Well, we know what we have to do to stop the increasing of CO2 in the atmosphere, but we’re not going to do it. If it costs people money to fix, and makes people money to ignore, history shows which way that will go.

Guys like us aren’t exactly going out of our way to stop them. So we’re OK too.

Not a real solution. The amount of energy that it would take to modify another planet to support a large human population is several orders of magnitude more than it would take to fix things here.

I'm European and have been confused for a woman numerous times. Obviousuly that doesn't correspond to your view of me as a preppy tanned republican who likes to tell racist jokes among his friends.

The last 500 years of history do not account for the contemporary times. That's why they are called history, these arguments about the evil deeds done are fallacies because they don't hold up to this day. One can't keep count in order to determine which actions are of the most urgent matter.
I already explained the…

One more thing: the symbolism in my username is...mere symbolism. Would that have been the premisse for your confusion about my intentions

Yes, I agree wholeheartedly with this. The Catholic Church is certainly thriving in that aspect.

I'm not affording Christianity the 'non-monolithic' stance, it still has a long way to go. But it surely is thriving under the new Pope. Even my gay friend applauds his work, which has a lot to do with the current evolution regarding the hommosexual viewings of the Church.

In my opinion, the Catholic Church is best positioned to remain relevant into the future. Since it is not at odds with science and is supportive of evolution and cosmology, while also being self critical and understanding the shortcomings and contradictions of biblical scriptures, it lacks a lot of the absolutes that…

"...and then he pulled out a SECOND gun!"

He has almost certainly done more damage to his HOF chances than Shaper did by being a rapist. Because the football media is a bunch of self important jackanapes.

Every athlete at that level is a loud mouth and a dickhead to the other team. Manning and Brady scream at everyone on the field (refs, teammates, opponents). Why the hate for Sherman? What makes him different? I would argue that his critiques of the NFL have been some of the most important things that an athlete has…

I DON'T LIKE THE OUTSPOKEN AND INTELLIGENT BLACK MAN!!

I don't think you know what Social Anxiety Disorder is.

Well, how many io9ers here accept that we are in Great_Depression_2.0? That the oceans will be devoid of fish (!) within about 20 years? How many accept that we've passed peak oil and we're the cause of the greatest extinction event in millions of years? And if anyone cares, we've just passed 7 billion mouths to feed…