Obama Wants To Raise Your Electric Bill

I take partial responsibility for that.

 

How long before we start having the Human-Induced Ice Age discussion? I give it less than two decades.

Science has largely become a religion to all but the most professional scientists. Full circle, actually. Clergy used to make up a large portion of scientists (LONG time ago), now a large portion of our scientists act like clergy.

Especially on this topic.

Remember - not so long ago, man thought the world was flat, the sun orbited the earth, there was something all around us call the ether...and this was all widely accepted scientific theory.

I know, I know ... we're MUCH smarter with our modern computer systems.

 

yeah, widely "accepted". "accept this or we'll boil you." the church had a heavy hand back then. there's a reason why davinci wrote his notes a mirror-image

 

I said science has become a religion to all but the most professional of scientists. Meaning, the general public and many less-credible scientists use cherry-picked facts and spin to create influence and drive BELIEF systems. I'm not saying science is entirely faith based. I'm saying the public, in general, doesn't understand the history of science, the scientific process, and how much Heisenberg's Uncertainty touches almost every area of scientific discovery.

And, no, I'm not suggesting we ignore science. I'm suggesting man-made global warming, like many other theories, is not a fact. It's a theory that fits a political world-view and has taken on the trappings of religion.

I'm not ignoring it. I'm scoffing. And recycling.

I like the old term conservationist better. Environmentalist has taken on the image of the mentally retarded "religious" fanatic for me.

 

I'm not concerned about the earth becoming inhabitable, just about the possibility of losing the beauty of natural unpreserved areas. I wish I could live in an area that wasn't so affected by humans. Of course, I develop real estate so I'm a big part of the problem.

 

exactly. this bandit88 dude is alright.

 

ok, this sounds better to me. sorry, i dont consider the general public to be scientists.

i could agree with you and even argue that much of this environmental science (like macroevolution) is not science. it is only descriptive, observational. there is not the ability to reproducibly test hypotheses in a controlled setting. however, they realize these limitations. but should we discard all the data they generate that points to man-made global warming just because change is hard? sounds like denial.

 

i wonder what percentage of the arguments from the people denying global warming and denying that man is responsible for climate change is influenced by religion.