http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/23/carving-and-seeing-nature-at-its-joints/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/23/carving-and-seeing-nature-at-its-joints/#comment-17862 Ben Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:09:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2499#comment-17862 It has been estimated that there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover. (wiki) It has been estimated that there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every four-leaf clover. (wiki)

]]> http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/23/carving-and-seeing-nature-at-its-joints/#comment-17857 Erika Price Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:34:43 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=2499#comment-17857 Another point of wonder: that people can bypass these beautiful "creations" of nature and fail to appreciate them. Before you came and took note of them, those gorgeous bits of granite were unwanted scraps. How many people failed to notice those same clovers, or even those flowers? Yet those same people perhaps would have shelled out a considerable amount of money to <i>buy</i> that granite or a prepackaged bundle of flowers. These natural sights, however, have more value than the trivial amount we assign to them commercially. Another point of wonder: that people can bypass these beautiful “creations” of nature and fail to appreciate them. Before you came and took note of them, those gorgeous bits of granite were unwanted scraps. How many people failed to notice those same clovers, or even those flowers? Yet those same people perhaps would have shelled out a considerable amount of money to buy that granite or a prepackaged bundle of flowers. These natural sights, however, have more value than the trivial amount we assign to them commercially.

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