Myrmidonisia
21-03-2007, 16:04
Ran across this quote (http://www.theage.com.au/news/in-depth/paranoid-planet/2007/03/17/1174080219538.html)today. It's completely out of context, as it was included in a story about the 'scare' plots on the new run of TV shows like Jericho and Hero's. Anyway, it's fun to read and think about the brain diseases that must infect otherwise normal people when they say things like this.
At the leading edge of climate pessimism, the prognoses were frankly apocalyptic. "Before this century is over, billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic," predicted James Lovelock, a renowned environmental scientist.
It's kind of like saying tomorrow, the sun will rise and a comet will hit New York City. The first part is completely believable and the second is beyond comprehension.
At the leading edge of climate pessimism, the prognoses were frankly apocalyptic. "Before this century is over, billions of us will die and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic," predicted James Lovelock, a renowned environmental scientist.
It's kind of like saying tomorrow, the sun will rise and a comet will hit New York City. The first part is completely believable and the second is beyond comprehension.