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I phrased
it poorly, so let me clarify. Science certainly can prove empirical
data, but it can also be falsified, corrupted, or twisted to fulfill an
agenda. That is different from religion or markets which completely lack
any empirical data for the most part, but the ability of existing
'information' to be falsified (Coming up with complete bullshit not in
the bible), corrupted (Taking phrases from a holy book out of text, or
picking and choosing what financial/economical data you provide to the
public), and twisted also exists with those two fields.
So does
the sharp division between laypersons (those who can't read, those who
aren't part of a religious hierarchy in control, those who have no
understanding of business or economics) and knowledgable individuals
(Scientists, clergy, literates, business peoples), which allows the
latter to control the former.
I'm not knowledgable enough in
science or climate to make my own opinion by data I can trust. I'm not
interested in researching it myself when I have my own fields of
expertise to pursue. I can't find myself willing to trust the dizzying
flood of information we've been given because I am worried about the
validity of it, but I can trust in the sensible reality that human
impacts on local environments certainly exists so I am sure it does on a
larger scale.
Just not on the level they are presenting, which
is in order to motivate people who don't give a damn otherwise. While
this author is too right wing and anti "any climate change" for me to
entirely support, I found some resonance with the point he was raising: |