tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282914367983132683.post1071184689234216479..comments2023-12-30T07:04:30.897-05:00Comments on <b>Life at DrTom's</b>: In Denver, and I’m homesicklifeatdrtomshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07303447463058689011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282914367983132683.post-32330894428626928532009-11-11T08:10:25.369-05:002009-11-11T08:10:25.369-05:00Thanks Mark. Knew I could count on you. Franny, ...Thanks Mark. Knew I could count on you. Franny, I did not know about that, but it sounds reasonable. I have always worried that each generation comes to think of a slightly more degraded environment as normal. This is why national parks and wilderness areas are so important, as baseline comparisons. Great comment.lifeatdrtomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07303447463058689011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282914367983132683.post-24193836615056118032009-11-10T20:33:10.298-05:002009-11-10T20:33:10.298-05:00Do you know the philosopher Baudrillard? He had t...Do you know the philosopher Baudrillard? He had this theory of simulacrum, basically that we've replaced reality with images, and it progressed in stages. So the first stage is when the image is clearly a false representation of reality. The second stage is when the reality/original and the copies are indestinguishable. The final stage is when the image replaces reality. So the most cited example is Disneyland. Originally, Frontierland or Adventureland were clearly manufactured scenes of the old west or the jungle. But now people go there, and these images have replaced the reality. When people think of the old west the image they come up with is of Frontierland. And yes I am going somewhere with this. This is what I think is going to happen to nature. We're going to manufacture these habitats until they become the reality. And when wee think of Colorado we won't think of short grass prairie, we'll think of all those trees you mentioned. And then people will go to Colorado and see them and their image will just be reaffirmed. And that's my theory.Frannynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282914367983132683.post-8706023805060004422009-11-10T20:17:36.211-05:002009-11-10T20:17:36.211-05:00I'll check on your woods for you. Hell, I'...I'll check on your woods for you. Hell, I'll even make sure your scotch didn't go bad.Mark Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15271486718113385829noreply@blogger.com