Comments on: KSR slams Republican climate ‘denial’ http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/11/17/ksr-slams-republican-climate-denial/ All you can eat sci-fi and fantasy books Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Phil Jones http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/11/17/ksr-slams-republican-climate-denial/#comment-5791 Phil Jones Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:16:31 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=1217#comment-5791 Galileo may have been a 'jerk' but I think his discoveries may have had at least something to do with the church's reaction, don't you think? Secondly, KSR seems to have summed up the current situation (re climate science) quite well. Regardless of its open philosophy of debate, science is under attack by capitalism and the weapon in this case is public relations. Lastly, in terms of earth's history, perhaps you've mistaken human beings for rocks or fossils? We've only been here an eyeblink. The worry is that we are changing the climate into one that will make it impossible to support our current level of civilisation or that due to the rapidity of this change, disastrous and unforeseen feedback effects will arise. Galileo may have been a ‘jerk’ but I think his discoveries may have had at least something to do with the church’s reaction, don’t you think?

Secondly, KSR seems to have summed up the current situation (re climate science) quite well. Regardless of its open philosophy of debate, science is under attack by capitalism and the weapon in this case is public relations.

Lastly, in terms of earth’s history, perhaps you’ve mistaken human beings for rocks or fossils? We’ve only been here an eyeblink. The worry is that we are changing the climate into one that will make it impossible to support our current level of civilisation or that due to the rapidity of this change, disastrous and unforeseen feedback effects will arise.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.keepingthedoor.com/2009/11/17/ksr-slams-republican-climate-denial/#comment-3727 Anonymous Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:23:40 +0000 http://www.keepingthedoor.com/?p=1217#comment-3727 Robinson doesn't know his history. The church didn't have a problem with Copernicus, who beat Galileo to the heliocentric punch. It wasn't Galileo's astronomy that was the problem. The man was a jerk. KSR needs to stop perpetuating the myth that science needs an enemy. First the church, now capitalism. Stop playing the victim. If global warming has a case, it can stand up to skeptical and critical examination. That's supposed to be the difference between science and everything else. Last word. I'm a geologist. For most of the Earth's history, the climate has been warmer than it is now. Robinson doesn’t know his history. The church didn’t have a problem with Copernicus, who beat Galileo to the heliocentric punch. It wasn’t Galileo’s astronomy that was the problem. The man was a jerk.

KSR needs to stop perpetuating the myth that science needs an enemy. First the church, now capitalism. Stop playing the victim. If global warming has a case, it can stand up to skeptical and critical examination. That’s supposed to be the difference between science and everything else.

Last word. I’m a geologist. For most of the Earth’s history, the climate has been warmer than it is now.

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