{"id":330914,"date":"2024-06-02T10:23:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T08:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=330914"},"modified":"2024-06-02T10:24:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T08:24:01","slug":"coral-does-not-have-the-same-meaning-as-corral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=330914","title":{"rendered":"Coral does not have the same meaning as corral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Jennifer Marohasy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0By\u00a0jennifer<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To \u2018corral\u2019 is to enclose, envelop, fence, pen, coop, cage.\u00a0\u00a0 It is the opposite of freedom.\u00a0\u00a0 We don\u2019t escape this by claiming a love of freedom.\u00a0 Can we escape this by being resilient?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corals, Pixie Reef. 25th November 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am a bit tired of the freedom mantra.  It has given a lot of accredited propagandists the opportunity to speak nonsense when they could be testing perceived barriers to freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They suggest there is chaos, when all I see are cycles.  To suggest that change is bad, when change is the only constant in life and at coral reefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding, derived from truth is much more important than freedom \u2013 and it is harder, it requires some discipline.   And when it comes to the Great Barrier Reef it requires the \u2018talking heads\u2019 to get in the water, and to observe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corals, Pixie Reef. 25th November 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps resilience begins with some awareness of the reality of the situation, and after that some historical perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does it mean to be resilient \u2013 for a coral reef, for a community, for an individual?  How can we measure resilience?  It is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corals, Pixie Reef. 25th November 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to the American Psychological Association: \u201cResilience is the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioural flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands. [end quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what does it mean to adapt?  And what should we be adapting to?  And what is more important \u2013 freedom or truth in terms of being resilient and being adaptable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are usually choices.   But those forcing change don\u2019t usually agree when an individual refuses to be corralled in a particular direction, and instead smashes through a perceived barrier.   Of course, that requires a level of fitness, a level of fitness beyond that assumed by the builder of the barrier seeking to corral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Corals, Pixie Reef. 25th November 2020. \u00a0And Me.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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To \u2018corral\u2019 is to enclose, envelop, fence, pen, coop, cage. It is the opposite of freedom. We don\u2019t escape this by claiming a love of freedom. 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