Tomorrow's World

[gingerjedi]

When Einstein showed that some of Newtons theories were wrong, that didn't mean that gravity no longer existed, but that our understanding of it had been slightly wrong. It is exactly the same with climate change science. One new scientific finding does not rule out global warming, but does help build a better understanding of what is going on.

Tell that to the politicians who have misconstrued scientific evidence as hard fact and taxed absolutely everything they can accordingly… do you think they’ll be giving rebates proportionate to how right or wrong the actual outcome is?

That’s my beef with the whole global warming debate or lack of.

[PM-Junkie]

It’s called progress. What we thought we knew yesterday turns out to be only partly correct, or even totally incorrect, so the hypotheses need to be renewed and retested. It’s why we do science.

I know. My point is I wonder what the next big theory will be after the theory of today proves to be "only partly correct, or even totally incorrect". Given the theory has evolved over the last 3 decades, why should we assume that they suddenly have it right now?

Nice attempt at being patronising - unfortunately you have merely made my point for me. Thanks.

[Mich the Tester]

I know. My point is I wonder what the next big theory will be after the theory of today proves to be "only partly correct, or even totally incorrect". Given the theory has evolved over the last 3 decades, why should we assume that they suddenly have it right now?

Nice attempt at being patronising - unfortunately you have merely made my point for me. Thanks.

Global warming-up-in-some-places-and-cooling-down-in-others-theory doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.

[TimberWolf]

When Einstein showed that some of Newtons theories were wrong, that didn't mean that gravity no longer existed, but that our understanding of it had been slightly wrong. It is exactly the same with climate change science. One new scientific finding does not rule out global warming, but does help build a better understanding of what is going on.

Einstein's theories are being continually tested, whereas with climate change the verdict is given, that's the difference. It is a critical departure from the scientific method. Scepticism and enquiry are not features of fundamentalism, but science.

[FSM with Cheddar]

Tell that to the politicians who have misconstrued scientific evidence as hard fact and taxed absolutely everything they can accordingly… do you think they’ll be giving rebates proportionate to how right or wrong the actual outcome is?

That’s my beef with the whole global warming debate or lack of.

Yes the government are tw@ts, but if they actually do believe global warming is a fact then I would say they are not doing enough proportionally. The problem is that some of the "Green Taxes" are not being reinvested in green technologies, and that is what upsets most people. The government don't have enough balls to really deal with the problem.