Proverbs 18:17 posits the scientific method superior to seances.
“He who is first in his own cause seems just, but his neighbor comes and searches him.” I paraphrase: Any story can sound true until you hear the other side.
The scientific method is the technique used in the construction and testing of a scientific hypothesis. The process of observing, asking questions, and seeking answers through tests and experiments is not unique to any one field of science. In fact, the scientific method is applied broadly in science, across many different fields.1
The sciences fall into one of two categories: genuine science or wild guesses carried out to six decimal places.
To theorize is to form one or more theories. Some synonyms for this verb are conjecture, formulate, guess, suggest, and think.
Activism can either edify or destroy a population. As I pointed out in a recent essay titled Societal and Governmental Tipping Point, By The Numbers, activism is essential to achieving a common goal of society, but uninformed activism can spell the demise of society.
Climate Alarmist activists tend to view the world as a cloudless globe.
The total volume of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere represents 0.04% of all the gasses in the atmosphere.
What do you see in the photo of Earth from the Apollo 8 astronauts?
About 3,100 mi3 [cubic miles] (12,900 km3) of water, mostly in the form of water vapor, is in the atmosphere at any one time. If it all fell as precipitation at once, the Earth would be covered with only about 1 inch of water. Each day, 280 mi3 [cubic miles] (1,170 km3)of water evaporate or transpire into the atmosphere.2
With all the attention given to humans’ climate-warming carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, you might be surprised to learn that CO2 is not the most important greenhouse gas affecting the Earth’s temperature. That distinction belongs to water.
We can thank water vapor for about half of the “greenhouse effect” keeping heat from the sun inside our atmosphere.1 “It’s the most important greenhouse gas in our climate system, because of its relatively high concentrations,” says Kerry Emanuel, professor emeritus of atmospheric science at MIT. “It can vary from almost nothing to as much as 3% of a volume of air.” [Which is greater? 0.04% CO2 or 3% H2O]
Compare that to CO2, which today makes up about 420 parts per million of our atmosphere—0.04%—and you can see immediately why water vapor is such a linchpin of our climate system.
So why do we never hear climate scientists raising the alarm about our “water emissions”? It’s not because humans don’t put water into the atmosphere. Even the exhaust coming from a coal power plant—the classic example of a climate-warming greenhouse gas emission—contains almost as much water vapor as CO2.2 It’s why that exhaust forms a visible cloud. Read more. Excerpt from: MIT Climate Portal, November 3, 2023: Why do we blame climate change on carbon dioxide, when water vapor is a much more common greenhouse gas?
Over my lifetime, the climate alarmists have graduated from the dire warnings of a Silent Spring to a new ice age to ozone depletion over the South Pole caused by northern hemispherical industrial gasses [debunked with the discovery of the Chemical Equator in 2008] to global warming [see panel of photos of Liberty Island below] and the present-day climate alarmism.
Activism is good for all mankind if truth seekers makeup the membership of the activist movement. Knowledge of and command of the facts are essential for the success of an activist movement. Knowledge is power.
John White
Rockwall, Texas
John N. White 