Unintended dark humor — 31 scientific associations sent a letter to Congress — about climate change

© 2016 Peter Free

01 July 2016

 

Trying to communicate with monkey-brained people is challenging

Thirty-one science societies sent Congress a letter a few days ago. It unintentionally sarcastically began:

 

We, as leaders of major scientific organizations, write to remind you of the consensus scientific view of climate change.

 

Obviously, having to remind someone of something in plain sight does not compliment their intelligence or observational skills.

 

“Who are those guys?”

The letter quietly concludes with the names of the signatory societies. I doubt that Congress knows what some of the referenced branches of science even are.

“Say who?”

 

The moral? — Educating fools is generally a losing proposition

When the United States is done in, we will have our acceptance of high levels of ignorance and stupidity to blame.

For example, did you see that the Texas implicitly says that it is okay to home school children and not teach them anything at all? Because, you know, The Rapture is coming for sure this time.

I bet our competing China friends got a happy laugh out of that one.

 

If you are curious — here are the names of the science organizations that signed the letter

American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Chemical Society

American Geophysical Union

American Institute of Biological Sciences

American Meteorological Society

American Public Health Association

American Society of Agronomy

American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists

American Society of Naturalists

American Society of Plant Biologists

American Statistical Association

Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation

Association of Ecosystem Research Centers

BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium

Botanical Society of America

Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Crop Science Society of America

Ecological Society of America

Entomological Society of America

Geological Society of America

National Association of Marine Laboratories

Natural Science Collections Alliance

Organization of Biological Field Stations

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

Society for Mathematical Biology

Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles

Society of Nematologists

Society of Systematic Biologists

Soil Science Society of America

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research