What’s the point of expert advice if experts can’t agree on anything? That’s the question I asked myself after much reading about global warming and climate change. For the most part, any topic is that way: reasons for the American Civil War, reasons for crime, poverty, ignorance, homelessness, our immigration policy, our annual budget, who to select for the Supreme Court: the list is endless. What’s worse is the total lack of ready answers and figuring things out is not simple: there seems to be such a difference of opinion on any subject from obviously qualified people, it’s hard to tell the wheat from the chaff. Actually, in regards to climate change, like it or not, both sides say a lot of things that make sense. Except, they can’t both be right and getting it right is important enough that you can’t just say “forget it” and toss a coin. So what to do? I consulted a book(s) on creative thinking and came up with some ideas, none of which are easy and although one feels more qualified to choose sides after doing the research, plus earning the right to form an opinion, it’s far from effortless and, for all one knows, just as far from foolproof.
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The article on the pages of the Denton Record Chronicle.