An important aside, Philippe, I’d say.
Chris
> On 6 Oct 2018, at 08:28, Philippe <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> An aside to the thread?
>
> I just had a read about fake news and the usefulness of stating facts
> straight.
> The author has conducted some academic research on UFO and astrology «
> believers ». For him, humans are in a quest for coherence, when they’re not
> always so coherent themselves. And they will choose the vision that most «
> pleases » them, whatever the facts, this even if they paradoxically admit
> these facts are true and opposed to their own vision. All of which doesn’t
> exclude a necessity to express truths as they are. I guess the same applies
> to climate change.
>
>
> Other : Politics, and I’ll quote Wiki whose definition sums up the consensus
> among researchers.
> Politics (from Greek <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_language>>: πολιτικά, translit.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek>> Politiká, meaning
> "affairs of the cities") is the process of making decisions
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision-making
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision-making>> that apply to members of a
> group.[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics#cite_note-HagueHarrop2013-1
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics#cite_note-HagueHarrop2013-1>>
> It refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance—organized
> control over a human community, particularly a state
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(polity)>>.[2]
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics#cite_note-2
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics#cite_note-2>>
>
> May I dare to conclude that since we, as a group or human community, share
> just one lonely planet (read city) between so many mindsets, those activities
> which we, humans, are involved in, and which may contribute to global warming
> and its potential side effects, are an issue that directly concerns politics
> as defined by Aristotle if I’m not mistaken, i.e. "the organisation of
> affairs in the city ». So yes, the future of planet Earth is part of
> politics, in the most noble sense of the word.
>
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