{"id":82953,"date":"2020-02-17T12:49:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T19:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=82953"},"modified":"2020-02-17T23:20:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T06:20:38","slug":"the-merry-minuet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2020\/02\/the-merry-minuet.html","title":{"rendered":"“The Merry Minuet”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Neanderwald\"<\/a>
A forest scene in Germany\u2019s Neander Valley (which, in German, is the \u201cNeandertal,\u201d or, in older spellings, \u201cNeanderthal\u201d).
Wikimedia Commons public domain photograph<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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New, on the website of the Interpreter Foundation:<\/p>\n

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Science & Mormonism<\/a> Series 1: Cosmos, Earth, and Man\u00a0<\/em>Life Sciences Panel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Part of our book chapter reprint series, this article originally appeared in\u00a0Science & Mormonism Series 1: Cosmos, Earth, and Man<\/em>\u00a0(2016).<\/span><\/p>\n

Abstract:This panel, comprised of five Latter-day Saint scholars in the Life Sciences (Emily Bates, R. Paul Evans, Steven L. Peck, Michael R. Stark, and Trent D. Stephens), provides personal perspectives on the development of their ideas and their affinities for their professional work. Following these perspectives, they answer a pot pourri of audience questions.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cCan the coronavirus outbreak be contained? \u00a0Scientists are racing to answer questions about 2019-nCoV that might help control its spread\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cYour most pressing questions about the new coronavirus, answered:\u00a0In this rapidly evolving epidemic, many unknowns remain\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cHow the new coronavirus stacks up against SARS and MERS: For the third time since around 2003, a coronavirus has jumped from animals to people\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWill the Chinese Communist Party Survive the Coronavirus Fallout? \u00a0Public-health crises are a test of government.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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From Interpreter\u2019s own inimitable Jeff Lindsay, a Ph.D. chemical engineer who\u2019s been living in China for years:<\/p>\n

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28 January 2020: \u00a0\u201cDealing with the Wuhan Coronavirus: Some Thoughts for Those Traveling or Living in Asia\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

31 January 2020: \u00a0\u201cWhat Vietnam Just Taught Me About Responding to Epidemics (Wuhan Coronavirus)\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

5 February 2020: \u00a0\u201c(Deja) View on the Corona Virus\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

13 February 2020: \u00a0\u201cHow to Win an Argument with God: A Lesson Sponsored by the Corona Virus\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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But don\u2019t be unduly worried about the corona virus; there are plenty of other things lurking out there to destroy us:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWill Australia\u2019s forests bounce back after devastating fires? \u00a0Scientists are worried about ecosystems not used to such frequent, blistering blazes\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cSee how an Alaskan glacier has shrunk over time:\u00a047 years of satellite images capture the Columbia glacier\u2019s retreat\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Which puts me in mind of one of my very favorite songs:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Merry Minuet\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

They\u2019re rioting in Africa<\/span>
\nThey\u2019re starving in Spain<\/span>
\nThere\u2019s hurricanes in Florida<\/span>
\nAnd Texas needs rain<\/span>
\nThe whole world is festering with unhappy souls<\/span>
\nThe french hate the Germans, the Germans hate the Poles<\/span>
\nItalians hate Yugoslavs, South Africans hate the Dutch<\/span>
\nAnd I don\u2019t like anybody very much!!<\/span><\/div>\n
But we can be tranquil and thankful and proud<\/span>
\nFor man\u2019s been endowed with a mushroom-shaped cloud<\/span>
\nAnd we know for certain that some lovely day<\/span>
\nSomeone will set the spark off<\/span>
\nAnd we will all be blown away!!<\/span><\/div>\n
They\u2019re rioting in Africa<\/span>
\nThere\u2019s strife in Iran<\/span>
\nWhat nature doesn\u2019t so to us<\/span>
\nWill be done by our fellow man<\/span><\/div>\n

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Posted from Phoenix, Arizona<\/p>\n

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