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“The text [The Skeptical Environmentalist] employs the strategy of those who, for example, argue ...that Jews weren't singled out by the Nazis for extermination.”

Quote by Stuart L. Pimm

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Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm

Stuart L. Pimm is a renowned biologist known for his contributions to ecology, conservation biology, and biodiversity research. Born on February 27, 1949, he is an environmental professor at Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment. Pimm's research focuses on species extinction, ecosystem stability, and conservation strategies. more

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“. . . the example given by the Nazi regime as to the ability of a modern state to destroy human lives with the same techniques used by modern industry, employing the bureaucratic apparatus readily available to any modern state, is one that can hardly be ignored. Because although history may not repeat itself, it is rare that anything introduced to human history is not used again. Whether the Holocaust was unique or not in terms of its precedents is one question; whether it will remain so is quite another.”