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To: Bill who wrote (8788)	6/27/2006 2:39:38 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14758

Don't you know it's impossible to fool a scientist? Scientists OK Gore's movie for accuracy By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer 47 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The nation's top climate scientists are giving "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore's documentary on global warming, five stars for accuracy. The former vice president's movie — replete with the prospect of a flooded New York City, an inundated Florida, more and nastier hurricanes, worsening droughts, retreating glaciers and disappearing ice sheets — mostly got the science right, said all 19 climate scientists who had seen the movie or read the book and answered questions from The Associated Press. The AP contacted more than 100 top climate researchers by e-mail and phone for their opinion. Among those contacted were vocal skeptics of climate change theory. Most scientists had not seen the movie, which is in limited release, or read the book. But those who have seen it had the same general impression: Gore conveyed the science correctly; the world is getting hotter and it is a manmade catastrophe-in-the-making caused by the burning of fossil fuels. "Excellent," said William Schlesinger, dean of the Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences at Duke University. "He got all the important material and got it right." Robert Corell, chairman of the worldwide Arctic Climate Impact Assessment group of scientists, read the book and saw Gore give the slideshow presentation that is woven throughout the documentary. "I sat there and I'm amazed at how thorough and accurate," Corell said. "After the presentation I said, `Al, I'm absolutely blown away. There's a lot of details you could get wrong.' ... I could find no error." . . . news.yahoo.com

To: Bill who wrote (8788)	6/27/2006 6:47:21 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Respond to of 14758

That's a good topic, when does science say life begins? Life began 100's of millions of years ago....not so? Oh, you say, when does human life begin...human life began 100's of thousands of years ago. Oh, you say, when does a single human life begin...the religious would like that conclusion to be based on dogma, not necessarily fact. Human life doesn't only begin with fertilization, cloning shows that isn't necessary. And then I ask whether sperm and eggs before fertilization are alive or dead.....??? Science is not against religion....believe in it if you must but don't ever delude yourself into thinking that science looks to religion to learn when life or anything else begins or ends....absolutely no inconsistency...... Scientists around the entire planet have common objectives and accept the same conclusions when the community as a whole review the data and come to a conclusion. Not so with religions, none seem to be able to agree with each other because their beliefs are all based on different superstitions..... Science will always win out over religion as the religionists stumble over themselves trying to explain what they believe to each other. Do any two religious people have the same mental image of God??? I doubt it.