tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post2644568742001170964..comments2024-03-18T21:56:06.882+13:00Comments on Karl du Fresne: Get used to it, ProfKarl du Fresnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05054853925940134404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-61831248921742849532012-02-25T13:47:45.868+13:002012-02-25T13:47:45.868+13:00Interestingly,Simon Cunliffe,deputy editor of the ...Interestingly,Simon Cunliffe,deputy editor of the ODT does the same thing with here.<br />http://www.odt.co.nz/election-2011/opinion/198629/smoko-demonising-innocent-endeavours-sciencekowtowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07061008945995945132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-91996660412604716392012-02-25T13:25:03.052+13:002012-02-25T13:25:03.052+13:00It's funny I approve of your piece as well, bu...It's funny I approve of your piece as well, but in an entirely opposite way to Brendan. You (Karl) are right, there is a growing tendency to link evolution to climate change in this way, so much so that, as you say, you can see it coming. I don't find this annoying for the same reason as Brendan does though. Brendan is quite wrong, evolution is a far more powerful, useful and (most fundamentally) true idea than Christianity. Christianity is just another religion, another fairy tale. Evolution is the most important idea in the universe. Before it, nothing makes sense, once it is grasped everything does. That such a small proportion of the population grasps the majesty of the idea, and that so many actively wail against it in their ignorance is a tragedy.<br /><br />But anthropomorphic climate change is another thing altogether. As a layman I can't hope to know whether it is "true" or not. If there is a 98% scientific consensus, then I suppose maybe it's 98% likely to be true. Or something. But it is nothing more than a meteorological argument, a duel of computer models. It bares no comparison to a grand unifying theory that underpins all the life sciences and explains our very existence.Bill Forsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919120230697462221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8442430064359197279.post-39839577117212271142012-02-23T21:43:22.981+13:002012-02-23T21:43:22.981+13:00Karl
Good call.
The Christian faith for all its ...Karl<br /><br />Good call.<br /><br />The Christian faith for all its failings and variants has encompassed the globe over the last 2000 years, with it still being the largest 'faith story' on the planet.<br /><br />Let's see if the theory of evolution and AGW climate change stands that test of time, and enjoys that pre-emenance.Brendan McNeillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741263914308842497noreply@blogger.com