re: #72 cliffster

You’re right, I was a little obsessed with “presumption” in that post. The point is, we are subjects of nature, not the other way around. We would be well served in understanding better our place. I say “we” would be well served, because if we don’t, we are destined to be short-timers here. And when we’re gone, the world will keep on truckin’ without us.

We are limited with what we can accomplish through technology. The majority of mankind’s endeavors for 1000s of years has been to control nature in one form or another. Sometimes for good, and sometimes for bad. I presume (speaking of presumptions) that you’re saying that climate change is natural and beyond our ability to control. The opposite to that is AGW which says it can be controled.