Cap and Trade vote on Friday

[Riot]

Originally Posted by joeydb

True, but just because one allegedly urgent theory can't be proven, doesn't mean it's assumed to be true either..

There is a whole lot of scientific stuff that is "unproven" - but considered to be virtually absolute. Don't fall into the, "it's just a 'theory' trap", as that's a common misunderstanding of the scientific use of what a "theory" is. Nearly all of medicine is "theory".

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by Riot

There is a whole lot of scientific stuff that is "unproven" - but considered to be virtually absolute. Don't fall into the, "it's just a 'theory' trap", as that's a common misunderstanding of the scientific use of what a "theory" is. Nearly all of medicine is "theory".

Can we say "global climate change" is a theory like global cooling was, or maybe that being Haitian was a risk factor for AIDS or even better, the science behind Y2K?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by pgiaco

Can we say "global climate change" is a theory like global cooling was, or maybe that being Haitian was a risk factor for AIDS or even better, the science behind Y2K?

Only if one's depth of understanding about topics scientific is limited to not-very-accurate third-grade-level news media sound bites.

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by Riot

Only if one's depth of understanding about topics scientific is limited to not-very-accurate third-grade-level news media sound bites.

Well that's a very simplistic and condescending way of looking at the information now, but the information was considered gospel when it came out. There was a whole cottage Y2K industry as well as the medical community putting Haitian-Americans under increased scrutiny at the time. I was there and witnessed it so if you want to go into revisionist history go right ahead.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by pgiaco

Well that's a very simplistic and condescending way of looking at the information now, but the information was considered gospel when it came out. There was a whole cottage Y2K industry as well as the medical community putting Haitian-Americans under increased scrutiny at the time. I was there and witnessed it so if you want to go into revisionist history go right ahead.

Yes, and I was there and witnessed it, too, and the characterizations of those issues in your previous post are pretty darn broad, generalized, and not very precise.

So, as I said ...

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by pgiaco

Well that's a very simplistic and condescending way of looking at the information now, but the information was considered gospel when it came out. There was a whole cottage Y2K industry as well as the medical community putting Haitian-Americans under increased scrutiny at the time. I was there and witnessed it so if you want to go into revisionist history go right ahead.

They are right and we are wrong to even question the 'science' behind it. The fact that this year and last have been a cooler years than previous years by every global measure is proof that....they are right !!! Dont ya get it? By the time anyone figures out who was right or wrong on this topic, unlike the others you listed, we will all be dead for hundreds of years!

[pgiaco]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They are right and we are wrong to even question the 'science' behind it. The fact that this year and last have been a cooler years than previous years by every global measure is proof that....they are right !!! Dont ya get it? By the time anyone figures out who was right or wrong on this topic, unlike the others you listed, we will all be dead for hundreds of years!

That's true...Global warming is why it's hot, cold, wet, dry.......

[SOREHOOF]

That's "climate change".

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Only if one's depth of understanding about topics scientific is limited to not-very-accurate third-grade-level news media sound bites.

That is exactly where we heard about Global warming.