Here in Czechia, far-right asshole was elected to the goverment recently and he announced that the climate crisis is over. It started snowing soon after and it’s really cold outside right now. Tons of snow also. By direct observation, I conclude that he is our savior and I’m voting for fascists from now on.
What’s really annoying is that a lot of fascist voters believe climate change is a thing but are prepared to fuck it up because they hate brown people.
Yes. And yet staring at twenty years of them reporting the weather would not at all improve my understanding of global warming. Especially if that observation was stretched out over twenty years.
Accurately recorded and identified specific observations are necessary for scientific progress, but their mere collection is not sufficient for understanding.
Science requires us to speculate, predict, test, and refine. And if all we do is observe without even having made a prediction, we’re not even testing.
If understanding was caused by direct observation we wouldnt have local weather-persons who doubt global warming.
Here in Czechia, far-right asshole was elected to the goverment recently and he announced that the climate crisis is over. It started snowing soon after and it’s really cold outside right now. Tons of snow also. By direct observation, I conclude that he is our savior and I’m voting for fascists from now on.
What’s really annoying is that a lot of fascist voters believe climate change is a thing but are prepared to fuck it up because they hate brown people.
Telling me what you think about what somebody else thinks is basically the opposite of direct observation.
Yes. And yet staring at twenty years of them reporting the weather would not at all improve my understanding of global warming. Especially if that observation was stretched out over twenty years.
Accurately recorded and identified specific observations are necessary for scientific progress, but their mere collection is not sufficient for understanding.
Science requires us to speculate, predict, test, and refine. And if all we do is observe without even having made a prediction, we’re not even testing.