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It's a nasty dilemma. The (pseudo-)scientists behind the enviro movement are as honest and well-educated as Duane Gish or Hovind, or any other creationist ripoff artist you care to name, and at least as cynical.

Better science isn't going to slow then down, much less stop them. They'll just lie some more to get more power.

Better science will only convince those with a good science education; but we're not the problem. It's the miseducated, innumerate that are the problem. I don't know how to convince them of anything scientific.

Doc, you've been on enough crevo threads to see where I'm coming from.

Crichton has a point, the followers are a lot like religious people; the pseudo-scientists who are leading them know how to exploit this innate human drive.

And if they don't, the lawyers and H*l*r**s and G*r*s behind them sure do...

How do you convince someone that their faith is misplaced and they should convert to another one? My experience, it's nearly impossible.

(I'm gonna talk myself into a major depression if I'm not careful..)

Can you help me out with a quick response tonight?
When Freepers say they are going to "bookmark" this article, how is that done?
I wouldn't guess the regular way I bookmark pages, since what would happen to the pages not on this one page? I mean the next numbers to click?
Am I making any sense about this? Or is there a way to "save" it on our intro pages I am missing? (Because I see links on those freeper pages that I don't know how they get there!!!
I can't seem to find answer to this on the help threads, either.
Any help appreciated, thanks, oreolady

The lawyering of science is a big problem. Most proposed legislative actions do not follow from the scientific investigations. However, accusing those who misuse (or misinterpret) scientific evidence of merely being "religious" doesn't help; doing so abandons the idea of correcting scientific misunderstandings. Most of the people I know who are "environmentalists" are rather sincere but have little knowledge of the scientific data. They are rather like a jury trying to understand DNA or fingerprint or ballistic analysis.