Why do the Democrats feel as if they own the field of Science, just because they watched Albert Gore's movie

Question

or read his book? (chuckle)

Answer 1

Actually, it's not that they feel they own science, its that they feel that the unproven causes and unknown consequences of the current small warming trend are well-known facts, when they aren't.

Let's face it, Gore hasn't any scientific background, nor the academic background to indicate he really understands such things.

There are many scientists who dispute the Chicken Little "sky is falling" scaremongering about global warming, who question the level of contribution of human activity to this global warming, and also question whether a warmer Earth wouldn't even be a benefit to mankind.

There is only one indisputable fact - over the past 100 years or so, the Earth has warmed 1ºC, most of it over the first 50 years.

What remains in dispute, and therefore is not fact, is the amount human activity has contributed to this trend, whether we can do anything about it anyway with the current level of technology, and whether we actually do want to do anything about it - because it may, in fact, be beneficial.

Science is about pure, unadulterated, agenda-less proof and facts and evidence.

Science is NOT Al Gore's mythical tale of horror and destruction.

Answer 2

We neither own nor attempt to influence science. Science and scientific research should be unbiased its application. As the goal is the accurate detection and solution of problems, any political or dogmatic beliefs prejudicially applied to the conduct of scientific research would Skew the results, and thus result in an invalid conclusion.

When a political party, business, religious, or any other entity interferes with the conduction of scientific research, the result is analogous to solving a mathematical problem such as 2(X)=4. The scientist already knows the desired result is 4 and only needs to find proof that supports X=2, as opposed to conducting pure research.

What Gore did by publishing his opinions, was to make the topic available for public scrutiny, debate, and validation. In the application of science, and the scientific method, results should be made public to allow careful scrutiny by other scientists and researchers, thereby allowing other researchers the opportunity to verify results by attempted reproduction of them.

Legislation on such issues should be initiated from and educated and scientifically accurate platform, lest we make the error of compounding the problem.

Answer 3

The fact that we have been going thru the last 12 years of increase solar activity and that the Mars ice cap are melting (probably due to the suns increase activity sorry that can't be blamed on us ) the fact that many of you are reading this for the first time and the info is out there, should make the you ask the question why are the global warmest scientist not mentioning this phenomena in their conclusions do I smell AGENDA.

Answer 4

I don't think anyone feels they own science. Some of the people I've spoken with are more interested in promoting a knowledge of global warming, but that's both liberals and conservatives.

Answer 5

Maybe because it is more than the sum total of all the science that they ever learned in their life, so it must be the end all.

Answer 6

never saw it. That being said, 'intelligent design' has no place in science class.

Answer 7

since when Bush references writers of fiction in making statements and writing policy regarding the environment.

Answer 8

Good question. I don't know why any one would choose to "learn" science from some one whose credentials are non existent.
Would they also take acting lessons from him?

Answer 9

We don't. We just get a little ticked off when the Bush Administration completely ignores what the scientists are telling them and instead institute policy based on idealogy and politics. The 2006 elections show effective this strategy has been.

Answer 10

Wait, did yours come with a " I now own the field of Science" certificate too?
Something fishy is afoot.