A lack of reason

A lack of reason
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/05/14/rubios_changing_climate_122621.html


""Which is it, senator? You don't know as much as these scientists or you don't believe them?""

Really? Is that the choice? The two statements are not mutually exclusive. I know many smart progressives- that may be mutually exclusive- the reason for consensus is the strong herd instinct. Scientists are generally focused on their speciality but their reasoning otherwise is constrained.

Furthermore, science is ruled by former scientists who now control funding and appointments. Is it unreasonable to think unscientific considerations may influence. Federal funding is a huge distraction. You can't assume no influence there, and the government office of letter carriers and science is bound to stifle scientific thought.

Add to that the now discovered anomalies not explained by the models. The fact that the models themselves coordinate should indicate an inappropriate relationship between them. They all fail to predict the current conditions , no warming recently.

Actually the scientific arguments are beside the point. The article referenced lacks even the simplest form to persuade, it is a collection of one liner slanders.

For example:
""WASHINGTON -- "I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it," said Sen. Marco Rubio.

Thus did the Florida Republican undermine his other assertion, to ABC's Jonathan Karl: that he is prepared to be president.""

This 'thus' is out of place. What is needed is a reason this disqualifies a candidate. A proper argument would be: since a majority of voters pick their noses, observations that the candidate never picks his nose, disqualifies him.

The unspoken assumption is that since the voters act one way, they expect that same action in their president.

I believe approval of Rubio by the progressive press would be a counter indicator of acceptability for president.






Dave Farnsworth