The elements

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The elements
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What is the context of this chapter?

• Knows a lot about nature..but a lot left to learn
• Nature
• Organisms are plentiful
• Diversity
• Survival.
• Thoreauhow it was studied in the past
• crisis

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What Points of View are represented in chapter 1?

• Science biologists, systematists,
• Stewardship
• Astronomy
• Explorers
• Us
• Ecologists
• Evolutionists
• Wilsons

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What is (are) the Q(s) at I?Implicit or Explicit?

• How should we handle conservation of different
  types of species?
• Are we alone or does this happen on other
  planets?
• What all cant we see? What kinds of life dont
  we know about?
• Is our definition of life wide enough? How is
  it sustained? Where?

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What kinds of information does he provide?

• Tons of examples forms of species, environments,
  
• DNA, genetic makeup
• Single-cell organisms, eukaryotes, prokaryotes
  (sp?)
• Multi-cellular, algae, birds, insects, mammals
• All continents

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How does he rank on credibility? On logic?

• High
• Broad range of knowledge
• Cites sources
• Definitions and explanations
• No obvious fallacies

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What kinds of assumptionsdoes he make?

• There will always be life
• Reader needs it broken down
• More out there that we dont know about (turn
  over a log)
• Assumptions about readers

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Why does he hold back from drawing conclusions or
talking about implications and consequences here?

• He wants to establish himself
• He doesnt want us to blow this off
• He is establishing his credibility
• He wants to put it out there for us to think
  about it
• Start off small to get us looking

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Based on the above, what do you think his purpose
is in this chapter?

• Foundation
• Get us to identify with what hes going to argue
• Get us to appreciate povs
• Diversity of nature
• Avoid biases about environmental thinking