And Entertainment Has Nothing To Do With

The Extreme Positions Of The Crossfire Syndrome Require Extreme Simplification - Framing The Debate In Terms Which Ignore The Real Issues.

This Fascination With Computer Models Is Something I Understand Very Well. Richard Feynmann Called It A Disease. I Fear He Is Right.

Finally, I Would Remind You To Notice Where The Claim Of Consensus Is Invoked. Consensus Is Invoked Only In Situations Where The Science Is Not Solid Enough. Nobody Says The Consensus Of Scientists Agrees That E=mc2. Nobody Says The Consensus Is That The Sun Is 93 Million Miles Away. It Would Never Occur To Anyone To Speak That Way.

All Human Behavior Has A Reason. All Behavior Is Solving A Problem.

In The End, Science Offers Us The Only Way Out Of Politics. And If We Allow Science To Become Politicized, Then We Are Lost. We Will Enter The Internet Version Of The Dark Ages, An Era Of Shifting Fears And Wild Prejudices, Transmitted To People Who Don't Know Any Better.