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The whole Climate Change rage these days is clearly not specifically an aviation thing, but I choose to post this thread as the AFF community has a wonderful and deeply talented pool of opinions on all things. And so I will enjoy all sides of any feedback.
Let me start by clearing up one thing: I am not a denier in that I do think the climate does change. And I do think that humans can sometimes have a meaningful impact on it. But I also see the mainstream hoopla about it as being just that. There are so very many pressing concerns, but I get that for todays youth (and some adults) the fun thing these days is to focus on just temperatures. I also understand that Climate Change is a very important tool for many "scientists" to secure funding.
I am a devout hater of fake news, and "reporting" that is just designed to feed the masses with the flavour they beg. This needs a certain type of journalism, common these days, where the journalists prostitute themselves to feeding, rather than enlightening....
Anyway, I have recently taken to reading news articles - all sorts. It is a desire I have to try to understand modern society and beliefs. And I must say it is hard going. Every day bombarded by journalists competing to come up with the most alarming words they can think of to describe any event in relation to climate and weather. And of course, despite the English language being a superb pool to draw on, eventually things get a bit repetitive. Words like "catastrophic" and " record-breaking" and so forth must have surely by now lost any actual impact on readers.
But today I was actually surprised at the lengths journalists have allowed themselves to get to - a tree branch fell in Melbourne and killed the passenger in a car. Tree branches have fallen for ever, and cars have been around for quite a while. So a branch falling on a car and killing a person is sad, but journalists have to find an angle to make the event "rate". So here we have it:
"Caution against linking branch fall to extreme weather
Police did not confirm whether Victoria's record-breaking heat on Friday was being investigated as a contributing factor to the branch's fall."
this is from the ABC: Falling tree branch crushes back of car, killing passenger
Oh. My. God.
Can it get any worse? If aliens were the current craze, the article would have said "Police did not confirm if aliens were involved".
That statement is obviously ridiculous, but actually no more ridiculous than what they actually wrote.
I read a recent article about Trump and his impeachment. Basically what it said (and I agree) is that these days people tend to only read stories that support their beliefs (or fantasies). So despite any great actual evidence either way, the impact of news (so called information) did not change anyone's views.
So now we have it. "news" is not reporting in the old sense. It is not to inform. It is all about satisfying appetites.
Now a tree branch falling instantly needs a link to the evil boogy man under your bed, that of the hideous Climate Change monster. I will be unsurprised when the next report about domestic violence refers to the impact of high temperatures. Crop failures in Australia used to acknowledge the many-year cycles of drought and rain that have existed in Australia for ever. But not now - the past is forgotten - now it is Climate Change. Baseball-sized hail stones will be a clear indication that climate armageddon is upon us. Etc Etc.
These last are ridiculous ideas. But that journo who has managed to tie a falling branch to Climate Change shows that the fervour and intellect with which they write their stories to appease masses make smy own sense of thinking up the ridiculous truly amateurish.
Police did not confirm if they were investigating climate change when a tree branch fell??
Again, O.M.F.G!!!!
Let me start by clearing up one thing: I am not a denier in that I do think the climate does change. And I do think that humans can sometimes have a meaningful impact on it. But I also see the mainstream hoopla about it as being just that. There are so very many pressing concerns, but I get that for todays youth (and some adults) the fun thing these days is to focus on just temperatures. I also understand that Climate Change is a very important tool for many "scientists" to secure funding.
I am a devout hater of fake news, and "reporting" that is just designed to feed the masses with the flavour they beg. This needs a certain type of journalism, common these days, where the journalists prostitute themselves to feeding, rather than enlightening....
Anyway, I have recently taken to reading news articles - all sorts. It is a desire I have to try to understand modern society and beliefs. And I must say it is hard going. Every day bombarded by journalists competing to come up with the most alarming words they can think of to describe any event in relation to climate and weather. And of course, despite the English language being a superb pool to draw on, eventually things get a bit repetitive. Words like "catastrophic" and " record-breaking" and so forth must have surely by now lost any actual impact on readers.
But today I was actually surprised at the lengths journalists have allowed themselves to get to - a tree branch fell in Melbourne and killed the passenger in a car. Tree branches have fallen for ever, and cars have been around for quite a while. So a branch falling on a car and killing a person is sad, but journalists have to find an angle to make the event "rate". So here we have it:
"Caution against linking branch fall to extreme weather
Police did not confirm whether Victoria's record-breaking heat on Friday was being investigated as a contributing factor to the branch's fall."
this is from the ABC: Falling tree branch crushes back of car, killing passenger
Oh. My. God.
Can it get any worse? If aliens were the current craze, the article would have said "Police did not confirm if aliens were involved".
That statement is obviously ridiculous, but actually no more ridiculous than what they actually wrote.
I read a recent article about Trump and his impeachment. Basically what it said (and I agree) is that these days people tend to only read stories that support their beliefs (or fantasies). So despite any great actual evidence either way, the impact of news (so called information) did not change anyone's views.
So now we have it. "news" is not reporting in the old sense. It is not to inform. It is all about satisfying appetites.
Now a tree branch falling instantly needs a link to the evil boogy man under your bed, that of the hideous Climate Change monster. I will be unsurprised when the next report about domestic violence refers to the impact of high temperatures. Crop failures in Australia used to acknowledge the many-year cycles of drought and rain that have existed in Australia for ever. But not now - the past is forgotten - now it is Climate Change. Baseball-sized hail stones will be a clear indication that climate armageddon is upon us. Etc Etc.
These last are ridiculous ideas. But that journo who has managed to tie a falling branch to Climate Change shows that the fervour and intellect with which they write their stories to appease masses make smy own sense of thinking up the ridiculous truly amateurish.
Police did not confirm if they were investigating climate change when a tree branch fell??
Again, O.M.F.G!!!!
Failing to comply will result in the High Priests condemning you to burning (as in St Greta at the UN).
