By Jack Gleason ——Bio and Archives--June 21, 2021
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“In the past, we could at least sometimes come together as a people, even if we disagreed on initial solutions to problems, because we agreed on relevant facts. This has largely changed. As a result, we are increasingly polarized and fractured, often incapable of consensus, compromise, civil discourse, and creative problem-solving.”We are two worlds living together. Those on the right see science as a tool to learn and improve, the Left sees science as something they can manipulate in order to justify their agenda. The Right sees past mistakes as necessary for learning and improvement, while those on the left see those same mistakes as cause for condemnation and retaliation. They insist that wrongs made by ancestors in the past must be corrected by punishing their descendants in the present. In the second world, “science” is still revered, but their science is a religion, with rules and dogma, where research is cherry-picked to support the “proper” conclusions, and questioning their science is considered unforgiveable heresy. One of the first tenets of this new religion was worship of the earth and the need to protect “her” from global warming. Scientific studies were produced that showed an alarming trend toward ever-increasing temperatures with disastrous results. Even though further review of their data showed that their various “hockey stick” charts and graphs used to prove their points were cherry-picked to take sections of historical climate data from different sources at different times, the obsession with climate change continues. This behavior makes sense when you realize that the human mind was built for survival, not truth. The only way to survive in the dangerous world of pre-history was to stay with your tribe, otherwise, who would care for you while you recovered from an illness or injury? Those who went against the crowd were ostracized and shunned - and didn’t live long. Humans are not scientific beings, but social creatures, where truth is significantly less important than belonging to the group, even if it leads to disaster and even death. Think The Jonestown Massacre, where over 900 people committed suicide in order to serve the wishes of their “tribe’s” leader.
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