What are your thoughts?

Watch this video and right down what you think. You will need to copy and paste the url to watch the video.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jeremy_rifkin_on_the_empathic_civilization.html

Eat or not to Eat; That is the Question

As pertaining to the video Food Inc. has your view of the foods you eat changed? How so or why not?

Global Warming

How much of an influence do you think humans have on global warming? Again, you need to make sure that you defend your opinion.

Morality or Science

As we look at how science works and the advances we have made there have been a lot of lines that had to be crossed. Dissections are controversal for some and not for others. The plastification process where they take living organisms and make them into plastic models is one of the newer lines that have been crossed. Many people do not like this process and think it immoral. Look at the plastification process and give your opinion on if you think it is okay to do this. Explain your opinion for the full amount of extra credt.

Sharks

Read the following short article and tell me what you think can or should be done to help protect sharks within their habitat.

http://notexactlyrocketscience.wordpress.com/2007/04/09/shark-hunting-harms-animals-at-bottom-of-the-food-chain/

Acts of Kindness???

There is an idea of altruistic behavior. This means that an organism may do a kind deed or selfless act with the expectation of getting nothing in return. As optimistic as I believe I am I do not think it is possible to perform an act of kindness without expecting something. Can true altruism exist? Give your opinion.

Introducing or Re-introducing Predators

Once a predator is out of its natural habitat should we as humans make efforts to bring them back. On one hand it could offset the new ecosystem or it might bring an ecosystem to its original state. Above are images of the Wolf re-introduced to Yellowstone and the Scottish Wildcat whose numbers declined to the point where we as humans felt like we needed to intervene.