However there is a human context to all the talk about energy, politics, finance etc. It is a context of perceptions. Unless we seek to understand those perceptions we cannot hope to change the ones that are different from the ones we all at ET seem to agree upon. i.e. the things that need to be changed to make a better society.
All the careful science and logic will not change entrenched perceptions unless they are communicated to wider audiences in 'their' terms. I don't say you are unaware of the problem of communication - you are a writer yourself - but 'spreading the word' is not just about being right.
About beliefs: the EU is secular. No mention of religion anywhere in the treaties. ET is rightly secular. And yet both the EU and ET are, to some extent, belief systems as perceived by citizens.
I don't hate anyone. I abhor violence. But it is hard to prevent carrots being seen as sticks due to different perceptions. And unless we can discuss those perceptions, I don't see a solution.
BTW As DoDo points out, there is an uncomfortable circle of recriminations about who said or did what first, and it reminds me of the intractable Israeli/Palestinan conflict. Let us offer each other an olive branch and try to move on. There are numerous projects on which we could collaborate if we can move forward beyond words. You can't be me, I'm taken
All the careful science and logic will not change entrenched perceptions unless they are communicated to wider audiences in 'their' terms.
How do you think this thread is helping ET communicate with a wider audience?
Well... yes. But while you poked afew and Colman, melo got in the way, and in the end, he ended up doing just what was the subject of afew's prior intervention. For the future, worth to note: when you use carrots disguised as sticks that some will have to see as sticks disguised as carrots, third parties may get confused, too. *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.
