tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post2912985237163299644..comments2023-10-25T22:55:19.755+08:00Comments on Private Beach: Debate or Denial?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-86417557826479605082009-12-08T14:24:55.752+08:002009-12-08T14:24:55.752+08:00Getting the science wrapped up is going to be the ...Getting the science wrapped up is going to be the easy part. The political will is the problem. A few small nations have/will been forced to go green, but I really have doubts that the major consumer powers are going to change their colours anytime soon.<br /><br />They are all looking for that easy pill to lose fat rather than the obvious, stop eating, they just love it too much.BarryOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01465124924325716839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21245711.post-493819673446894852009-12-08T09:51:28.194+08:002009-12-08T09:51:28.194+08:00Couldn't agree more. Those arguing, in the nam...Couldn't agree more. Those arguing, in the name of science, that all debate be shut down because the science has been 'proved' are fundamentally unscientific in their approach. It is fundamental to the scientific approach that all scientific knowledge is open to challenge, that is precisely what differentiates it from religious belief, ideological orthodoxy etc. <br /><br />Scientific knowledge is merely the current consensus, which nobody has managed to disprove yet. The most famous example being the way that Einstein's ideas challenged the deeply held consensus of Newtonian physics which were seen prior to that as the absolute bedrock of modern science.<br /><br />Global warming may turn out to be much more serious than the current consensus or much less serious but our knowledge of this will only be expanded by the continued challenging of that consensus by scientists on all sides of the debate.David Biddlecombehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883152455633412934noreply@blogger.com