tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post3409811331267465944..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: Quick Roundup 156Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-37533826940907061332007-02-28T07:00:00.000-06:002007-02-28T07:00:00.000-06:00And that is an example of why it is ultimately far...And that is an example of why it is ultimately far more important to work for deep cultural change. If we're lucky, those of us who appreciate the scientific side of such debates can debunk the side used to make socialism look respectable. This time.<BR/><BR/>But until socialism wanes as cultural force, we will always have people like that editor in positions of power who will make us have to make such arguments so frequently that the attention span of the general public is taxed not only over the time of any given debate, but by the factual minutiae of each debate as well as their sheer number.<BR/><BR/>Come to think of it, these scientific debates related to what are really political issues also often serve as distractions. Even if global warming <I>were</I> due to man-made causes, the measures being advocated to stop it are wrong. Often, the debate never gets this far.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-87067566734138338272007-02-28T05:28:00.000-06:002007-02-28T05:28:00.000-06:00Gus,Thanks for showing your post on Science again....Gus,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for showing your post on <I>Science</I> again. I've used it I-forget-how-many-times.<BR/><BR/>Fun fact: <I>Science</I> has been pulling that same act for <A HREF="http://z7.invisionfree.com/capitalistparadise/index.php?showtopic=781" REL="nofollow">many years</A>:<BR/><BR/>From that link, junkscience.com:<BR/><BR/>"Science journals were biased against DDT. Philip Abelson, editor of Science informed Dr. Thomas Jukes that Science would never publish any article on DDT that was not antagonistic."<BR/><BR/>That is circa the 1970's, I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-29424742997893094112007-02-27T13:30:00.000-06:002007-02-27T13:30:00.000-06:00And remember: This isn't just government incompete...And remember: This isn't just government incompetence, it's Louisiana's special version. Not only were the levees <A HREF="http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2005/12/nolas-future-big-easy-or-big-museum.html" REL="nofollow">not built to the required specifications</A>, I've also heard that levee inspections were basically fun junkets for the inspectors. And then, of course, if I were the guy who came back to see my house deposited in the middle of the street (2nd photo at link; This was a pretty nice part of town, BTW), I'd <I>really</I> be paranoid!<BR/><BR/>There was a small chance I was going to have to follow my wife to live in NOLA for a few years for her career. I thank my lucky stars that won't be the case.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-25924491068327750822007-02-27T13:06:00.000-06:002007-02-27T13:06:00.000-06:00There are so many problems with New Orleans, but o...There are so many problems with New Orleans, but one over-riding problem looms large: lack of confidence in the reconstruction of the levee. I saw a photo of a rebuilt house that was built on stilts in one of the flooded out zones.<BR/><BR/>Do people build their houses on stilts on land in Holland that is below sea level? I doubt it.<BR/><BR/>All this talk about grand government-led plans to rebuild New Orleans, and the waters lap at the city gates...Galileo Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592692929747610846noreply@blogger.com