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Subject: [OM] Re: [way OT] Re: How high's the water/presidential rant
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:57:30 +1000

Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 20/06/2008, at 5:42 AM, Robert Burnette wrote:

> The President didn't start the Iraq War. Congress did. He isn't  
> keeping us there. Congress is.

No, but it would be nice if you could elect and accept someone who is  
prepared to lead.

>
> The President isn't responsible for global warming(?) either. There  
> are reputable scientists on both sides of this issue. (No argument,  
> just stating a fact.)

Not exactly, unless you have an unusual definition of 'reputable'.  
The term scientist covers a lot of ground and the division within the  
atmospheric scientist community is between 'certain' and 'cautiously  
convinced'. Those who are raising questions (as they should) tend to  
be other kinds of scientist who are not necessarily more informed  
about the topic than any intelligent individual, apart from their  
understanding of scientific method. And there are  other non-expert  
commentators, intelligent or otherwise. As Gore so neatly pointed  
out, it's the journalists who are divided. And Bush would prefer to  
listen to Michael Crichton of course.

I prefer a Pascal's Wager approach - if global warming is an  
erroneous concept or not the monster that we fear, then so what?
If we do something, we improve air quality and reduce resource  
consumption.
Win.
On the other hand, if it IS what we fear and we do nothing, our  
children and their children have some serious social adjustment ahead.
Lose.
I'll leave you to work out the other two positions.

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