RWer thinks Global Warming is Intelligent Design

[kurth]

Matters of Faith: Global Warming and Intelligent Design

Global Warming and Intelligent Design share a fundamental characteristic in common, the lack of definitive, proven evidence of the causation which would make them fact rather than theory.

In Intelligent Design you can see the leaps of evolution and the bizarre anomalies in the fossil record and you can say "something must have caused this", but there is no proof of what or who is the cause. You can choose God or aliens or mutation or random unidentified forces as your explanation equally convincingly because no evidence exists to definitively identify the unknown forces driving the evolutionary process. If you believe in a conscious force behind evolution you can only reach that conclusion through faith.

In the same way, Global Warming is a clearly identifiable phenomenon which can be documented through the geological record and contemporary temperature measurements, but it is impossible to point to a specific cause and say "aha, here's THE thing which is causing global warming." Human causation is the popular choice as a cause, but human output of the gasses which cause global warming is substantially less than the cumulative yearly output from natural sources like volcanoes and forest fires and falls well within the normal variations of those gasses from year to year. Natural forces like solar activity and the earth's climate cycle also contribute to global warming and it is impossible to definitively identify one cause as specifically responsible. If your choice is to believe in human causation as the one thing that causes Global Warming, that position can only be reached by the equivalent of a leap of faith...

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/07/22/233219.php

[movonne]

1. They are just plain crazy...

[sandnsea]

2. Human behavior is what we can control

And it is the only thing we can control. That's why the human causations of global warming is so important.

Dumbasses.

[Javaman]

3. Couldn't read past the first sentance..

This person is a colossally disconnected fucktard halfwit.

Putting their fingers in their ears and screaming won't fix the mess we are in.

I say ship them all to the desert and let them roast.

[xultar]

4. At least they are admitting that Global Warming Exists...

Isn't that a first step?

[Javaman]

5. Yes and no...

yes, they admit it exists but no because they refuse to acknowledge that humanity is responcible.

It's more of those repuke ethics, "I didn't do it, it's someone, something elses fault".

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. It doesn't take a leap of faith to believe that author is a nitwit.

[Sapere aude]

7. If humans cause global warming and we do nothing we are screwed.

If humans cause global warming and we do something about it we may solve the problem.

If humans do not cause global warming and we do nothing there is no outcome.

If humans do not cause global warming and we act as if they do, we don't lose much.

Those are our choices.

It makes sense to take the risk of doing something and not losing much than to take the risk of doing nothing and getting screwed.

[htuttle]

8. Nice take on Pascal's Wager

Of course, I doubt that the person in question would realize how appropriate that is.

[Jim__]

9. Pure ignorance.

human output of the gasses which cause global warming is substantially less than the cumulative yearly output from natural sources like volcanoes and forest fires ...

It's not the total amount of gasses that are the problem but the balance between production and absorbtion. The natural output of gas tends to be balanced by the natural absorbtion of the gas. There is no natural balancing absorbtion of what humans put out through their technology (humans also exhale CO2; but that tends to be balanced by natural CO2 absorbers - e.g. plants).

As to human output of the gasses ... falls well within the normal variations of those gasses from year to year , even if true (I don't know), it is once again beside the point. Human production of these gases may fall within the bounds of maximum output from nature; the problem is that humans produce these gases EVERY year causing the cumulative output across the years to be much higher than the natural output.