"… the childlike response of the public to the coming emergency …"Precisely what emergency are we talking about? And please elaborate on the childlike response. Would it be something on the order of drawing grand conclusions about climate — "a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time (italics mine) — from a single weather occurrence such as Superstorm Sandy? Of course, there are those "ever more frequent tropical depressions, storms, hurricanes, droughts, and landslides." Well, there were 21 hurricanes in 1933 and 19 in 1995. There were two last year.
It's hard to keep apocalypse consistently in mind, especially if you want to get out of bed in the morning. What’s missing from the account is how much of our reaction is emotional.
Has our author read her own piece, in which the reaction would seem to be far more emotional than rational. If she would like to take a first step toward knowing what she's talking about, she should take the time to read The Whole Story of Climate: What Science Reveals About the Nature of Endless Change.
In the meantime, maybe we should have a pity party.
In the meantime, maybe we should have a pity party.
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