[Doctor Stochastic]

The lawyering of science is a big problem. Most proposed legislative actions do not follow from the scientific investigations. However, accusing those who misuse (or misinterpret) scientific evidence of merely being "religious" doesn't help; doing so abandons the idea of correcting scientific misunderstandings. Most of the people I know who are "environmentalists" are rather sincere but have little knowledge of the scientific data. They are rather like a jury trying to understand DNA or fingerprint or ballistic analysis.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Most of the people I know who are "environmentalists" are rather sincere but have little knowledge of the scientific data. They are rather like a jury trying to understand DNA or fingerprint or ballistic analysis.

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Not a bad analogy. Enviros are ruining our liberties and prosperity on non-evidence they can't defend, just as some jurors are willing to ruin (or end) the life of an innocent man (or free an obviously guilty one on evidence they do not understand.