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Forum: General 05-01-2024, 07:26 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
Charles Dickens, in his childhood, might have...

Charles Dickens, in his childhood, might have remembered his parents talking about the last time that the Thames River in London froze solid. We have historical record of about twenty times it has...
Forum: General 04-30-2024, 04:41 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
That's kind of a silly statement, isn't it? ...

That's kind of a silly statement, isn't it?

Like it or not, we are all observers, with a "seventy-odd year life span with a good roll of the dice." And we are talking about a thing which is: very...
Forum: General 04-30-2024, 08:09 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
I matter-of-factly believe that "we don't have...

I matter-of-factly believe that "we don't have any idea how this planet works," and we should stop pretending that we do, because we're only harming ourselves. Needlessly.

We know by now that most...
Forum: General 02-27-2024, 07:33 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
You can call it a "rant" if you like, but I don't...

You can call it a "rant" if you like, but I don't think so and I don't intend it as such.

I am very simply stating that we actually know far less about "how this planet works" than we might like...
Forum: General 02-27-2024, 08:19 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
My entire feeling on this issue remains the same:...

My entire feeling on this issue remains the same: "We don't have one f&ckin' idea :) how 'this planet' actually works." And it is breathtakingly presumptuous for us to pretend otherwise.

We have...
Forum: General 08-09-2022, 08:53 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
As I've said, I very simply do not agree that the...

As I've said, I very simply do not agree that the world is experiencing "warming" that is actually caused by mankind's presence here. We have very long-term temperature data which shows long cycles...
Forum: General 10-27-2021, 05:53 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
"'Healthy skepticism,' to me, is healthy." It...

"'Healthy skepticism,' to me, is healthy." It tends to keep you well-protected from those who have an agenda. :D

Quite seriously: the "Court Jester" was often viewed as the King's closest and...
Forum: General 10-27-2021, 09:49 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
Two hundred years ago, stock certificates...

Two hundred years ago, stock certificates featured smokestacks belching coal smoke because that was seen as a sign of prosperity. Those smokestacks are gone now. Since the air pollution is now...
Forum: General 10-26-2021, 01:55 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
Nevertheless, I remain "healthily skeptical" that...

Nevertheless, I remain "healthily skeptical" that we actually know – or, probably, could ever know – nearly as much about "this magnificent planet" as some people now think we do.

"I am skeptical,...
Forum: General 10-20-2021, 04:10 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
@enorbet: Yes, so many libraries have been...

@enorbet: Yes, so many libraries have been forever lost ... and, for what? The political reasons for their destruction are also "gone with the desert winds."
Forum: General 10-15-2021, 08:09 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
@enorbet, I just think that we need to take these...

@enorbet, I just think that we need to take these ancient texts for being whatever they are. As for me personally, I don't think that any of it is "revealed," and, most importantly, I don't...
Forum: General 10-15-2021, 08:02 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
@business_kid, Please let me remind you, in the...

@business_kid, Please let me remind you, in the gentlest but also the most foreful way possible, that "you do not know me," and that therefore you have no place to reprimand me nor to instruct me. ...
Forum: General 10-15-2021, 11:59 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
I'm not at all disputing the validity or the...

I'm not at all disputing the validity or the importance of fossils and ice cores – quite the opposite.

I simply step back and allow myself to wonder. I don't approach anything regarding our...
Forum: General 10-13-2021, 08:18 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
@enorbet, would you say the same thing if the...

@enorbet, would you say the same thing if the article had been written by a staff author at the Whitfield County Tribune in northwest Georgia?

Honestly, listen to yourself!

"Reason and...
Forum: General 10-13-2021, 12:15 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
@enorbet, @cynwulf, isn't that just an "ad...

@enorbet, @cynwulf, isn't that just an "ad hominem (journalem?) attack?" You're both attacking the messenger because you don't happen to like nor agree with his message.

"That's not appropriate."...
Forum: General 10-12-2021, 08:50 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
Today, American Thinker published an interesting...

Today, American Thinker published an interesting article: Figuring out the lack of connection between CO2 and ice ages....
Forum: General 09-15-2021, 09:00 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
There are those who disagree with that opinion –...

There are those who disagree with that opinion – including me. And I'll just leave it at that.
Forum: General 09-14-2021, 08:50 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
No, I think that the real point here should be...

No, I think that the real point here should be that none of us should be so presumptuous that any of us assert that "I am right, and therefore everyone else is wrong."

Let's all instead be ready...
Forum: General 09-14-2021, 09:19 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
American Thinker just today published this...

American Thinker just today published this article: The difference between climate and weather, and why models fail....
Forum: General 09-13-2021, 09:11 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
"If we CAN reduce the impact and SAVE lives then...

"If we CAN reduce the impact and SAVE lives then to NOT act feels like a crime! I will take what actions I can, and support others who take what actions they can, to make things better ..."

If we...
Forum: General 09-12-2021, 03:37 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
"And I think to myself ... what a won-der-ful...

"And I think to myself ... what a won-der-ful world!"
– Satchmo
Forum: General 09-10-2021, 04:16 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
@business_kid: "I would 'hit the emergency stop...

@business_kid: "I would 'hit the emergency stop button' only if I felt that such a thing actually existed."

And, quite frankly, I don't.

I'm not nearly as "certain" as a bunch of other people...
Forum: General 09-09-2021, 10:26 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
"The important question is: what do we do now so...

"The important question is: what do we do now so that life in the world (and humanity) can survive?"

Maybe the real "important question" simply is ... "why is this 'simply assumed' to be an...
Forum: General 09-08-2021, 11:37 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
I simply think that we don't really know how this...

I simply think that we don't really know how this magical planet works. We observe "inconvenient correlations," and ponder what they might mean, but I think that it's very arrogant and presumptuous...
Forum: General 08-12-2021, 09:24 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
I simply find hubris in the folks who proclaim...

I simply find hubris in the folks who proclaim that they actually know how this magnificent and mysterious planet works. An "inconvenient correlation" becomes "an inconvenient truth." When the...
Forum: General 07-09-2021, 03:25 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
I simply see a whole lot of people expressing...

I simply see a whole lot of people expressing confidence, when wonder seems to me to be a whole lot more appropriate.

This really is ... "a wonderful world."

Of course it is human nature to...
Forum: General 07-07-2021, 10:52 AM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
Where did "Ice Ages" come from? How did the...

Where did "Ice Ages" come from? How did the oceans rise high enough to flood what is now the heartland of the United States?

Did mankind even exist then? Were there any cows, and if so were...
Forum: General 07-01-2021, 05:31 PM
Replies: 808
Views: 24,964
Posted By sundialsvcs
"Alas, how little we actually know about how This...

"Alas, how little we actually know about how This Planet™ actually works."

For instance – we find hard evidence of "Ice Ages." Of oceans where used to be where Kansas now is. Or, on a much...
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