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I'm a Republican. Therefore I Deny Anthropogenic Global Warming."I'm a democrat. Therefore, I believe that global warming is anthropogenic." I've asked this before, but isn't it rather odd that disagreement over an empirical matter-of-fact claim runs along political party lines? I could understand a philosophical difference that ran along such lines. It would sort of make sense to find people aligned politically in one way to believe that we have environmental duties, and those on the other side denying it. (This is, in fact, the case. Republicans tend to make crummy environmentalists.) But whether (a) the earth's climate is warming up and (b) it is due in part to human activity is neither philosophical nor political in nature. Shouldn't people on all political and philosophical sides simply be open to the empirical evidence, wherever it may lead? muddle's blog | login to post comments |