Well, there is dark matter and dark energy: where's the missing mass that's holding the galaxies together, and why's the expansion of the universe accelerating? And how can we make QM and relativity … (View Post)

What you are demonstrating is a spectacular lack of understanding of the way that science works. Did you sleep though your lectures on, for example, Karl Popper's theories of empirical falsification … (View Post)

It's a trait that seems to be shared by many philosophy graduates, as least the ones I've met. They must all take a module titled "Why philosophers understand any subject better than anyone with… (View Post)

In defence of China, they are also installing enormous quantities of renewable generation, and their emissions are expected to peak (at a far lower amount per capita than ours did) and start falling … (View Post)

Sadly, I think you are right. When even the smart people on this forum will bend over backwards to justify or excuse the continued extraction and consumption of fossil fuels (no, somebody else has to… (View Post)