tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post6664572030961892602..comments2024-03-18T08:02:51.154-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Obama, Trump and TruthinessStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25844221562290542017-04-20T08:24:29.235-07:002017-04-20T08:24:29.235-07:00That's a lot of words needed to try to defend ...That's a lot of words needed to try to defend "truth" or "alternate truth".<br /><br />Stuart: It sought to be obvious to anyone that this theory cannot easily cohabit with the notion that man-made climate change is an incontrovertible scientific fact, one that cannot be questioned or criticized or denied.<br /><br />Details are always questionable, but that's not what deniers do. Deniers say "I don't want to think about this" and cherry pick information that says they don't have to worry.<br /><br />"Man-made climate change" is an incontrovertible scientific fact. The debate has never been whether human activity changes the climate, but of degrees past, present and future. And the debate is also whether we can do anything about it, if we don't know how to live without burning more fossil fuels in the future to keep an ever expanding global population properly growing so we can keep increasing our collective debt and still retire in style someday. In short, it's complicated.<br /><br />But if you're a global warming denier, you can use your "alternative facts" and say our "climate change" is improving the earth, and the warming is extending the growing season for agriculture, and allowing arctic oil exploration in the newly deiced arctic sea.<br /><br />We might wonder whether "facts" or "alternative" facts are better or more representative of objective reality, and the way you face that uncertainty is recognize which "facts" reject we'd rather not hear. OTOH, they say we have a negativity bias, so maybe worry-warts should just shut up so the rest of us can party like its 1929, or 2007. At least some man-made disasters affect the rich more than the poor.<br /><br />And whatever else is true, climate change moves literally at a glacial pace, so why not hope for the best? The future has no facts, so we shouldn't listen to scientists who say some things can be statistically proven.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-64140538390371279332017-04-19T13:47:03.977-07:002017-04-19T13:47:03.977-07:00Thang ya, thang ya verr much, James.Thang ya, thang ya verr much, James.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-73083969348327813852017-04-19T10:54:37.849-07:002017-04-19T10:54:37.849-07:00San,
I don't know if Stuart has the band width...San,<br />I don't know if Stuart has the band width or patience for this (Remove it <br />Stuart if you want to, it won't hurt my feelings), but this is how I feel about a lot of this:<br />https://youtu.be/r5rIvW39_KoJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-32395344458558751472017-04-19T10:17:50.892-07:002017-04-19T10:17:50.892-07:00Sam,
After a brief period of examining the problem...Sam,<br />After a brief period of examining the problem he chose certainty and left.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-53797811376462645542017-04-19T09:49:29.901-07:002017-04-19T09:49:29.901-07:00Fine little lecture, James! What was his response...Fine little lecture, James! What was his response?Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3175176825724217162017-04-19T05:52:25.094-07:002017-04-19T05:52:25.094-07:00I once did a demolition job on the main street in ...I once did a demolition job on the main street in front of our local university (which shall remain unnamed). During work I noticed through the front window a young man had set up an impromptu bookstore in front of the store on the sidewalk and was leaning against the store. Curious I went out and discovered it was a "anarchist bookstore" where upon I asked the young man if he knew the definition of "anarchy" he sneered said of course and recited something I'm sure he had learned in class. I laughed and said "no, this is what anarchy is: If you do not move I may or may not beat the hell out of you. If I do then the police may or may not come to arrest me or you and an ambulance may or nay not come to take you to medical services that may or may not be rendered. No one knows if all of this will happen or not. That is anarchy my friend and it is standing right in front of you."<br />Okay off the soap box.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.com