Comments on: Can we please keep this ball rolling? http://lewdcognoscenti.com/archives/500 Tempering the laughter of the damned. The truth about optimism. The cynic engages the Buddha in reincarnating coversation. Stuff like that. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:54:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: 6 STRING http://lewdcognoscenti.com/archives/500#comment-518 Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:24:17 +0000 http://lewdcognoscenti.com/archives/500#comment-518 I find that many of my "educated" co-workers think that global warming is a political debate and not scientific fact. I find this very scary. I think that people forget the definition of Theory. Here it is kids A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena. Just try this for yourself; Search the internet for global warming. Now weed out all the sites that are religious, political, or just not scientific. What do you have? I find that many of my “educated” co-workers think that global warming is a political debate and not scientific fact.
I find this very scary.
I think that people forget the definition of Theory. Here it is kids

A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.

Just try this for yourself;
Search the internet for global warming.
Now weed out all the sites that are religious, political, or just not scientific.
What do you have?

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