Michael Crichton on Environmentalism as a Religion

Michael Crichton on Environmentalism as a Religion

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[JohnnyMac2237]

I have 3 Heroes in this life aside from my father:

1) JFK

2) Ron Paul

3) Micheal Crichton

Micheal Crichton is a logic machine that crushes the ignorant with his mind. Your books changed my life and I miss your writing. When I was 10 I read Jurassic Park for the first time and it enveloped me and I have not stopped reading since.

[regresseur]

Crichton missed a massive parallel which is that "global warming" takes the place of God as the omni-ever-present-everything, gigantic invisible entity that will destroy the World if it is not appeased through sacrifice. Also since this took place there was the "Climategate" e-mails which VERY IRONICALLY leftists responded to using the SAME EXACT argument that religious people use to defend quotes from the Bible, stating that they were taken out of context.

[Casshyr]

I find it funny people think Michael Crichton denies that humans are having a negative impact on the environment...he DOESN'T deny that! MC is only criticizing the methods in which we use to try to save the environment, which he argues isn't actually doing anything despite millions of dollars poured in. That's his criticism. If you ever bother to read State of Fear, he made it clear in the end: he acknowledges that environment is changing , and humans play a role in it.

[Entropy56]

Substitute the word, "Darwinism" from "Environmentalism" and the story is the same.

[dannylikespoo1000]

This guy is entirely out of touch with what environmentalism is. crazy ramblings that no-one can learn ANYTHING FROM 2.00 Salvation? what the jeffrey is he on about? hey ho, we get the final laugh! Carry on with your eco-illiteracy you fucking yanks. wake up; everyone else in the world cares about our environment, even if you dont. were doing our bit, so catch up. USA, in this respect at least, is behaving like a third world country. sort it, its embarassing

[atimor]

fucking. genius. wow. the last part was just, amazing

[JackyB92]

Most of those people there probably have never heard a dissenting view, I certainly didn't until I looked for the facts myself. To me, Michael Crichton articulates exactly what modern environmentalism is and the more you look into it the more it looks like a religion.

[technatezin]

@MarcusErection Excuse me, but are you out of your mind? Please tell me what I'm nugget of knowledge and wisdom am I suppose to glean from your incoherent ramblings?

[drdarrow]

It's interesting to me how the ignorance of the female questioner is revealed in her loaded, naive question about "his predjudice against environmentalism."

It is clear that he is speaking against Environmentalism, and that his views are negative. But to believe one is demonstrating prejudice or *is* prejudiced because they have or express negative views or speak against something is to not understand that "pre-judging" (prejudice) is what we do without thinking. He clearly has mused on this.

[atimor]

@regresseur ya good point! but he didn't need it :P environmentalism is so fundamentally religious that proving it to be a religion doesn't even need its most religious aspect, thats when you know.

[Sage80]

catharsis = watching crichton smack that bitch down, and keep his cool. I couldn't do that. I'd say, "are you actually claiming the moral & intellectual high ground against me?!" note also that while she impunes him for being "prejudiced" against environmentalism, seh ignores the answer to her own question...BECAUSE it has become religious. is it a practical matter or a religious practice?

[Sage80]

@3inrifle ya, she almost got Crichton to denounce his belief.