Scientists apparently can't figure out why the "Bird Flu" virus which had most of the world bracing for a pandemic a few months ago, has mostly disappeared. It may come back of course, disease typically does. For instance, malaria, once on the verge of being irradicated, made a comeback. Smallpox has begun to appear in some third world countries. But for the time being, it is gone.
This is more evidence of the arrogance we display when we attempt to predict the course of nature. Whether it be the hunting patterns of wolves in yellow stone, temperature or disease, we simply are not omniscient. We can, at best, make reasonable assumptions or guesses. But in the end, we only know the present. History isn't even a certainty in this day and age of revisionist historians and scientists using "evidence" to support a predetermined conclusions.
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Posted by Skywalker at December 10, 2006 07:14 PMWell put dear Skywalker.
I heard a doctor say one time (it could have very well been mine, though I can't remember exactly) that diseases are never truely eradicated, they just lay dormant.
And it is (as you've pointed out) hard to trust history. Not only in the present day with our history in the making but history period. Especially when more facts and evidence shows that some (if not a lot in some cases) of what we've learned is inacurate. But even with that being said - it's always smart to keep an eye on these things so we can try to notice a pattern developing in hopes we can "lessen the damage" so to speak. The trick is to succeed in this with*out* developing an ego that leads you to entertain the thought (whether on a conscious or sub-conscious level) that you are omniscient.
Posted by: mrs. muddy at December 10, 2006 11:45 PMit has come back indeed.
an inf ormed guess is that it is here to stay, just like global warming caused by human activities with as the chief culprit the USA ...
it has come back indeed.
an inf ormed guess is that it is here to stay, just like global warming caused by human activities with as the chief culprit the USA ...
it has come back indeed.
an inf ormed guess is that it is here to stay, just like global warming caused by human activities with as the chief culprit the USA ...