 2012 11:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [APWG] re what we know</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but
imagination” – Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></P>
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