Whenever I am asked what I think about global climate change I immediately try to understand the perspective of my questioner. I do not respond to the question until I find out how old they think the earth is. If their response in anything less than 4 billion years I can not begin a conversation about climate change.
Why not?
Well because if a person does not comprehend geologic time then I can safely assume they do not trust the scientific method in general and they are not going to pay attention or care about any climate change data I might present to them. So this brings me to the following video. In order to begin a global conversation about climate change we need a more wide-spread acceptance of the scientific method. The history of the evolution vs intelligent design debate is a great model for this campaign of public awareness. It is my opinion that it ought to be used as a template for beginning the climate change conversation.
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