Rumors of the Death of Arctic Sea Ice Greatly Exaggerated
“Thank goodness this point of view is pretty much irrelevant.”
Thank goodness you understand English. Oh wait, you don’t. The sentence I’ve quoted above is devoid of any meaningful content. Look up the word “irrelevant” before you use it the next time.
And, keep in mind, no matter how popular a scientific theory is, only facts win out in the end. Does anyone really need to list for you the reams of scientific facts (consensus opinions all) that were swept away when newer, smarter, better theories came along to explain things?
My personal favorite is the tectonic plate theory. At one time, the ideas of the people who thought that the Americas and Africa were joined in the geologic past were “irrelevant”, to use your poor choice of words. Static continents was the only game in town. I daresay there was a greater consensus around that idea than there has ever been for the AGW theory. And yet, it was completely, entirely and utterly wrong. The fact that it was believed by thousands of geologists didn’t mean a thing, except to make the geologists smugly complacent. When one person with the truth came along, all those thousands were swept away.
The lesson is that overweening pride and hubris, whether in service to one theory or another, is a mistake. If science isn’t humble in the face of the complexity of nature, it’s asking for trouble. You, and everyone like you who forgets that lesson, should heed the warnings of history.
