Great piece!! I long ago came to the conclusion that the provable truth of anything, as you discussed, doesn't suddenly lead to an aha moment. Once people are vested in their version of reality, nothing can change their minds. I have an essay in the works that says, put the climate change debate in perspective, as you did. Within each ic…
Great piece!! I long ago came to the conclusion that the provable truth of anything, as you discussed, doesn't suddenly lead to an aha moment. Once people are vested in their version of reality, nothing can change their minds. I have an essay in the works that says, put the climate change debate in perspective, as you did. Within each ice age, there were cycles of glaciation and warmer interglacial periods. Apparently, the last cycle lasted around 100,000 years each, with about 10,000 years of warm interglacial conditions between them. A century two of warming pales against the millennia. The counter argument would be, the recent spike is the result of industrialism. And so on.
Great piece!! I long ago came to the conclusion that the provable truth of anything, as you discussed, doesn't suddenly lead to an aha moment. Once people are vested in their version of reality, nothing can change their minds. I have an essay in the works that says, put the climate change debate in perspective, as you did. Within each ice age, there were cycles of glaciation and warmer interglacial periods. Apparently, the last cycle lasted around 100,000 years each, with about 10,000 years of warm interglacial conditions between them. A century two of warming pales against the millennia. The counter argument would be, the recent spike is the result of industrialism. And so on.