re: #604 Sharmuta

It is a fallacy that climate change is too complex to understand. There are resources for laypeople to understand the issue, but only if they’re willing to take the time to educate themselves. You seem content to revel in ignorance.

The problem is that I, unlike you, am stupid. It is a natural handicap and it would be cruel of you to hold it against me.

I’ve read quite a bit on the topic, but always end up with the problem that I have a whole collection of assertions I have to assume are true simply because this or that respected scientist says so. It isn’t that much different from theory of relativity - I can learn by rote to repeat some of core principles and some of the consequences, but I don’t really understand (not in the manner I understand topics relevant to my profession) and I am certainly not qualified to assess or critique the validity of it.

Perhaps by diligent study I could obtain the necessary qualifications, but that would take several years and as I lack the confidence in the internet as a teacher, I think I would have to go to a university to obtain the relevant degrees. Unfortunately I don’t have the time for that and AGW is hardly the most pressing concern in my life. In fact in my region of Europe I think I have a high risk of getting killed in a conventional war well before I drown in 2050.