The trail of facts is long
The evidence is clear
It sums and enlightens those of us who
Rely on measurements and observations;
And whether hard or cold or soft or affronting
They all portend to the same conclusion—
Our home is warming
Beyond expectations
Beyond our needs
Beyond our comfort zone.
Woe ye of little capacity
Who dare not make room for science
And facts and the winds of change;
Science does not affirm the truth
It only rejects that which is false;
You do not stand merely on the
Wrong side of history
You stand in a zone
That cannot be sustained
That will not save you
From yourselves.
And more importantly…
How dare you take us with you!
Loved this short and succinct reminder to both those who believe and those who deny. For as you say, "Science does not affirm the truth
It only rejects that which is false."
You don't wax very poetic, but you certainly wax true.
We humans have an innate problem with science. We use what it does for us and like it when it makes us wealthy, but we often fail to see the destructive nature of our applied science until it slams us in the face. But there are always those who see the future through careful examination of the evidence. My epiphany came in 1969 when I observed the Athabasca Glacier in Alberta retreating from the hotel at its foot 1/2 mile up the valley to much concern. Climatologists were already expressing concern based on a known CO2 rise in the atmosphere.
You see, I had already observed what one book, The Silent Spring, had done to stop the wholesale use of DDT to blanket my neighborhood to kill mosquitoes and get in my mother's milk while it was destroying our national symbol, the American Eagle.
When science tells us something, we should pay attention and act quickly. There is no other reason for resisting the facts. Except shortsightedness and greed?
Well said. I can't understand how some people can see the evidence that's as clear as black and white, and deny what's happening right in front of them. As George Carlin said, The earth isn't going anywhere, we are. The earth will heal itself after we're gone.
Where do viruses, such as Ebola and HIV, come from and why they are so aggressive? This book changed tenets of evolutionary virology, developing the concepts of aggressive symbiosis and plague culling, which explain much of the horror of plague virus
The symbiotic pattern of evolution is everywhere and allows us a very different and fascinating window into the way symbiotic viruses work, since all viruses are symbiotic, including those involved in our human reproduction.
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It only rejects that which is false."
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Jane
We humans have an innate problem with science. We use what it does for us and like it when it makes us wealthy, but we often fail to see the destructive nature of our applied science until it slams us in the face. But there are always those who see the future through careful examination of the evidence. My epiphany came in 1969 when I observed the Athabasca Glacier in Alberta retreating from the hotel at its foot 1/2 mile up the valley to much concern. Climatologists were already expressing concern based on a known CO2 rise in the atmosphere.
You see, I had already observed what one book, The Silent Spring, had done to stop the wholesale use of DDT to blanket my neighborhood to kill mosquitoes and get in my mother's milk while it was destroying our national symbol, the American Eagle.
When science tells us something, we should pay attention and act quickly. There is no other reason for resisting the facts. Except shortsightedness and greed?
Ron
John
Michael D.