...We are apparently going to let the debate on the science run until hell freezes over. If you can't accept theconclusions of 98 percent of the scientists whose FIELD IT IS, then why even bother with science? If that high a percentage of field of study is to be discounted ENTIRELY, then we are in deep trouble, which, of course, we are. It would be so simple if it were just a matter of ignoring the yelping commenters hereabouts: "Move on, Mr. Cartoonist! Chill out Tommy! There are more important things to worry about!"
Really? Which would those things be? This may be the only political issue whose results could be catastrophic PERMANENTLY. But the deliberate dust storm thrown up by fossil-fuel-centric interests has succeeded in contaminating and paralyzing the American response. Quite a victory for the deniers! It looks like mass-suicide to me. And so, my final rant on climate. Except not really. There has to be a drinking fountain out there somewhere. –Tom Toles
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Someone tell tommy toles that we're still trying to teach those guys to set up a thermometer properly. If they ever grasp that, we can move on to the scientific method (transparency, replication, etc). Then we'll try to get them help on stats, software, database mgmt, quality control, forecasting principles.
When they finally master those scientific basics, then we'll give some credence to their pronouncements. Til then? Just incompetent blowhards playing pretend scientist in the playground sandbox. And not playing together very nicely, either!
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