- Mon Mar 13, 2017 10:35 am
#84692
I never ceased to be amazed at how the American voter consistently disregards facts and his best interests when he/she steps into the voting booth. I watch as these same people, when they have health problems, seek out the doctor with the most up to date scientific knowledge to cure them. They rush out to buy the latest technology that science has made available and then selectively pick and choose what science they choose to believe politically. They watch in awe at the latest findings by scientists but expect the politicians to ignore science and save them.
When we want goods or services for our own personal use we seek out experts with the knowledge to make that product or service. That product or service is based on science: we know that a pine foundation will not hold up a 20 story building. When building that 20 story building e seek out an architect with the firm foundation in building science to design a structure that is safe and will last for the required life we expect. If that architect ignores building science the structure will fail. I’m sure that all of us have seen videos of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) and we have seen what happens when rules of science is ignored.
The oceans are getting more acidic every year. Oceans are warming globally and are rising measurably. The predicted sea level rise will put many of our major cities at risk and impact many millions of people. Methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2, has been trapped under the permafrost and ice for millions of years. Now methane levels are rising at the poles and methane levels are rinsing as the permafrost thaws. 100 year storms are now occurring every 10 years. Severe weather is occurring much more often. Droughts are occurring much more frequently. Coral beds, the birthplace of much of life in the oceans, are dying. All of this has been happening with rapid increase since the Industrial Revolution. How can we ignore the science and say that politics will save us?
When mankind inspired actions cause events that are detrimental to the world’s society, wouldn’t it be wise to avoid those same mistakes in the future? Wouldn’t wise men learn from their mistakes? The alchemists of the Middle Ages learned that it was scientifically impossible to turn lead into gold yet we expect our politicians to ignore science and history and make everything right. We choose to ignore history and demand that our politicians put “those people” in their place. We are then shocked when “those people” balk at being put in their place.
it’s time to become educated voters and take that education into the voting booth. The world is a complex place and solutions must be found or we could face another great extinction such as has happened in the past.
When we want goods or services for our own personal use we seek out experts with the knowledge to make that product or service. That product or service is based on science: we know that a pine foundation will not hold up a 20 story building. When building that 20 story building e seek out an architect with the firm foundation in building science to design a structure that is safe and will last for the required life we expect. If that architect ignores building science the structure will fail. I’m sure that all of us have seen videos of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (Galloping Gertie) and we have seen what happens when rules of science is ignored.
The oceans are getting more acidic every year. Oceans are warming globally and are rising measurably. The predicted sea level rise will put many of our major cities at risk and impact many millions of people. Methane, a much more potent greenhouse gas than CO2, has been trapped under the permafrost and ice for millions of years. Now methane levels are rising at the poles and methane levels are rinsing as the permafrost thaws. 100 year storms are now occurring every 10 years. Severe weather is occurring much more often. Droughts are occurring much more frequently. Coral beds, the birthplace of much of life in the oceans, are dying. All of this has been happening with rapid increase since the Industrial Revolution. How can we ignore the science and say that politics will save us?
When mankind inspired actions cause events that are detrimental to the world’s society, wouldn’t it be wise to avoid those same mistakes in the future? Wouldn’t wise men learn from their mistakes? The alchemists of the Middle Ages learned that it was scientifically impossible to turn lead into gold yet we expect our politicians to ignore science and history and make everything right. We choose to ignore history and demand that our politicians put “those people” in their place. We are then shocked when “those people” balk at being put in their place.
it’s time to become educated voters and take that education into the voting booth. The world is a complex place and solutions must be found or we could face another great extinction such as has happened in the past.
- By johnforbes