Besides being an informative report of their ongoing research, it was a very affecting style of reporting their findings and conclusions. As regards the later I appreciated the remarks about his children and grandchildren. Like the professor I feel for all our children and it brought unexpected tears to see such worries confirmed. I'm al…
Besides being an informative report of their ongoing research, it was a very affecting style of reporting their findings and conclusions. As regards the later I appreciated the remarks about his children and grandchildren. Like the professor I feel for all our children and it brought unexpected tears to see such worries confirmed. I'm also grateful for the absence of any 'value free' bullshit about scientific evidence. Their is no absolute certainty but the probable truth about the consequences of CC should not only worry us all, but move all of us,
including our political leaders and profiteering oligarchs to act urgently and effective NOW!
The language of science can be illuminating, but also at times, it obscures the full truth, especially the bit that includes an emotional reckoning. Increasingly scientists like these are coming out from behind their data in a desperate effort to impress upon us the full meaning of their results because we don't seem to be getting it. It's often an uncomfortable and very exposed place for them. I think it honours that effort to report their words about the human impact of their work in full. It says as much about the truth of it as the data, perhaps more.
Besides being an informative report of their ongoing research, it was a very affecting style of reporting their findings and conclusions. As regards the later I appreciated the remarks about his children and grandchildren. Like the professor I feel for all our children and it brought unexpected tears to see such worries confirmed. I'm also grateful for the absence of any 'value free' bullshit about scientific evidence. Their is no absolute certainty but the probable truth about the consequences of CC should not only worry us all, but move all of us,
including our political leaders and profiteering oligarchs to act urgently and effective NOW!
The language of science can be illuminating, but also at times, it obscures the full truth, especially the bit that includes an emotional reckoning. Increasingly scientists like these are coming out from behind their data in a desperate effort to impress upon us the full meaning of their results because we don't seem to be getting it. It's often an uncomfortable and very exposed place for them. I think it honours that effort to report their words about the human impact of their work in full. It says as much about the truth of it as the data, perhaps more.
Beautifully said, thank you Cathrine!
Well said, Catherine. kia ora rā.