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What is clear, however, is that on this issue [global warming], science and policy have become inextricably mixed to the point where it will be difficult, if not impossible, to separate them out.

— Michael Crichton Aliens Cause Global Warming (2003)

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We are all assumed, these days, to reside at one extreme of the opinion spectrum, or another.

Hence the familiar ideas continue to be repeated, long past their demonstrable validity.

I want to mention in passing that punditry has undergone a subtle change over the years.

The romantic view of the natural world as a blissful Eden is only held by people who have no actual experience of nature.

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This polarization of the issues has contributed greatly to our national paralysis, because it posits false choices which stifle debate essential to change.

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