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PETRUS

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4. Robert Hughes had some interesting things to say about "bad" people producing "good" art.

Reply to Igel (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 18, 2020, 04:17 PM

Aug 2020

Anatomical drawings aren't a direct parallel to what he was talking about, but some of the same thoughts and observations apply.

It sound as though Garrett Hardin was an awful man (by my standards), but the real problem with his "Tragedy of the Commons" essay it that it's wrong. So in this case, it's a double whammy - incorrect ideas from a hateful person.

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The Tragedy of the 'Tragedy of the Commons' (Scientific American) [View all] eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 OP

"Hardin practically calls for a fascist state to snuff out unwanted gene pools" dalton99a Aug 2020 #1

A woman I knew a long time ago-- Igel Aug 2020 #2

'...--plus his argument was wrong.' I felt that was the more important part, but ... eppur_se_muova Aug 2020 #3

Robert Hughes had some interesting things to say about "bad" people producing "good" art. PETRUS Aug 2020 #4

Dates, background & info. for those of us who don't know appalachiablue Aug 2020 #5