keller@uicsl.UUCP (07/29/84)
#R:harpo:-258700:uicsl:21700002:000:894 uicsl!keller Jul 29 15:24:00 1984 I can well remember when the "Limits to Growth" study came out and the very scary newspaper reports that followed. I was in high school at the time and knew plenty of students who were convinced that the future was bleak indeed. Looking back at this study one can only conclude that it was very poor science and even worse politics. Can the Club of Rome's do good by warning of impending doom attitude be generalized and found at the heart of many popular causes? I would say that it could. For example the concern over cancer causing chemicals, radiation poisoning, and chemical waste seems be based more on emotional reactions rather than sound science. This is not to say that pollution isn't something to be concerned about. It is to say that there is a large degree of sensless emotion attached to these issues and thus a large measure of wasteful and harmful government actions. -Shaun