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Pressie
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Message 1235 of 1257 (792002)
09-30-2016 8:23 AM


The Geological Timescale is starting to grow again to include the Anthropocene as proposed at the latest International Geological Congress. No "stacks of rock" involved.
The human impact on Earth's chemistry and climate has cut short the 11,700-year-old geological epoch known as the Holocene and ushered in a new one, scientists said Monday.
The Anthropocene, or "new age of man," would start from the mid-20th century if their recommendationsubmitted Monday to the International Geological Congress in Cape Town, South Africais adopted.
That approval process is likely to take at least two years and requires ratification by three other academic bodies.
But after seven years of deliberation, the 35-strong Working Group has unanimously recognised the Anthropocene as a reality, and voted 30-to-three (with two abstentions) for the transition to be officially registered.
Linky at http://phys.org/news/2016-08-anthropocene-scientists.html
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Pressie
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Message 1238 of 1257 (792076)
10-03-2016 5:01 AM
Reply to: Message 1236 by vimesey
09-30-2016 8:30 AM


Another word for creationists to find their "alternative" meanings for and pretend that their meanings are "scientific"!
My bet is that creationists will pretend that the Anthropocene epoch is supposed to be another "stack of rocks" stacked one upon another from oldest to youngest, all over the surface of the world...then they will pretend that their straw-man is what geologists mean when they talk about the Anthropocene.
I'm a Prophet!

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Pressie
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Message 1242 of 1257 (792116)
10-04-2016 8:40 AM
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10-03-2016 11:08 AM


vimsey writes:
Science isn't going to win many hearts and minds, if it behaves like a closed shop.
I'm not too sure why science should even try to win hearts and minds of the general populace?
To me the way for science to win hearts and minds has been to demonstrate results. In America atomic theory only won the hearts and minds of the populace after a bad bomb or two dropped somewhere else.
Same with climate change now. The hearts and minds of the general populace would only be won after a huge, big disaster flattening Manhattan or London or wherever.
I mean, a quarter of Americans still don't even care much about the reasons they experience seasons...there's no way for science to win their hearts and minds anyway. Doesn't matter what's done by scientists to win their hearts and minds.

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Pressie
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Message 1244 of 1257 (792119)
10-04-2016 9:22 AM
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10-04-2016 8:40 AM


Re: just one word
No, stacks of rocks made from plastics. All deposited during a magic fluddie!
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Message 1247 of 1257 (792133)
10-05-2016 5:26 AM
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10-04-2016 10:20 AM


edge writes:
When I talk to people on both sides about climate change or fracking, etc., they say that they've never heard a reasoned, rational discussion before. It's usually all about scare tactics and political agendas.
But isn't that the problem? The general public is under the impression that science is done via a few 90 minute debates (uninterrupted by ads) on some tv channel and then voting on who do they think won the debate.
The general public is under the impression that science works the same way, too. That general perception is not going to change.

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