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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Do you think the qualified astronomer is qualified enough to talk about the sun?
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Obviously NOT! But the guy who abandoned science in the late 60's / early 70's, for a career as a fiction writer, is definitely most qualified to speak to the issues of climate change. After all, he wrote a couple really cool books on how dinosaurs could be recreated in the lab, how nano-machines could act as a collective and establish an intelligence to destroy man, and how a sociopathic hot chick could manipulate her way into control of a dot com on the verge of massive profits. One guy gets it, the other doesn't.
That is of course doing a disservice to Crichton, who is a very intelligent man. I really do admire him and think he is a great thinker. I would like to hear more of his views on the subject and have a beer or four with him discussing the whole issue. I would be interested in finding how he formulated his views and why he feels the way he does. It wouldn't be the first time that Crichton was wrong on a topic though.