It is much less effort to accept the first thing you read, than to keep on reading until you actually find editors and publishers who deserve our trust.
And, sadly, like mentally incompetent Medieval kings, far too many of us would rather latch on to advisors who consistently tell us what we want to hear than assemble a team of rivals who tell it to us straight.
Would you rather read pretty lies all day long, or ugly truths?
That's what's taught in college. The idea that a highly intelligent person can make an argument that is 100% plausible and 100% wrong.
We escape the existential angst brought on when we accept this depressing reality how?
By hard work.
Sorting reality from insanity, distinguishing between a credible website (the tiny minority) and the 100% crap website (the overwhelming majority) requires hard work.
Anyone can have a crazy theory. It doesn't become reality when it shows up on ten thousand websites like the report that five U.S. Senators were space aliens.
It becomes reality when trustworthy people do serious investigations and find credible evidence.
I think the relevant old expression/cliché whenever someone finds another denier with a Master's degree is:
The exception proves the rule.
LOL, why am I so grouchy about this issue? I think the real reason is that I can't stand watching people being conned. It's like watching a police officer lifting a bank robber up in the air by the scruff of his neck and the bank robber turns around and says, 'No, YOU'RE the bank robber!'
If their own newspaper is putting more emphasis on the minuscule number of scientists--a few thousand?-- who feel the data isn't conclusive yet on global climate change than it puts on the millions of scientists who form the scientific consensus . . .
then your newspaper is not a trustworthy source of information. And it's misleading you to the point where it's making you look silly in public.
That's not good.
That is not an outstanding newspaper. It's less than worthless.
I think from my experience growing up and getting old, that "Global Warming" is very real. The problem I see is that now the "financiers" are haggling for position and they will ultimately let us all die. If we don't pay them, we will die. The financing is the problem. These people want to control who makes money from this industry!
don't make fool of yourselves boys he's a great beguiler
fredereco65 1 year ago
@fredereco65 beguiller is Bush ,retard
AnaFemeel 1 year ago
Greate Lula!! May he serve as an example to the worlds leaders!
jensb74 2 years ago 6
If every country in the world had a president like LULA the world would be a better place.
bartchorao1 2 years ago 10
We are past peak oil. We're going to have to quickly transition to alternative paradigm anyway.
PersianPaladin 2 years ago
humanity just needs some more pain to wake up
1Crazy2Horst3 2 years ago 2
Fox "News", por exemplo, is nothing but pretty lies
twenty-four hours a day.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
It is much less effort to accept the first thing you read, than to keep on reading until you actually find editors and publishers who deserve our trust.
And, sadly, like mentally incompetent Medieval kings, far too many of us would rather latch on to advisors who consistently tell us what we want to hear than assemble a team of rivals who tell it to us straight.
Would you rather read pretty lies all day long, or ugly truths?
Parents should choose the latter.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
That's what's taught in college. The idea that a highly intelligent person can make an argument that is 100% plausible and 100% wrong.
We escape the existential angst brought on when we accept this depressing reality how?
By hard work.
Sorting reality from insanity, distinguishing between a credible website (the tiny minority) and the 100% crap website (the overwhelming majority) requires hard work.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
Conspiracy theories are fun. Fun, fun, fun!
But they're not reality.
Anyone can have a crazy theory. It doesn't become reality when it shows up on ten thousand websites like the report that five U.S. Senators were space aliens.
It becomes reality when trustworthy people do serious investigations and find credible evidence.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
I think the relevant old expression/cliché whenever someone finds another denier with a Master's degree is:
The exception proves the rule.
LOL, why am I so grouchy about this issue? I think the real reason is that I can't stand watching people being conned. It's like watching a police officer lifting a bank robber up in the air by the scruff of his neck and the bank robber turns around and says, 'No, YOU'RE the bank robber!'
LOL
Uh . . . no.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
Mr. Luis Lula, this the guy!
daveigasouza 2 years ago
If their own newspaper is putting more emphasis on the minuscule number of scientists--a few thousand?-- who feel the data isn't conclusive yet on global climate change than it puts on the millions of scientists who form the scientific consensus . . .
then your newspaper is not a trustworthy source of information. And it's misleading you to the point where it's making you look silly in public.
That's not good.
That is not an outstanding newspaper. It's less than worthless.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
People have to look at their own favorite newspaper, or however they get their information about current events.
ReliableInsider 2 years ago
I think from my experience growing up and getting old, that "Global Warming" is very real. The problem I see is that now the "financiers" are haggling for position and they will ultimately let us all die. If we don't pay them, we will die. The financing is the problem. These people want to control who makes money from this industry!
senses2000 2 years ago