Thomas Sowell
In this era when there has been more information available to more
people than at any time in the past, it is also true that there has been
more misinformation from more different sources than ever. We are not
talking about differences of opinion or inadequate verification, but
about statements and catchwords in utter defiance of facts.
Among the most popular current catchwords are “climate change
deniers.” Stop and think. Have you ever — even once in your entire life —
seen, heard or read even one human being who denied that climates
change?
It is hard even to imagine how any minimally knowledgeable person
could deny that climates change, when there are fossils of marine
creatures in the Sahara Desert. Obviously there has been quite a climate
change there.
The next time someone talks about “climate change deniers,” ask them
to name one — and tell you just where specifically you can find their
words, declaring that climates do not change. You can bet the rent money
that they cannot tell you.
Why all this talk about these mythical creatures called “climate
change deniers”? Because there are some meteorologists and other
scientists who refuse to join the stampede toward drastic economic
changes to prevent what others say will be catastrophic levels of
“global warming.”
There are scientists on both sides of that issue. Presumably the
issue could be debated on the basis of evidence and analysis. But this
has become a political crusade, and political issues tend to be settled by political means, of which demonizing the opposition with catchwords is one.
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