>The problem as I see it, is that most scientists are employed by an
employer, university, industry, government, whatever. Through this
>employment they are directed to solve certain problems as defined by the
employer, build a bigger bomb, publish learned papers to get
I am extremely simple-minded: my suggestions derive from my
world view. I base my world view on as MUCH EMPIRICISM and
as LITTLE METAPHYSICS [1] as possible.
I begin with the assumption that the scientists are right,
and then I make the metaphysical judgement that the expected
die-off is the worst possible scenario for my fellow humans.
One can measure society's progress along the worst possible
scenario by looking at explicit measurements of resource
depletion, pollution, and population growth.
Behavior is the key here, it doesn't make any difference what
people think or say, the only thing that matters is what they DO.
If the actual measurements continue as they have, societies all
over the world will disintegrate and several billion will die
over the next 100 years.
That's it. It's really simple.
However, I don't believe that humanity can "get" the simple
message contained in this post because humans are genetically
programmed NOT to get this message.
I expect to FAIL in my quest to alert humanity, I expect
billions to die untimely deaths in the coming century.
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[1] metaphysical: A priori speculation upon questions that are
unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or
experiment.
e.g., political, neoclassical economic, and moral theories.
