Will society as we know it survive the 21st Century? Human civilisation is an intensely fragile construction. It is built on little more than belief: belief in the rightness of its values; belief in the strength of its system of law and order; belief in its currency; above all, perhaps, belief in its future. Uncivilization: The …
Tag: climate change
For the Greta good
For the Greta good Greta Thunberg and climate change As an autistic person, I am always pleased when I see other people with autism who are successful. David Byrne, lead singer and guitarist with Talking Heads, and TV wildlife presenter Chris Packham, whose documentary Asperger's and me was shown on BBC in 2017 are two …
Models
Climate change and Theology (part 2) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. When talking of models of climate change Schmidt says, "Modals are not right or wrong, they're always wrong. They are approximations." The question …
Emergent
Climate change and Theology (part 1) I have been looking at the TED Talks. One which is up this month is by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt on the emergent patterns of climate change. The first thing that struck me was the use of the word emergent, or rather the label emergent. It is one of …
