Comments on: KSR slams Republican climate ‘denial’

By: Matches Malone

Matches Malone — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:49:54 +0000

The bigger issue from what you state is that believe in evolution. In any case, the earth has been around longer than you, and the best way that you can effect the kind of change you wish, is by refusing to exhale.

If you don’t see the ridiculousness in this statement, then I suggest a rudimentary study of photosynthesis should be in your future.

By: Phil Jones

Phil Jones — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:16:31 +0000

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

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 06:23:40 +0000

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.