Wednesday, August 29, 2007 . 8/29/2007

My dad is irritating. A few hours ago, he was reading some article on how Al Gore thinks we should trade our SUV's because of global warming. He also commented that Gore was a hypocrite for having a big house and using tons of energy, which I agree with, but the fact that he denies human-caused global warming is what irritates me.

I used to be like him and think, "The climate changes all the time", etc, but of course a climatologist would know that. They aren't stupid, and besides that, there is evidence. I mentioned this to my dad, and he replied that he's read tons of articles on global warming. And somehow he thinks this makes him right while scientists are wrong?

But what really got to me is him saying something like, "What made you think that [human-caused] global warming is true, that magazine of yours?". The magazine he was referring to was the Skeptical Inquirer, which I got my first copy of a couple days ago. My mind boggles as to why he got me a subscription to this magazine in the first place if he doesn't even believe half of it and thinks he's smarter (same goes for him ordering me The God Delusion).

Another thing that has been irritating me is that whenever I mention that I've read something, like a science article on the internet or something in a book, my parents (more often my dad) will make some weird sigh-snort noise and shake their head. For example, I mentioned that the reason why our cats are overeating could be that the dry cat food doesn't have very much meat content in it. Or when I tried to explain the scientific reasoning of "ghosts" to my dad. It's almost as if they don't want me being smarter than them.. either that or they have less understanding of science than they claim to. 0 Comments - Post/view comments