What bacteria can re-teach us...
Lots of staph infections in the news this week. The anti-biotic resistant strain is apparently invading with a vengeance. Rather uncomfortable news for those of us that work in schools, for sure.
Bill Maher made an astute point this week that was wry, ironic, and just, hmmm, well, pretty obvious when you think about the way things are rolling.
He mentioned that with all the news about staph infections, people should be thinking about what exactly makes the buggers anti-biotic resistant. Over-use of oral anti-biotics and anti-bacterial cleaners, yes, but also EVOLUTION.
This is proof that evolution exists and has been existing. This bacteria adapts in order to survive in its surroundings. A "theory" not even acknowledged by all candidates running for president in this country.
This idea is funny at first...but then...
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Since our every action has a universal dimension, a potential impact on others' happiness, ethics are necessary as a means to ensure that we do not harm others. Genuine happiness consists in those spiritual qualities of love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness and so on. For it is these which provide both for our happiness and others' happiness. --Ethics for a New Millennium, by the 14th Dalai
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5 comments:
Okay, how impressed were you when Bill threw those idiots out of the audience?
Re: evolution. I would hope that people might look at themselves and find irrefutable evidence of evolution/adaptation, but I suspect the very people promulgating the nonsense that "evolution is BS" probably aren't very... evolved.
And I fear MRSA. That's why I do my own pedicures.
thank you for what you said earlier on my posting...you really touched my heart... I just get so frustrated when people don't take education to heart like we do.... all kids deserve teachers like us! :o)
I saw that Bill Maher episode. That ex-chess grandmaster was impressive. His political activism and civil disobediance -- wow.
Chris Matthews was right on, so was Joel Stein. Have you ever checked out Stein's column @ latimes.com? He's freaking great..you'd love him.
Holmie --Bill's audience members who were disrespectful just underscored how wacked they are by choosing that medium as a platform for their views. They are so desperate to be heard because other methods apparently hadn't been working. Kooks.
Thx, Kelli :-)
51 -- you're right about my fever of delerium. I wonder if some of the most creative moments were spawned from delerium :-D
Oh ya 51...I have been looking at Joel Stein, too. Here's a link if anyone else is into checking out his op-ed column in The LA Times:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-columnist-jstein,0,4347837.columnist?coll=la-news-comment-opinions
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