Pope Francis says that the theories of evolution and the Big Bang are accurate and not inconsistent with Catholic doctrine. The Republican Party collectively shrugs and says, “We are not the pope.”
So it goes.
We can’t all be popes, let alone scientists. But we can be politicians who vote on things that will affect the climate.
My guess is that Galileo would determine that the British Petroleum oil spill actually did damage the ecosystem of the Gulf of Mexico. But he wouldn’t get asked to write a column in Politico about it. And John Boehner would say, “I am not Galileo.”
So it goes.
I am not a Republican politician.
You shouldn’t vote for them.
