Claims that it is it's own thing, disregards the concept of what a Philosophy *is*.

The scientific method is a philosophical argument in and of itself. All axioms are. Thus, because the scientific method is a philosophical argument, science is a philosophy.

And is thus a Philosophy.

To be exact, Science is a subset of Philosophy and Metaphysics.

Exactly how is any evidence accepted by science NOT covered by the description of "studies quantifying direct eye witness accounts"?

Data recorded of a chemical reaction in a lab is a direct eye witness account.

Conclusions from that data are studies quantifying direct eye witness accounts.

So 200+ ships at billions of dollars each? Yeah, that's gonna happen.

The US spent more than that dropping bombs on the Middle East, not benefit was achieved by the effort, and almost nobody wanted it.

Imagine if all the people on Earth actually wanted something and we could effectively solve the coordination problem (coming soon to a blockchain near you)

There are a few options but all of them require high-jacking IoT devices.

If I were feeling more energetic I'd pull out some comments from here I left a decade ago talking about a guild of Internet engineers and a trust system where certified operators could send cryptographically-signed messages upstream to shut off attacking ports (or requests to do so - that's a local detail).

Yes, we're decentralized, and that's good, but we also need to cooperate.

When homeowners get their Internet shut off because their IoT is attacking and they have to call a local tech to diagnose the problem and pull out the offending light bulb before it's turned back on, suddenly everybody will demand secure light bulbs (except us 'luddites' who are still using dumb dishwashers because we know that complexity breaks).

Seriously, if I was the troll, I'd feel on top of the world. This must be the apex of trolldom. Ultimate validation.

Penultimate. When they take the ADL logo and put a 'stache on it and start trolling Facebook with it, then troll nirvana will have been achieved.

That is exactly how I intended it to work. >:-)

And exactly my current attitude. I've conserved quite a bit for my life, it makes sense to do so since energy costs money and a penny saved is a penny earned. If this is such a dire emergency- then it's time for those gulfstream liberals to stop flying.

More like- if the drought is real, then no bathing should be justified under any circumstances. Bathing can only be justified if the drought is false (that is, if we have the water necessary to bathe).

In other words, more a matter of conservation in time of emergency. If the emergency does not exist, then continue as normal.

I've already invested in my hybrid car. When will concerned scientists stop flying?

Yep. A few years ago I got grilled by a (nice) guy in Israel about my certs, even though I had gotten all the answers right on their notary certification test. It was tougher than most "Green bar" certs are today. Which is how a competent CA works.

RIP old Startcomm.

Racist editor entrenched wikipedia articles is never a good citation nor a good source of knowlege.

Racist projection and hand waving noted. Cops are quite happy to screw over or murder innocent white people as well - just ask Michael Morton, Kelly Thomas and Cameron Todd Willingham.

One passenger mile in a jet plane creates more atmospheric carbon than 1500 miles in a car.

And rich left wing scientists will *still* be creating atmospheric carbon taking jet planes everywhere.

Air travel should not be justifiable under any circumstances if AGW is true. It can only be justified if AGW is false.