New York

Bjarne Anderson

After many class discussions and videos based more so upon people's feelings towards global warming, I was intrigued to read an article based purely upon facts in terms of defining global warming and the methods used to measure average global temperature. Though I do firmly believe that issues of this nature require a strong drive to reach feasible solutions and logical beginnings, one cannot base his or her entire argument upon moral convictions and how much you hate Texas summers. Even though the class was presented with graphs and charts to assist in the comprehension of global warming, Professor Anderson opens up an argument explaining that the scientist's means to acquire such information could have been flawed from the beginning. I do not stand solely with one side of this argument because I do not have the mental capasity to choose whether or not global warming is a natural process or man induced. But I can take a firm stand with those who understand the information given to them: whether that be how it was obtained or the validity of such knowledge. I think after our first reading in this class, we should all be more cognoscente of the information fueling our debates. We only know what is "true" because we are told it is true.