"WHY...THAT GORE?!
"Of course!
HE'S A POLITICIAN; NOT A SCIENTIST!
And..,
this is why...HE...gets elected;
his willingness risking, publically, making a fool of himself.
Even scientists themselves cringe at some of the things he says;
but scientists, in general, are boring people.
They know this!
And,
sooner or later,
someone, somewhere, somehow...
has got to get up there talking about this and try getting the people's attention.
While he's getting enough of it right,
getting it;
TRUST ME,
~(James E. Avery, DVM/Relief Veterinarian)~
Big Gap Between What Scientists Say and Americans Think about Climate Change - Scientific American: Other than climate change, AAAS is also trying to educate people on genetically modified crops, evolution, vaccination, the Big Bang and other controversial topics where science loses out.
It is important to bring people around to scientists' way of thinking, not for scientists' self-aggrandizement but because science can help people and policymakers make informed decisions, Leshner said. It is not OK for a percentage of the people to believe "silly things," he said.
"That diminishes our ability to contribute to the betterment of humankind," he said. "We need to have what science is showing be represented accurately and for people to at least have that in their toolbox when they make their own decisions."
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