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Ken Schultz's avatar

Thank you, Sir.

I will - at my great peril! - offer a comparison to confirm your assertions about lack of willingness to consider history.

My great peril arises in that I will mention the issue of climate change. Not that I deny it is changing, you understand - obligatory disclaimer! - but that context is important.

First off, we are constantly being told that we getting to warmer and warmer temperatures and it does seem so to me. Having said that, there is little context to that claim; there is no consideration to the scare in the 1970s and 1980s about global cooling (including arguments by the saints who now argue "in favor" of the concept of global warming!). There is no consideration in those current comments about what happened as recently as, oh, the 1960s, the 1970s, etc. There is no consideration about the medieval warm period when talking about "highest ever" or the "little ice age," what, about four hundred odd years ago and so forth.

So, my point is that the current "analysis" is not at all analytical. I expect that climate IS changing; after all, it always does change. The real issue is much more complicated than the headlines make it and I, therefore, accept in full your thesis. And, just for the record, perhaps mankind is responsible, etc.... and then, what do the various data truly tell us? The headlines certainly don't care.

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Terri Ann's avatar

Well said! Excellent article. Hyperbole abounds in today’s media. There seems to be a lack of critical thinking skills. A good reminder of the importance of perspective.

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