Tuesday, December 04, 2007 . 12/04/2007
I am getting increasingly frustrated with my dad and other people who are gullible. A few days ago, I've noticed my dad got fluorescent light bulbs for the bathroom. I asked him if he finally figured out global warming was real, and he said that global warming was real but "it's not man-made". He kept trying to bring the Ice Age thing up, and at that point I just gave up. If global warming is natural, then how the hell does he think fluorescent bulbs are going to help reduce it in any way in the first place? Wouldn't the warming just go down by itself? Besides bringing up the Ice Age as if I was stupid, he also said that "not all scientists are in it for evidence, but for money". Uh, right.. so there is this huge conspiracy where most scientists say that man-made global warming is occurring but they're saying it for the money? What the fuck? He also stated that "the majority doesn't always mean it's right." I told my dad that if he thinks he is smarter than these scientists then he should just write a peer reviewed report, and then he'd get payed loads and maybe even win the Nobel Prize or something. He said that people already have tried. Just laughable.. of course people have tried proving that global warming isn't caused by humans, but if they were right, articles would be everywhere on it. It would be headline news. But it isn't. My dad isn't even a scientist (but claims to know how the scientific method works when he obviously doesn't), doesn't even do any tests himself. All he does is read articles by quack "scientists" and takes them at face value. And he has the nerve to tell me to not believe everything I read?---------
I thought I'd clear up something to anyone who happens to read this.
It probably seems like I really, really hate my dad or am ungrateful, but that couldn't be further from the truth. I don't always engage him in arguments and when I do, it isn't to force him to believe (or not believe) in anything, as much as I'd like that. It's more like debate practice for me - practice in not losing my sanity in trying to talk reason with a theist (and he knows this).
Labels: Denialism, Global Warming, Personal, Rants
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