Let me say this in another way (e.g., wrt the CoVid-1984 Religion):
People believe that BELIEVING whatever they are told by the anointed Clergy is Science, and that having FAITH in these Clergy is "Following-the-Science". And that when the Dogma changes, that just means "the Science changed".
NO.
Science never changes. It is a process. A process of questioning dogma and testing it with DATA. Belief, Faith, and Consensus have no place in Science. Questioning is the first step in Science.
Yep, this is all pure Religion. In First Grade you learn that in Science you make your data available for independent review, not try to hide it for 55 years. It's not Science, but rather the Crime of the Century.
Not against religion by any means, but I prefer to call things by their proper names. And when you turn science into a religion you destroy it. It's no longer science but Scientism. Without questions there can be no true science.
And just think how things have changed ... from the time where a demigod could only reach as many people who could hear his voice w/o amplification (thus the need for hierarchical churches with Cathedrals and many small parishes disseminating the "truth") to today, where with the MSM and Google, the "word" can be distributed to billions! Yes, I really do predict this "Follow-the-Science" Religion will be (is) one of the most successful religions ever.
I like this video by "After School": Love your Servitude: Aldous Huxley & George Orwell":
Nice, and very correct posting Tim. I'm not as pessimistic as you on the longevity of the AGW religion. As climate gets colder and the ice grows it will be harder for the AGW priests to continue their lies. They may claim that Global warming is making the world colder but I think finally the children will see that the Emperor has no clothes. Also, of course the Net Zero fantasy is already reducing energy availability and pushing up prices. As people start to freeze and blackouts and shortages hit I see the false prophets being chased from their temples.
I hope your are right. I gave a Colloquium on this at I.U. Physics Dept. last year, and said, "I hope I live to see the end of this Narrative". I still hope I do. It is pretty amazing though how Belief in such a Narrative can become so widespread, isn't it? Of course it is no longer the AGW Religion; they change the name to the Global Warming Religion; and then changed it to the Climate Change Religion; it is now the Climate Crisis Religion!
On Thursday ( I know that it being Thursday is irrelevant but I am trying to be a good reporter here) a ( just newly met) woman seated beside me at a fashion event said that she told people that they should "trust the science". I almost fell off my chair.
I often lament that today things are not much different than in the times of Galileo and the Inquisition. But it goes back much further -- following quote from Carl Sagan's Cosmos:
Here clearly were the seeds of the modern world. What prevented them from taking root and flourishing? Why instead did the West slumber through a thousand years of darkness until Columbus and Copernicus and their contemporaries rediscovered the work done in Alexandria? I cannot give you a simple answer. But I do know this: there is no record, in the entire history of the Library, that any of its illustrious scientists and scholars ever seriously challenged the political, economic and religious assumptions of their society. The permanence of the stars was questioned; the justice of slavery was not. Science and learning in general were the preserve of a privileged few. The vast population of the city had not the vaguest notion of the great discoveries taking place within the Library. New findings were not explained or popularized. The research benefited them little. Discoveries in mechanics and steam technology were applied mainly to the perfection of weapons, the encouragement of superstition, the amusement of kings. The scientists never grasped the potential of machines to free people. The great intellectual achievements of antiquity had few immediate practical applications. Science never captured the imagination of the multitude. There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism. When, at long last, the mob came to burn the Library down, there was nobody to stop them.
I offer a site that will allow you with some math to calculate how many BTU's and how long it would take to raise one cubic foot of water one degree. here it is https://www.physics.uci.edu/ I did the math and it would take all the BTU's we have generated during mankind's existence and none of us would see the end of the experiment. man would end before we made it happen simple math ---I, Grampa
The definition of a BTU is the amount of energy needed to raise one cubic foot of water by 1 oF. I do much more than that every morning with my tea kettle!
Let me say this in another way (e.g., wrt the CoVid-1984 Religion):
People believe that BELIEVING whatever they are told by the anointed Clergy is Science, and that having FAITH in these Clergy is "Following-the-Science". And that when the Dogma changes, that just means "the Science changed".
NO.
Science never changes. It is a process. A process of questioning dogma and testing it with DATA. Belief, Faith, and Consensus have no place in Science. Questioning is the first step in Science.
Saw this today:
The Church of Pfizer: D.C. promotes ‘Faith In Vaccine’ initiative
https://dossier.substack.com/p/the-church-of-pfizer-dc-promotes
Yep, this is all pure Religion. In First Grade you learn that in Science you make your data available for independent review, not try to hide it for 55 years. It's not Science, but rather the Crime of the Century.
Not against religion by any means, but I prefer to call things by their proper names. And when you turn science into a religion you destroy it. It's no longer science but Scientism. Without questions there can be no true science.
AGW imho is a death cult apokolypse religion for people who think I they are to smart for religion
I like that! Yes, it's always about the Apocalypse! See Thomas Malthus.
And just think how things have changed ... from the time where a demigod could only reach as many people who could hear his voice w/o amplification (thus the need for hierarchical churches with Cathedrals and many small parishes disseminating the "truth") to today, where with the MSM and Google, the "word" can be distributed to billions! Yes, I really do predict this "Follow-the-Science" Religion will be (is) one of the most successful religions ever.
I like this video by "After School": Love your Servitude: Aldous Huxley & George Orwell":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caCkMX6YdYU&t=3s
I just hate seeing science being perverted ...
everything else already is, after all. I think medical science has been perverted for a long time now
Nice Video I saw today on YouTube: "Science vs. Dogma" --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdxTuuMv4zQ
Definitely worth a watch.
Lot's of people are writing about this today, e.g.:
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/how-science-becomes-religion
Nice, and very correct posting Tim. I'm not as pessimistic as you on the longevity of the AGW religion. As climate gets colder and the ice grows it will be harder for the AGW priests to continue their lies. They may claim that Global warming is making the world colder but I think finally the children will see that the Emperor has no clothes. Also, of course the Net Zero fantasy is already reducing energy availability and pushing up prices. As people start to freeze and blackouts and shortages hit I see the false prophets being chased from their temples.
I hope your are right. I gave a Colloquium on this at I.U. Physics Dept. last year, and said, "I hope I live to see the end of this Narrative". I still hope I do. It is pretty amazing though how Belief in such a Narrative can become so widespread, isn't it? Of course it is no longer the AGW Religion; they change the name to the Global Warming Religion; and then changed it to the Climate Change Religion; it is now the Climate Crisis Religion!
On Thursday ( I know that it being Thursday is irrelevant but I am trying to be a good reporter here) a ( just newly met) woman seated beside me at a fashion event said that she told people that they should "trust the science". I almost fell off my chair.
Well, this upcoming Thursday will be a Full Moon. Perhaps that explains her comment ?
Our overlords are New-Agey Bolshevick hipsters.
I often lament that today things are not much different than in the times of Galileo and the Inquisition. But it goes back much further -- following quote from Carl Sagan's Cosmos:
Here clearly were the seeds of the modern world. What prevented them from taking root and flourishing? Why instead did the West slumber through a thousand years of darkness until Columbus and Copernicus and their contemporaries rediscovered the work done in Alexandria? I cannot give you a simple answer. But I do know this: there is no record, in the entire history of the Library, that any of its illustrious scientists and scholars ever seriously challenged the political, economic and religious assumptions of their society. The permanence of the stars was questioned; the justice of slavery was not. Science and learning in general were the preserve of a privileged few. The vast population of the city had not the vaguest notion of the great discoveries taking place within the Library. New findings were not explained or popularized. The research benefited them little. Discoveries in mechanics and steam technology were applied mainly to the perfection of weapons, the encouragement of superstition, the amusement of kings. The scientists never grasped the potential of machines to free people. The great intellectual achievements of antiquity had few immediate practical applications. Science never captured the imagination of the multitude. There was no counterbalance to stagnation, to pessimism, to the most abject surrenders to mysticism. When, at long last, the mob came to burn the Library down, there was nobody to stop them.
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
Others are writing about this -- e.g.,
https://medicine-opera.com/2022/04/covid-gender-climate-and-the-collapse-of-science/
Couldn't agree more:
https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/science-is-the-new-religion
I offer a site that will allow you with some math to calculate how many BTU's and how long it would take to raise one cubic foot of water one degree. here it is https://www.physics.uci.edu/ I did the math and it would take all the BTU's we have generated during mankind's existence and none of us would see the end of the experiment. man would end before we made it happen simple math ---I, Grampa
Clearly a joke --
The definition of a BTU is the amount of energy needed to raise one cubic foot of water by 1 oF. I do much more than that every morning with my tea kettle!
Oops, I meant ONE POUND of water, not 1 cubic foot. 1 cubic foot of water is about 64 pounds.
https://rumble.com/v23ce7w-a-bioweapon-masquerading-as-a-vaccine-karen-kingston.html