Ch.1
By Sean Turner (04/22/10 06:15:51)
In the first chapter of The Man Who Talks to Whales, Nollman describes his affinity for animals and music. He believes that humans need to further develop our relationship with other animals. We must see them as more that just specimens in a science experiment, and not only learn about them, but learn from them. Many humans view nature and other species as a "biological machine" devoid of emotions and feelings, defined by science. He suggests that we no longer let science alone define nature because nature is too unsystematic to be studies in such a manner. Instead, the artists and musicians of the world must reach out and develop relationships with other species. I agree with Nollman in that we must further develop our relationship with other species, and that we must learn to see them as individuals. It never occurred to me until reading this article that most of human interaction with other species is done by scientists, and I believe that this is another problem we should fix.

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