The One Science Lesson Every American Adult Can Learn From Greta Thunberg
“It’s a free world and a free country, and no one can stop you from believing whatever you want. You can believe that vaccines cause autism, that the Earth is flat, that humans never walked on the Moon, and that global warming is a hoax. But if you believe any of those things, you are choosing an unsubstantiated and anti-science conspiracy that, when confronted with the actual evidence humanity possesses, doesn’t have a legitimate leg to stand on.
For decades, politicians have commanded scientists to stick to their science and not enter conversations about science and society. Yet we live in a world where some of the most powerful nations are governed by inherently anti-science attitudes. Science has already carried the day when it comes to global warming and climate change; now is the time to be an adult and address the real changes humanity has brought upon planet Earth.”
The climate really is changing, and humans really are the cause. Out of 28 nations surveyed, the denial of these two facts is greater in no other country than the United States: we are 28th out of 28 in this regard. The science has been non-controversial for more than 30 years, and the oldest climate model, at 52, is still completely valid and correct.