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BY ARI PHILLIPS POSTED ON MARCH 25, 2015 AT 10:36 AM UPDATED: MARCH 25, 2015 AT 11:27 AM
A few days after accusing global warming alarmists like California Governor Jerry Brown (D) of ridiculing and insulting anyone who actually looks at the real data around climate change, newly-declared presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-TX) upped his rhetoric against those who care about the issue.
Speaking to the Texas Tribune on Tuesday, Cruz said that contemporary global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers.
You know it used to be it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier, he said.
In Cruzs opinion, when it comes to climate change, his denier position places him alongside 17th Century scientist Galileo Galilei, who was also considered to be denying the mainstream knowledge of his day. According to Cruzs logic, he is taking the minority view that human-caused climate change is not happening, just as Galileo took the minority view that the scientific method should be trusted over the Catholic Church.
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/25/3638622/ted-cruz-is-like-galileo/
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Under the headline, "Don't let Ted Cruz teach history":
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2015/3/25/93628/1856
So, thats error number one in Cruzs retelling of history. Error number two is that he can talk about accepted scientific wisdom in the context of the 16th and early 17th-Century. When we talk about science, we are talking about a method of inquiry that wasnt really understood until the 19th Century. Galileo wasnt arguing with scientists or any kind of scientific consensus. He was arguing with theologians and priests.
As usual, read the whole thing; it's not very long. Ted Cruz really and truly is walking, talking proof that an Ivy League education is not a guarantee of intelligence.
LeftishBrit
(41,295 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,974 posts)guess I know why now.
ETA: There are dozens of portraits of GG on the Web, but in none of them is he doing a facepalm -- attention PhotoShoppers ?
ailsagirl
(23,438 posts)Optical.Catalyst
(1,355 posts)Cruz has the intellect to be a hate filled partisan.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)They're part of the wind created by Galileo spinning in his grave.
CincyDem
(6,860 posts)couldn't resist !
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)CincyDem
(6,860 posts)Wasn't he Bill Macy's father-in-law...the one who owned the car dealership ???
I knew I recognized him.
CincyDem
(6,860 posts)Seriously, I'm all for diversity of thought but I have little time for diversity of fact.
At some point, one of these guys is going to point to a picture of the setting sun and talk about how beautiful the Atlantic looks this time of day...and 40% of the population will nod their head and say "un huh...beautiful". Then we'll have to endure weeks of Fox faux-poutrage under the heading of "Sun-gate: Leftists try to claim sun sets in the west - commie science programs blamed".
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Galileo126
(2,016 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)And who will be in charge of imprisoning him? I LOVE how asshole knows nothing about history. It makes it that much more fun to mock the simpleton!
99Forever
(14,524 posts)... the actual role this sleazy dirtbag is playing in this political theater?
His job is to make other sleazy dirtbags like Snotty Walker, appear "moderate" and not totally effen insane.
This clown has no more chance of even making thru the primaries, than our Congresscritter Batshit Crazy Lady Bachmann did.
Although he does an exceptional job as a punching bag.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)does not understand the meaning of the well-known English word "irony."
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Nice.
A creationist calling actual scientists "flat-earthers" ... what is there to say?
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Blanks
(4,835 posts)Which according to one theory was caused by a decrease in population in the Americas due to the introduction of European diseases.
I suppose that's not a problem if you don't believe in evolution either.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and lightning,
Very, very frightening me.
(Galileo) Galileo.
(Galileo) Galileo,
Galileo Figaro
Magnifico.
yuiyoshida
(42,341 posts)arrogance from Mr. Cruz? That should go over well with his voters.
still_one
(94,962 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)I'm happy that Cruz intends to follow in Galileo's footsteps and trust science over religion. Really looking forward to his presidency.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)if you take 'tongue in cheek' too far, you might swallow it.
samsingh
(17,776 posts)but his lack of belief in climate change means he's like those who imprisoned galileo
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Not even close. Also, you are completely illogical.
Johonny
(21,633 posts)In the 21st century even the Pope knows climate change is real.
Galileo believed in the Heliocentric Universe which is a totally unrelated subject. I mean if you are going to use Galileo you might want to know something, anything about his argument and scientific research. Just like if you are going to talk about the real climate data you might want to know something, anything about science and the scientific literature on the subject. Ted Cruz can't even insult someone because who feels insulted when an idiot calls you an idiot. They merely laugh even harder at the fool. Ted Cruz you sir are a fucking idiot of epic size.
Tom Ripley
(4,945 posts)hollysmom
(5,946 posts)backwards! Dr Seuss was too hard for him to figure out.