10-24-2017, 02:11 AM
(10-22-2017, 04:51 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: What do we know? There have been numerous environmental predictions that have been made, none of them have come true, and the moral panic that is being whipped up fits nicely into the per-packaged solutions of a certain cabal of individuals. And no I'm not speaking of these scientists--though those polls are probably a scam. A nuclear engineer is a scientist sure, but does he really know shit about the environment beyond what the average everyman does? Probably not. Furthermore science does not concern itself with consensus--that's politics--it concerns itself with facts and simply put we do not have enough facts to say for certain what is going to happen with the climate.
One thing you have to realize is that PBR and most Silent and Boomers grew up in a time where people were taught to trust in authority. In the main they still act that way and with the GIs and Lost running things it wasn't much of a problem but the Boomers have proven themselves to be incompetent. In the interest, probably futile, of imparting useful knowledge to PBR I have included the following video.
(10-22-2017, 04:51 AM)Kinser79 Wrote: Say what you will about Nomads but one thing we do know is a scam when we see one. As Galen pointed out, if one has an IQ above room temperature (in F--doesn't really work in C) and one is also a Nomad you either develop a bullshit detector or end up in the morgue---or worse.
No kidding, the other thing Xers have had to learn the hard way is that sometimes all of the choices are bad. In that case you just pick the one the sucks the least.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. -- H.L. Mencken
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises
If one rejects laissez faire on account of man's fallibility and moral weakness, one must for the same reason also reject every kind of government action. -- Ludwig von Mises