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• Wednesday, July 2, 2008 10:43 AM

  Brute - Leave The Science To The Scientists

  Brute: "Suggesting policy decisions based on science is some sort of taboo best left to non-scientists doesn’t seem quite right. I’m not a 4 Star General or International Diplomat but I definitely have opinions regarding the “War on Terrorism”. I’m certain that every person reading this post would have an opinion on that topic. Following your line of reasoning, the United States should take the exact advice of Petraeous and the Joint Chiefs, (or George W. Bush) without question. What you are asking is to follow blindly, without question."

  Following your line of reasoning, the United States should always take the advice of all people equally, regardless of their expertise. Science just doesn't work that way, and for good reason: people who, for example, have a scientific education in climate science ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT with respect to global warming theory, which is a VERY COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC ISSUE. It takes years of scientific education to really understand the science of this issue - sorry, but you are not going to be able to pick that understanding up by reading, for example, Wall Street Journal OpEds.

  And you Brute are simply not educated - and don't know what you are talking about - on this scientific issue. Your pronouncements in this thread demonstrate as much, such as your assertion that the difference between weather and climate is a "distinction without a difference." That is simply patently untrue, and anyone with even a rudimentary understanding of global warming theory understands this.

  YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, BRUTE, WITH RESPECT TO THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF GLOBAL WARMING.

  Brute: "I’m not shouting, I’m just trying to emphasize my point."

  Meggadittos.

  —Publicola Read Publicola's other letters
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