Letters to the Editor
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Re: mad cartoonist
"I myself am a scientist (brilliant or not, only time will tell). And none of my brilliant colleagues, including those who have won actual Nobel Prizes, ever talk like the LW.
It seems in fact, that the smarter a person is, the more likely they are to insist that we really don't know anything at all.
Faith is basically accepting that there's more out there than you can know and understand."
I don't think LW was saying science has already explained everything there is to know, so now it's time to act.
He's simply pointing out that to the best of our knowledge, the re are some major problems with the worlds' energy supply that will impact many facets of our lives. Yes, there are things we don't know, and there are margins of error in studies leading to these conclusions.
But when the stakes are so high I think it's prudent to hope for the best but plan for the worst. After all, there's an equal chance that the margins of error could work against our interests.
Jason