This kind of why I stopped giving a shit about global warming. Human beings often lack in foresight and only care to implement solutions after the fact. At this point shit is gonna have to get pretty fucking bad in order to get people to accept that man made climate change is real at which point it will be too late.
The most logical solution as I see it is to adapt.
I tend to agree, but I'll still support attempts to fix it. At the same time, I'm fully expecting that we'll, for the most part, do exactly like you said. Both of us could still be surprised though, and I wouldn't mind being wrong in this case.
Remember the hole in the ozone layer? Then the subsequent banning of CFCs? How about leaded gasoline and the implementation of unleaded? Don't be so cynical. It's been done before it can be done again. I'm not saying it will. But it might.
One thing I have a problem with though...is leadership. To be an effective leader you have to know how to get stuff done, and be willing to do it. Too often we elect leaders that are ineffective because they are missing 1 or both of those traits. People don't recognize it because they lack those traits.
One of the presidents I like was Bush Sr. But he didn't get a second term. You know why? Because he said "Read my lips. No new taxes". Then when he got into office he realized that either he was going to raise taxes, or risk trashing the economy. So even though he knew it was political suicide, he raised taxes even though he promised he wouldn't earlier.
That reminds me of a scientist. Scientists will change their minds given new evidence even if it contradicts their current line of thinking or worldview.
So he failed to get a second term because he did the right thing for the nation.
Bush Jr. learned that lesson though, only it was the wrong lesson and it was taught to him by the American voter. He learned to stick to his guns no matter what. And he won a second term because of it. He wasn't going to make the mistake his father did and do the right thing. He was going to do the popular thing and stick to his plan no matter what evidence presents. Whether he did that consciously or subconsciously doesn't matter. His thinking changed when his father lost the 2nd election whether he knows how or not and whether you know it or not.
Sure you might say he was "selected" in and not elected but it doesn't matter. It shouldn't have been such a close election then. He should have lost by a landslide.
Most voters aren't scientists though, they are the opposite. They are science shunning religious "stick to your guns", "tradition above evidence" type of thinkers.
But science is fighting this ignorant way of thinking back. Because they realize how dangerous it is for a world superpower to elect dubious leadership.
When have you ever seen prominent scientists debating religious people before? I've only seen it recently. Years ago scientists just did science. That's what they were interested in. They weren't interested in politics or religion. Now you know why they are suddenly now getting involved.
I like math, so when I go off on a tangent...boy do I really go off on a tangent. I should stay the heck away from politics too. They don't call it political science for nothing. Wishful thinking.
Neil Degrasse Tyson for president! I'm kidding, he likely wouldn't want the job, and he's most effective at what he's doing. Fighting ignorance.
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