There is a distinct overlap between people who live in beautiful coastal communities and people who say they think those areas are sinking into the sea and it's your fault.
I live on the water. My house is 25тАЩ above sea level. My neighbour, rabid greenie has a house about 8тАЩ above sea level. In about 2007 our local rag ran a front page story showing what will be the new parameters of our city by 2012!! Apparently we had reached a тАШtipping pointтАЩ where nothing can now stop a 20тАЩ sea level rise within five years. He asked me what I was planning on doing. He said there is no way to stop this. 20тАЩ in 5 years. I said тАШwell, I should be okay. But, you? YouтАЩre toast. I guess youтАЩre selling your home.тАЩ He wasnтАЩt. I said тАШhow can you not? Your house will be flooded in two years. It will be worthless. And you believe this nonsense.тАЩ He said he was going to wait until the water had risen about halfway to his house. I told him no one would buy it then. He said he would wait. He has a PhD. He is actually quite smart. He knew what he was saying was completely illogical. SoтАжhe didnтАЩt really believe it. 17 years later, as far as I can see zero change in sea levels.
Because they believe themselves expert in a very narrow field they are prone (forced?) to believe others are expert in their very narrow field. To do otherwise would collapse the entire house of cards. To paraphrase Shakespeare, kill all the experts first; then the lawyers.
That is a really good point. They know they arenтАЩt experts, canтАЩt face it. So they have to believe others as being expert to keep their ego game intact. All the people I know who might actually be experts all will say тАШI have barely scratched the surface. DonтАЩt call me an expert.тАЩ
I think you live near me. Lol
There is a distinct overlap between people who live in beautiful coastal communities and people who say they think those areas are sinking into the sea and it's your fault.
I live on the water. My house is 25тАЩ above sea level. My neighbour, rabid greenie has a house about 8тАЩ above sea level. In about 2007 our local rag ran a front page story showing what will be the new parameters of our city by 2012!! Apparently we had reached a тАШtipping pointтАЩ where nothing can now stop a 20тАЩ sea level rise within five years. He asked me what I was planning on doing. He said there is no way to stop this. 20тАЩ in 5 years. I said тАШwell, I should be okay. But, you? YouтАЩre toast. I guess youтАЩre selling your home.тАЩ He wasnтАЩt. I said тАШhow can you not? Your house will be flooded in two years. It will be worthless. And you believe this nonsense.тАЩ He said he was going to wait until the water had risen about halfway to his house. I told him no one would buy it then. He said he would wait. He has a PhD. He is actually quite smart. He knew what he was saying was completely illogical. SoтАжhe didnтАЩt really believe it. 17 years later, as far as I can see zero change in sea levels.
I will buy his house as an offset to his carbon usage. Tell him my offer stands.
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Ha!
Because they believe themselves expert in a very narrow field they are prone (forced?) to believe others are expert in their very narrow field. To do otherwise would collapse the entire house of cards. To paraphrase Shakespeare, kill all the experts first; then the lawyers.
That is a really good point. They know they arenтАЩt experts, canтАЩt face it. So they have to believe others as being expert to keep their ego game intact. All the people I know who might actually be experts all will say тАШI have barely scratched the surface. DonтАЩt call me an expert.тАЩ
Humility seems a lost virtue among our elite class.
"There is a distinct overlap..."
What an interesting observation.