Anti-Intellectualism: Don't you just hate it?

[lizards]

What the hell is with all the assholes thinking they know better than a bunch of professional research scientists? Do they think that they just make up stuff for shits and giggles? I can tell you the one you thinks CFCs, a synthetic chemical that is in no way found in the environment, comes from volcanoes is certainly no expert. Y'know, it's times like these a technocracy ran by scientists looks pretty good.

Yo dawg, the jury's still out on whether or not Global Warming is an actual occurrence. If I had to guess, I'd say there's likely heaps of evidence supporting both sides, too.

So I wouldn't bash Republicans simply for the fact that they disagree with Al Gore. I'm a Republican myself, and am undecided on the issue.

Holy smoke, a Republican on the Escapist. I'd wear full body armor if I were you.

well at least he seems hes not a fox news devotee

ot: we may not be causing it completely but were sure as hell not slowing it down either

 

[lizards]

A technocracy has always sounded good, dude. ALWAYS. If we geeks ruled the world, there would probably be fewer wars and much more focus on development of non-military technology. As it is, yeah, you're gonna find idiots like that all over the place.

Also, I was confused for a bit there, might want to put the comments in quote boxes. The tags (if you don't know already) are [*quote]yourtexthere[*/quote] minus the asterisks.

EDIT: Also, broken link on the article.

If Geeks were truely smarter, they would rule the world.

What the hell is with all the assholes thinking they know better than a bunch of professional research scientists? Do they think that they just make up stuff for shits and giggles? I can tell you the one you thinks CFCs, a synthetic chemical that is in no way found in the environment, comes from volcanoes is certainly no expert. Y'know, it's times like these a technocracy ran by scientists looks pretty good.

Yo dawg, the jury's still out on whether or not Global Warming is an actual occurrence. If I had to guess, I'd say there's likely heaps of evidence supporting both sides, too.

So I wouldn't bash Republicans simply for the fact that they disagree with Al Gore. I'm a Republican myself, and am undecided on the issue.

Holy smoke, a Republican on the Escapist. I'd wear full body armor if I were you.

I love it..

Liberal - An open minded, free thinker.

and yet this is something you will hear often from them.
"All Republicans are inbred rednecks. They are all wrong."
how is that any different than say..
"All Liberals are whiney ladyboys. They are all wrong."

They are one in the same, blinded by ignorance.

the difference? it's "cool" to be a liberal/democrat now.
You want my respect? Go be a liberal in North Korea, and see how different it is.

not where im from (ohio) most people i know give the big "FUCK OBAMA" speech at the slightest cue but my parents raised me to be a free thinker so i questioned the people around me and decided that i am not a republican not exactly liberal though either

 

[Lonan]

A person can be smart. People however, are generally dumb creatures with a tendency to follow what they know.

I love the second comment where the idiot said scientists want us to live as we did in the 19th century, not knowing apparently that since the 1700s humans have produced huge amounts of CO2.

But if we suddenly went to 19th century emissions levels we would be a LOT better off. I don't think there would be much damage if we reduced emissions to 19th century levels. Right now pre-1990 levels is considered highly optimistic, 19th century would be a god send. In any case, I think geo-engineering will probably be needed.

 

[Lonan]

That isn't "anti-intellectualism". There is a number of credible scientists who have different opinions on global warming and it's causes and the effects of humans on it in general. And yes, just a few decades ago it was "global cooling". And the whole thing with fridges of one mark supposedly creating holes in ozone layer - which in my knowledge was absolutely fake and just a business move.

What you hate is people who have different and in this case equally correct opinions. Yes, we all should agree with you, except, fucking no.

First of all, there never was a complete scientific consensus that the Earth was cooling in the 70s, some media outlets just took hold of a dip in some ocean temperatures and ran wild with them. But there is a large consensus of scientists who agree that global warming is most likely real and anthropogenic. Sure there are a few scientists who say otherwise, but these scientists are much in the minority, and as far as I know, a lot of them are on the Heartland Institute's bankroll. Truth is, there are many academics who have rather batty ideas, but unless they have the evidence to refute the mainstream theory, their opinions don't matter to the scientific community. They still have the right to their opinion, to be sure, but they still need evidence to make their opinion matter in the field.

You know what? I don't care about your opinion. But I still think to pretend you know more about science than a scientist is the vanguard of asshatery.

I never pretended to "know more about science than a scientist". Good job.

Scientists are just people, like me and you. And there is always more then one theory about something, and quite a number of people in the scientific community, more or less equally qualified, can disagree about them.

I personally would say that "global warming is a joke". I do not mean it literally. Yes, global warming IS happening, but the whole "eco-craze" and things you often see in the media related to it is nothing more then oversensitive bullshit. I don't believe that humans are doing enough of impact to do what media usually claims they can. And yes, there are legitimate theories behind that point of view, as much as behind another.

Nobody is still absolutely clear on the fact, and I don't give enough shit to go eco-crazy like a lot of people.

You can find facts to back up anything. The difference between the scientific process and the agenda driven process is that science looks at the facts they have worked hard to dig up, and tries to make conclusions from them. Someone with an agenda reaches a conclusion and tries to find facts to support it. What needs to be done would mean a total revamp of society, so therefore there will be many peopel who look for evidence to the contrary, to confuse, the allow the pollution to go on for as long as possible.

 

[101194]

Global warming has become a religion, believe it or not.

Ughh, I hope your not watching HTWW, And no that was ONE case in london. Keep quiet!

 

[steveo_justice]

I'm not sure where you're going with theis. There's plenty of scientific evidence to support either side, only most of Al Gore's and the IPCC's come from one region of Greenland or an adjusted sea level measurement.

And that guy probably said/mean CO2 and other greenhouse gasses, in which case his statement is 100% true.

 

[steveo_justice]

Man, seeing how many people aren't Al Gore bucketheads, especially on the Escapist, has really begun to resotre my faith in human beings.

 

[Whistler777]

What the hell is with all the assholes thinking they know better than a bunch of professional research scientists? Do they think that they just make up stuff for shits and giggles? I can tell you the one you thinks CFCs, a synthetic chemical that is in no way found in the environment, comes from volcanoes is certainly no expert. Y'know, it's times like these a technocracy ran by scientists looks pretty good.

Yo dawg, the jury's still out on whether or not Global Warming is an actual occurrence. If I had to guess, I'd say there's likely heaps of evidence supporting both sides, too.

So I wouldn't bash Republicans simply for the fact that they disagree with Al Gore. I'm a Republican myself, and am undecided on the issue.

Holy smoke, a Republican on the Escapist. I'd wear full body armor if I were you.

As a matter of fact, I do wear armor...

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[Jedisolo75]

I absolutely hate it. I'm a registered independent, and in the last three elections I have voted for both major parties, but there is one argument that Republicans seem to use that I can't stand. Any time someone quotes a college professor or any kind of university research someone talking head will always say "well you know that universities today are so liberal..." Well what kind of argument is that? It's like saying "the most educated people in the country are against us on this issue, so let?s not bring them into it." Even when I happen to agree with the talking head in theory, this kind of argument makes me want to shove a pencil in my ear.