The burden of the Intellectual

[Kasz216]

Runa216 said:

happydolphin said:

Runa216 said:
This thread just proves everything that I was saying in the original post.

Every statement I made is based on science, and everyone is just making blanket statements about how "none of what you said is based in science, it makes you look ignorant!" um, no, each and every 'undeniable truth' is an undeniable truth. that's not my opinion, that's fact. the details are irrelevant, the statements are true. just because I didn't elaborate on each and every one doesn't mean the statements are wrong.

Also, it's kind of sad that so few people actually responded to the point of the thread, instead you were all quick to jump on the "you're just arrogant and a hypocrite" bandwagon. I knew that would happen, but it's so sad to see some of the people I once respected disagreeing with scientific consensus.

@bold. just like Kasz' post, right?

May not have been a blanket statement, but it was still wrong.  this thread isn't about Climate Change/Global Warming, this his about the fact that people seem to insist that their 'opinions' mean more than facts.  

Did you know that more scientists worldwide named 'Steve" believe in Climate change than there are scientists that don't?  It's like 98% of the world's scientists who support it, but the incredibly vocal 2% are making it to sound like it's an undefined issue when in reality it's a very one-sided argument. 

Except it wasn't wrong.  That's exactly how the research has played out.

Also you seem to be under the impression that "Thinking something happens" means = "100% something is happeneing".

If you think a 10 year disaperrance of the global warming trend isn't something to make you say "Hm, what's going on here" or didn't have most scientists curious...

You are crazy... and don't posess the inquisitve mind that an intellectual would have.

Science very rarely deal in absolutes.  Have you ever read a scientific journal article?

The issue is... you aren't an intellectual.  If anything you more fit a "Middleroad adopter."

A true intellectual is on the cutting edges of the issues they look at, and never believes in absolutes.