Originally Posted by Fdemetrio


Mathematics is about the only thing that deals with facts. 1+1 will always be.... wait a minute here.... 2 right? Just checking



Nicely done. Nicely referring to Orwell's novel 1984. "2 + 2 = 5" was the litmus test whether or not you'd been properly "propagandized" aka brainwashed, or not..if you could believe 2 + 2 = 5..

It would be interesting to hear Orwell's take on today's political climate. Would he say that any slant on a fact (or interpretation of a fact) was propaganda? Or is there some point where, given too much slant (or too much interpretation), a fact ceases to be a fact...

But with climate change, specifically, we are talking about data, and that's different from facts.

Data can be open to interpretation, unless it can be established that certain patterns of related data absolutely must mean certain, specific things. Here's where climate change data and its interpretations splits scientists into two camps.

It can come down to who you choose to believe, this scientist or that. Granted, it does seem like most of the important scientists say that climate change is upon us.

Anyway, I enjoyed your wink towards that great novel that is ever so relevant in today's world.

Mike

Last edited by Michael Zaneski; 10/01/19 05:58 PM.
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