My belief in Global Warming is getting shaky

[lemit]

I myself (possibly from a past existence as a poet and a humorist) will sometimes ascribe thought processes to inanimate objects. I do not expect to be taken literally. I expect people to be able to expand their thinking to include that figure of speech, even if they disagree with the overall point I'm making.

Does anyone understand what I mean by childish?

--lemit

p.s. By "past existence" I'm not implying I believe in reincarnation. I'm employing a figure of speech. When I say poet, I'm referring to college classes. I was never published as a poet. Any other disclaimers needed to participate in this discussion?

[InfiniteNow]

Do the mods just not care about managing the actual topic here, or is it simply we've grown so used to the trolls in this thread that we no longer respond to them?


Do inanimate objects have thought processes and reincarnation in a thread about human induced global climate change? Yes folks, I HAVE seen it all now.


As I mentioned a few pages ago... this thread has become nothing more than a dumping ground for garbage, and Freezy seems to have the right idea about assisting in speeding up its death.

[Boof-head]

Yep, time for the kids to find somewhere else, now the old women have arrived.

They've had the required effect, and caused everyone to think about something else altogether. But since there is no such thing as a cause, there is no effect either.
A cause (like the warmth from the sun), is something we anthropomorphically assign to inanimate objects too.

Therefore using figurative speech, such as: "the earth may change its mind", is in the same boat; and so is objecting in a pedantic way to assigning anthropic character to inanimate objects.

[freeztar]

This thread is now closed as the moderator staff has decided that it has fulfilled its usefulness and has unintentionally become a "catch-all" for anything AGW/climate related.

We encourage new threads related to this subject, but we also hope that the new threads will reflect current scientific evaluation of whatever aspect that is targeted, as well as maintaining a courteous and on-topic approach.