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Skriven 2007-05-23 14:36:39 av Amy Guskin (1275.babylon5)
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Ärende: Re: AGW, rehashed...
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>> On Wed, 23 May 2007 07:36:51 -0400, Wendy of NJ wrote
(in article <pc98535nubqed156hmdcmej91j8l1fm4ip@4ax.com>):

> On Tue, 22 May 2007 08:30:30 -0700, Charlie Edmondson
> <edmondson@ieee.org> wrote:
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>> Josh Hill wrote:
>> <snippage>
>>> But this really isn't about the science at all. From an interesting
>>> article I read yesterday:
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>>> 'Al Gore has given a great deal of thought to why some people still
>>> don=92t recognize the cliff we=92re about to drive over. >=20
>>> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/magazine/20wwln-gore-t.html?pagewan=
ted=3D2
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>> <more snippage>
>>> The problem in a nutshell.
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>> Hi Josh,
>> I have been thinking about this for a little while this morning, and=20
>> maybe this analogy will help.
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>> You are driving along the road, and some folks flag you down.  They te=
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>> you the bridge is out ahead, so you need to turn around.
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>> But, something doesn't seem right, and, as you look into the distance,=
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>> you can't see the bridge because of the fog that has come up.  You do=20
>> see a bunch of folks trying to turn around, but you also see a whole l=
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>> of other folks driving on towards the bridge.  You also see that, befo=
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>> driving off, a lot of those folks first shout back to the others "Yes,=
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>> the bridge is out! Go back!" and then get in their cars and zoom forwa=
rd.
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>> So, you ask the folks that stopped you how they know the bridge is out=
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>> They confidently tell you "Because we KNOW!" So, you think about=20
>> turning around, but then you ask again "How did you find out?  Did you=
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>> see the bridge?  Did someone come back and tell you?"  And, then you=20
>> find out that, no, nobody came back.  But, they do have indications th=
at=20
>> the bridge had some wear on it, and it just MIGHT be down by the time=20
>> you get there.  Our computers predicted it.  And that the real problem=
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>> is that, if everyone on the road crosses the bridge, then it will fall=
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>> down.  Not that it is down NOW...
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>> And, then you see some other folks telling everyone to just go on, tha=
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>> everything is all right, that the bridge is fine.  But, whenever someo=
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>> starts to say that, all those predicting the bridge go over and beat t=
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>> sn@t out of them, until they shut up.  When you ask why they do that,=20
>> they say "Those are the bridge construction people.  They want the=20
>> bridge to fall so that they can build a new one!"
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>> So, you look at the guys shouting for you to stop, look at them beatin=
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>> the other fellows up, and look at all the folks who just keep on the=20
>> road, and need to make up your mind.
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>> Me, I get in my car, and slow down in the fog...
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>> Charlie
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> What about this analogy?
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> You aren't "feeling right." You go to the doctor. The doctor takes one
> quick look at you, maybe takes your blood pressure. He says "You're
> overweight. That's why you're tired. Go on a diet"
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> You try dieting, but you still feel bloated.
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> Your back aches, but you write this off to a previous spinal injury
> and ignore it.
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> Your lower body swells up. You and your doctor think it has to do with
> your weight problem and don't bother looking at any other causes.
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> Your tiredness you chalk up to 'getting old and being fat' and think
> it's normal. You come up with other plausible reasons for your bladder
> and urinary problems.
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> Then, one day, you are feeling really awful, and you go see a
> different doctor and they run tests, and lo and behold, you have stage
> IV ovarian cancer, and you have 6 months to live.
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> The signs were there for YEARS, but nobody recognized them or did
> anything about them. And you die. And your ashes are in a box in your
> daughter's dining room. <<

{{{{{{{{{  Wendy }}}}}}}}}}}}

Amy
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"In my line of work you gotta keep repeating things over and over and ove=
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again for the truth to sink in, to kinda catapult the propaganda." - Geor=
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W. Bush, May 24, 2005
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