Thread: Catastrophic Failure of Earth Within the Lifetime of Someone Alive Today!?

Originally Posted by snoop

Did you even read the rest of my post, or did you just decide to stop there?

edit: By the way, why are you so obsessed with saying others are wrong and what you believe in is the truth? That kind of thinking has no place in science or really on the earth. What you are doing is the equivalent of theists claiming that their religion is the correct religion and not even giving the possibility that they are wrong a chance. That kind of thinking is what leads to crusades, animosity, and ultimately the persecution of skeptics, free thinkers, and being able to adapt. It's extremely close minded and unbecoming of all humans. Quite frankly it just makes you look ignorant and biased as fuck.

I actually agree with this almost all the time. I think the scientific method and reason should be adhered to at all times.
I'll reply to your other comment once I figure out exactly how to put my thoughts into words, or what exactly my full thoughts on this are.

A small thing I'd like to point out though is that while science provides us with tests to measure our confidence, it gives us no concrete manner in which to interpret the confidence level received. From what I've read of other people, studies would show that we are 90% confident that climate change is occurring to the extent we predict. It's a pretty bad level of confidence to be at in general, because there is a huge margin of error. That's where a lot of scientific methods fall short, because there is no easy way to formulate a necessary confidence level taking priority into account.

I definitely agree with you that we should never assert that our beliefs are absolute fact. At any rate though, I believe that the priority and importance of climate change indicates that we should be willing to accept a lower level of confidence. This is probably where you and I disagree, with yourself choosing to wait until a higher level of confidence is reached.