Today a very intelligent co-worker whose opinions I generally respect went into a rant about how global warming is a hoax, Al Gore the biggest con man in the history of the world, etc..
Taken aback a bit by this, I went looking for some information, and came across the work of Science Historian Naomi Oreskes, Professor of History and Science Studies at the University of California San Diego (where I also attended graduate school). In the video below, systematically and with great academic discipline, Oreskes first shows the overwhelming evidence (dating back over a century) proving that humans are, in fact, dangerously destabilizing our climate, and then exposes the political motivations behind the American Denial of Global Warming. She shows how the same individuals promoting the denial of Global Warming were also involved in defending the viability of Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative as well as the Tobacco Industry. In other videos presented by Canadian organization How to Boil A Frog, Oreskes explains the connections between these efforts. It’s great stuff, very well researched.
I won’t bother to show these to my co-worker though. After all, he has the root password on our network!
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Update: this vid from @nematome re-frames the debate in terms of risk management:
I watched the last video, and the ‘action vs inaction’ is somewhat oversimplified, if not a strawman. ‘What action?’ should be taken is a more appropriate question. This is really a secular Pascal’s Wager.
Yeah, he does admit that his argument is oversimplified. “The smiley faces give that away.”
Except in this case there’s a heckuva lot more scientific proof that global warming is caused by humans, and the consequences are a lot more likely.
I think his point is we should at least take *some* action now, even if we don’t have 100% conclusive proof, because we may never have that, and by the time we get it, it may be too late.