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• Drammy says:

  [But seriously, we just don't know nearly enough about how the climate works - or about really anything to do with chemistry, physical processes, etc., to conclude that global warming is happening. So not denial, more like an insistence that we admit that we know nothing. Climatology hasn't "proven" anything conclusively.]

  on April 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM
• armerjacquino says:

  The thing about global warming is that even if there’s only a five per cent chance that it might be true, it’s surely worth behaving as if it is, given the potential consequences.

  It’s also interesting that those who insist that it’s a fact tend to be scientists, and those who insist that it doesn’t exist tend not to be.

  on April 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM
• BETSY_ANN_BOBOLINK says:

  There was a t-shirt popular in the 70s that said, “Chicken Little was right.” I would truly truly truly hate to have to wear that shirt again.

  Okay, maybe there wasn’t, but there should have been. I remember I had two shirts printed that I hoped would become popular, but didn’t. One had a big picture of Maria Callas, and the line “Don’t Call us, we’ll call you.” The other had great big letters “Guess What,” and underneath in very small type, “I’m having a bowel movement right now!”

  Shit, I coulda been rich instead of pretty.

  on April 9, 2010 at 3:53 PM
• armerjacquino says:

  A friend of mine had a tshirt printed which said ‘This is not a passive-aggressive tshirt but never mind.’

  on April 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM
• Drammy says:

  But amer, what is fashionable in the scientific community at any given time may not always be the gospel truth – haha! gospel!

  Okay, okay. There are denialists who are scientists as well, and smart ones – e.g. Richard Lindzen.

  Scientists have never been above politics or self-preservation, and I’m sure climatologists [a title which I afford the same respect as Scientologists] have a vested interested in tweaking their data to agree with the consensus.

  on April 9, 2010 at 4:03 PM
• PirateJenny says:

  And the game goes to Armerjacquino. Bravo! Yes, the fault-line does appear to fall along people who have advanced degrees and put a lot of time and effort in a peer-reviewed process of studying climate and controlling for variables, and those who read a Michael Crichton book or heard their pastor say something about it.

  What hath La Cieca wrought with this topic? How did a fun suggestion about guessing who might be pregnant manage to cover reproductive rights and global warming? I think we need a new topic to chase like cats going after a flashlight shining on a wall. Shall I get the process started? Boy, I sure hate how Renee Fleming puts in all those scoops. Anyone? Anyone?

  on April 9, 2010 at 4:04 PM
• rapt says:

  PJ, what I’m really curious to know is how Famous Quickly and the Vicar feel about global warming and reproductive rights.

  on April 9, 2010 at 4:07 PM
• CruzSF says:

  Clearly La Scoopenda would only ADD to global warming, right?

  on April 9, 2010 at 4:13 PM
• BETSY_ANN_BOBOLINK says:

  Oh PirateJenny, you little old peacemaker, you, Renee-bashing is so . . . so . . . so yesterday ! This is the Bryn-bashing thread.

  However – - – watch my hands carefully – - – notice how quickly it can change. “The greatest piece of singing I have heard in the last ten years was “Les Filles de Cadiz” by cecilia BARTOLI.

  on April 9, 2010 at 4:14 PM
• SF Guy says:

  Here, in the interests of compromise, is a little survey–

  I believe that the changes in Anna Netrebko’s voice were caused by:

  A) Pregnancy and childbirth

  B) Global warming

  C) Natural evolution (hers or homo sapiens–your choice)

  D) Too much pasta

  on April 9, 2010 at 4:36 PM