Climate hysterics v heretics in an age of unreason

The Australian ^ | August 04, 2008 | Arthur Herman

[Delacon]

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[Thommas]

Wow...

[Reeses]

Excellent essay. Have the GWers ever confronted these charges or do they just pretend their huge soft spot doesn’t exist?

[Delacon]

“Have the GWers ever confronted these charges or do they just pretend their huge soft spot doesn’t exist?”

You’re kidding right?

[EGPWS]

No amount of empirical evidence will overturn what has become not a scientific theory but a form of religion.

We have a winner here!

[EGPWS]

David Hume put his finger on the process. His essay, Of Superstition and Enthusiasm, describes how even in civilised societies the mind of man is subject to certain unaccountable terrors and apprehensions when real worries are missing.

The GW worshipers to a tee!

[Delacon]

David Hume, one of the greatest political philosophers, who also had a profound impact on our founding fathers, saw these goons comming.

[Raycpa]

Isn’t death the penalty for sacrilege ?

[Carry_Okie]

The reason is that precisely that they are believers because they are dependent whores, useless for employment anywhere else, not scientists. No amount of empirical evidence will overturn what has become not a scientific theory but a form of religion.

There, fixed it.

[mc5cents]

Excellent. His little reminder of the fascination in the early 20th century with eugenics was very good. Michael Creighton had a good piece on that in the epilogue to his book “State of Fear”.

[Cpl.Nym]

Here’s a link to David Hume’s essay. It is short and worth reading. http://www.english.upenn.edu/~mgamer/Etexts/hume.superstition.html

[Publius6961]

More than 200 years ago, Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume put his finger on the process. His essay, Of Superstition and Enthusiasm, describes how even in civilised societies the mind of man is subject to certain unaccountable terrors and apprehensions when real worries are missing.

It's not rocket science; if a dummy in 1750 could figure it out, why can't that NASA "rocket scientist" Hansen? Here ya go:

Hume, on moonbats

[goldstategop]

Global Warming is a secular religion. In age when men believe in nothing, the most dangerous thing of all they abandon themselves to is a credulous fanaticism.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[EGPWS]

David Hume, one of the greatest political philosophers, who also had a profound impact on our founding fathers, saw these goons comming.

Uncanny insight on his part.

The likes of "The View" and "Jerry Springer", in real time are a negative effect of the good life without the worry bestowed upon us all.

[SeaWolf]

Good work, it is good to see the reproach of the AlGorian Cult becoming more vigorous.

[Publius6961]

The likes of "The View" and "Jerry Springer", in real time are a negative effect of the good life without the worry bestowed upon us all.

You picked up on that too?
I was particularly struck by this sentence, written 250 years ago!

"But the mind of man is also subject to an unaccountable elevation and presumption, arising from prosperous success, from luxuriant health, from strong spirits, or from a bold and confident disposition."

I noticed that bit also, which I have always believed: that devotion to the salt water marsh harvest mouse, or to meteor impacts, and the resulting hysteria, can only occur amont the "fat, dumb and happy" of the world.
It seems to be the byproduct of having too much and wanting for nothing. The energy nature might demand merely to survive (as most of the world still does today) is rechanneled into the most absurd and imaginary "noble" causes, most are meaningless in the face of true calamity.

And true calamity is what these insane seem to be determined to lead us into.

[EGPWS]

It seems to be the byproduct of having too much and wanting for nothing.

As shown by the drastic change of mindset of most dimocrat liberals and some RINO's with the concerning price of oil.

Shallow thinking by them when times are good, however when it hit's home for them personally, they actually tote some thoughtful concern for personal reason.

[r-q-tek86]

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[JustDoItAlways]

I like the idea of changing our moniker from “denier” to “heretic”.

It would be more clear to everyone how much the global warming hysteria is similar to a religious belief.