tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post9054847589554650721..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Brothers-In-DenialOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-11181655144891720822017-02-07T19:04:43.882-05:002017-02-07T19:04:43.882-05:00In any society where self interest is the highest ...In any society where self interest is the highest value, John, that kind of reasoning makes perfect sense.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-79233034081054251392017-02-07T17:17:09.187-05:002017-02-07T17:17:09.187-05:00Steve makes a good point. The deniers aren't ...Steve makes a good point. The deniers aren't stupid. Maybe they have more complete information than the rest of humanity and are grabbing everything they can to maximize their chances of surviving the coming catastrophe. What output, undisclosed to all but the selected from among the privileged, have the computations yielded? No doubt some are only guessing wildly, just like the rest of us; but somebody's certainty factors are bound to have been based on better guesses.<br /><br />“I keep a helicopter gassed up all the time, and I have an underground bunker with an air-filtration system.”<br /><br />"You’ve got to have a private plane. You have to assure that the pilot’s family will be taken care of, too. They have to be on the plane."<br /><br />Doing everything possible to get that plane, or a seat on somebody else's, and a suite under that mountain would be the logical route of any properly inspired capitalist, wouldn't it?John B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-90945897338918225802017-02-07T15:26:28.956-05:002017-02-07T15:26:28.956-05:00There's lots of money to be made in denial, St...There's lots of money to be made in denial, Steve.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-65275705530510424632017-02-07T15:07:22.588-05:002017-02-07T15:07:22.588-05:00all these denials make me think there is something...all these denials make me think there is something we are not being told. No one can be that stupid.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.com