Bruce Nollman Chapter 10
By Michael Martinez (06/07/10 16:34:07)
I found this chapter to be a little bit odd. Esepcialy the begining where Nollman seems to be mixing Science, Religion, and the philosophies of primary reception all together. I had little success in figuring out what the overall purpose was of sewing together all these seemingly contradictory theories. What i could gather best is that they somehow all work simultaneously and dictate human and animal interaction

After talking about these concepts Nollman talked about a his interactions with dolphins and his attempts foster a healthy human and dolphin community. He talked about how that dolphins and humans are just different sides of the evolutionary coin. I as intrigued by this. And the quote that stated dolphins to be ambassadors also intrigued me because he noted there general demeanor to humans.

This chapter was kind of a hard read. I wasn't sure what Nollman was going for. The first half is science more philosophy based while the second half is an account of his interactions. I wasn't sure if Nollman was condemning or supporting the heavily science based treatment of animals in favor of more intuitive emotion based approaches.


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