Real science versus Chicken Little

Remember when eggs were bad for us? Back in the '70s, a whole bunch of scientists bleated loud and clear that eggs will harden our arteries, bloat our livers, shut down our immune systems and kill us like the brutally overfed geese raised for pate de fois gras.

Well, guess what. Eggs are good for us.

How about fluoride? Keeps ours and, more importantly, our children's, teeth healthy, yes? Well, maybe not.

Now we're told that global warming (oops! "climate change") is the next apocalypse.

I earned a bachelor's degree in science from Pennsylvania State University. The foundation of this was a recognition and mastery of the scientific method in examining or challenging any theory or assumption.

The scientific method.

Once upon a time, the scientific method held all research in a stranglehold until something was proven BEYOND ALL REASONABLE DOUBT.

In a court of law, someone is guilty when s/he has been proven beyond A reasonable doubt. Not beyond ALL reasonable doubt. This means that you're not guilty of a crime if ANY reasonable doubt exists that you did NOT do it.

Science demands stricter controls. It demands proof beyond ALL reasonable doubt.

Or, at least, it used to.

Today, we're given computer models as proof that we're all going to die in agony because of 20-foot rises in sea levels, drought, famine, etc. ad nauseum. (Al Gore said so, and we all know he's an authority, because he became the president of the United States! Oh, wait ...)

And that is the result of the "consensus" of "thousands" of scientists.

"Consensus?"

Fact: Carbon emissions FOLLOW temperature changes. They do NOT CAUSE THEM.

So -- the entire premise of this ridiculous hoax foisted on us -- at a time when we're already dealing with the ridiculous hoaxes of "terrorism" -- is WRONG.

As a graduate of the scientific method, I recognize right from wrong, though I might miss nuances of selectivity. The acid test is always: It's either done right, or it's not. And global "warming" or "climate change" is nothing more than a hysterical fraud which, at best, encourages reducing pollution (which I applaud) or, at worst, fosters a whole new industry (like the Federal Drug Administration) that makes money off of people's fears.

Just like eggs. In today, gone tomorrow, back in next week. According to whom it benefits.

Wake up, my friends ... this is no way to live. Letting garbage dictate garbage? Use your heads. Think. Be aware. Live.

If necessary, quietly rebel. You'll find you've got lots of friends.

Me, for one.