Climate Change Report

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Originally Posted by Thondalar

40 years ago these same scientists were telling us to get ready for an Ice Age. Excuse me for being skeptical.

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Whoa, whoa, whoa... that was all part of "Global Climate CHANGE" and therefore scientific fact.

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Originally Posted by Thondalar

My point is that our understanding of things is fundamentally flawed because humans. There is simply too much we don't know, and may never know, about our Earth, our Universe, and our place in them.

There's a guy who went to school for 12 years to study fish, and has spent the last 25 years studying Cichlids in Africa...small, fresh water fish...and he still doesn't know everything about them. Over generations our body of knowledge expands, but there are always factors we don't consider...some because we don't understand the importance of them and so discount them, some because we don't even know they exist.

To err is human. This is nowhere so evident as in the world of science. Allowing our hubris to get ahead of our common sense does more harm than good.

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Think of it this way. Do you need to know anything about the hyperfine structure of the atom to understand the mechanics of a curveball? No. Do you need to know anything about the human genome to treat a broken leg? No. Do you need to map California down to tenths of an inch to know the way to San Jose? No.

You don't need to know everything about everything to know something about something.

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

Can you cite one? Which is to say: one scientist who 40 years (or so) ago predicted global cooling and now predicts global warming. If you do (ha! ha!), I will cite one scientist who predicted warming in both eras, and we can continue until one of us is stumped.

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I didn't mean exact same, I meant the same kind of scientists. The people who make a living studying these things.

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

Think of it this way. Do you need to know anything about the hyperfine structure of the atom to understand the mechanics of a curveball? No. Do you need to know anything about the human genome to treat a broken leg? No. Do you need to map California down to tenths of an inch to know the way to San Jose? No.

You don't need to know everything about everything to know something about something.

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Sounds good to me. So I don't need to know everything about climate change to know scientists are full of shit when they say we are going to kill ourselves in a few years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cNodIDkiTw

I give you animated bears to dispute all of you flat earthers! And I mean flat earthers in the historical sense that... back in the day 99% of people thought the earth was flat... and 1% thought it round... guess who was right??

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Originally Posted by Dwaar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cNodIDkiTw

I give you animated bears to dispute all of you flat earthers! And I mean flat earthers in the historical sense that... back in the day 99% of people thought the earth was flat... and 1% thought it round... guess who was right??

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Because likening your anti science stance to people who were subjected to an anti science stance is hip and cool.

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Originally Posted by Latrinsorm

Think of it this way. Do you need to know anything about the hyperfine structure of the atom to understand the mechanics of a curveball? No. Do you need to know anything about the human genome to treat a broken leg? No. Do you need to map California down to tenths of an inch to know the way to San Jose? No.

You don't need to know everything about everything to know something about something.

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We're not talking about curve balls and broken legs. We're talking about the Earth's climate and whether or not we should fundamentally change how mankind interacts with the globe. When you make statements like this it seriously undermines your credibility.

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Originally Posted by Warriorbird

Because likening your anti science stance to people who were subjected to an anti science stance is hip and cool.

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The video is 12 minutes long! No way you watched it! Now show them bears some respect!

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Originally Posted by Dwaar

The video is 12 minutes long! No way you watched it! Now show them bears some respect!

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I'm quite familiar with xtranormal and have both seen and made all sorts of uses of it. You're not that original.

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Originally Posted by Warriorbird

I'm quite familiar with xtranormal and have both seen and made all sorts of uses of it. You're not that original.

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You really don't get my sarcasm do you....

I could say you're not that original either... but that would be rude, so I will not say you are not original.