[ExI] A Nobel laureate and climate change

Amon Zero amon at doctrinezero.com
Thu Sep 15 22:00:59 UTC 2011


On 15 September 2011 22:43, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

>
> Well said Stefano.  I see the entire debate as a good thing really: it
> causes the proletariat to think at least a little about science.  Sputnik
> did that.  Our current trouble with government in the US causes the
> citizens
> to think about the constitution.  Global warming theory causes people to
> notice nature just a bit.  It is a good thing for the masses to look at how
> science works and how government works.



Spike, if there is such a thing as a dictionary of idioms, then I think your
sentence could be filed as a great example of "every cloud has a silver
lining"!

I mean, it's a lovely thought, but I do wish there were less troublesome
ways of getting people to think about these important things!

- A
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