Agreed, but I see our greatest flaw here. The average person (and even our not-so-average lawmakers) has an inflated sensitivity or response regarding this matter. Nobody realizes the subtlety of a potential global warming effect.
Tell me you haven't run across someone who's attributed (even if it is half-joking) a sweltering day to global warming. This attitude is infectious, and gets many people excited and (falsely) talking - finally leading to strong opinions which end up affecting how much research $$$ is shelled out for research to get an answer they WANT to hear instead of an answer that unadmittedly will take TIME. Science can't have a bias - it is built around the integrity of the search for answers, models, descriptions.
Our society has been weakened by a four letter word: HYPE. What a sad state. Too bad it rules the ways of our world - for now, and maybe forever.
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Agreed, but I see our greatest flaw here. The average person (and even our not-so-average lawmakers) has an inflated sensitivity or response regarding this matter. Nobody realizes the subtlety of a potential global warming effect. Tell me you haven't run across someone who's attributed (even if it is half-joking) a sweltering day to global warming. This attitude is infectious, and gets many people excited and (falsely) talking - finally leading to strong opinions which end up affecting how much research $$$ is shelled out for research to get an answer they WANT to hear instead of an answer that unadmittedly will take TIME. Science can't have a bias - it is built around the integrity of the search for answers, models, descriptions. Our society has been weakened by a four letter word: HYPE. What a sad state. Too bad it rules the ways of our world - for now, and maybe forever.