Re: OT: "Global Warming" vs. "Science"

On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:06:00 -0700, mgkelson wrote:
Richard The Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
....
... There is something fascinating about science. One gets such
wholesome returns of conjecture out of such a trifling investment of
fact."
-- Mark Twain

It would be interesting to know what Mark Twain was thinking at the time
he made that quote since he actually wasn't anti-science.

Oh, heavens! I'm not by any means implying that Mr. Twain was anti-science -
my reading of his quip, admittedly a bit between the lines, is that he
has contempt for those who would take a certain known fact and extrapolate
it to such extremes that they could use "science" to make a point, much
like the global warmingists are doing, and the ozonists did a few years
ago, and so on. :-)

Cheers!
Rich

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