On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > The "never" in context has an implied "now". > > In other words, taking a position today on "is it" or "isn't it" is as > foolish - no, stupid, that's popular now - as on whether dark matter > exists. > > Why? Because we don't have the technology *today* to know. Stated > another way, we can never know if there is or isn't global warming by > looking at data *today*. > > We can only look at symptoms and extrapolate root cause. > > With research, you can develop the technology to limit risk by > limiting the unknown and defining/shrinking the "tail risk".
So from one side of your face you say we will never know, but the other side says, give me enough money and I'll figure it out? Are you talking 100 years, two hundred? Why not spend the billions proving there's a God, and with when you find him/her tell him/her to adjust the thermostat. > You can learn about all of these things in middle school science. I'm > sure there's a local community college near you or you could even take > online courses. Political science class on how to BS the masses? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289345 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
