nzjrs wrote: ↑23 Aug 2021, 12:12
J.A.W. wrote: ↑23 Aug 2021, 09:47
Hardly, since anthropogenic influence appears to be delaying a probably overdue slide back into
the regular-recent geo-status of the Earth as being in 'ice-age' climate, ironic really, esp' since while
superconductors might do well in the cold, batteries & renewables, generally don't.
The nuclear testing done ~60 years ago in near space - excited the van Allen belts 'all to hell',
when what was expected/'modelled' was a 'clearance' so Apollo space-farers could transit safely,
yet even if 'its all done & dusted' long since - no humans in 1/2 a century have gone there,
& why is that so?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-27/ ... e/12588828
Whoa. Literally no idea what the underlying ideas, connecting hypothesis, or consistent intellectual principles you are trying to express here is.
Models are good/bad? small perturbation can/can-not move a large system? physical processes low order effects do / do-not dominate? it's simple/complicated so we can/can-never know anything?
Well then, this might help:
As so aptly expressed by 'Public Enemy':
"Don't, don't, don't believe, don't believe the hype!"
Doubt any/all overtly agenda driven 'factoids', & start by parsing for overt 'emotive' vocab abuse,
such as 'deniers'; 'zealots'; or oxymoronic statements, like: 'Scientists believe'/'the science is settled'.
Even hitherto - 'Just the facts, ma'am' - type scientific/technical research journal articles need to be
checked for (actual, not only acknowledged) influences, be it the socio-political bent of the 'school',
or the background funding/quality of peer-review, since subtle/insidious processes can be drivers now.
Develop a healthy tolerance for 'cognitive dissonance' & awareness of potential for 'confirmation bias',
as a salve for uncertainty, esp' since uncertainty avoidance seems a psychological plague of our times,
& ironically - one being excited by a basic biological pandemic - right now, let alone 'models' of future
life, from 'hyper-tech' at one end of the spectrum, through 'essential' devolution, to apocalyptic horror.