The greatest virtue of the scientific method is its ability to be tested: if causes are specified, then effects can be predicted. Whether the effects come about is a great way to identify if the causes have been correctly identified (but not infallibly). The scientific community speculated on what would happen in major cities around the world if global warming raised the sea levels by three meters. Its predictions were published five years ago and maps of the likely effects were made. During Hurricane Sandy, the storm surge was three meters, and the flooding predicted for New York City was identical to the actual flooding.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu reacted to Mahmoud Abbas’s statement on the Palestinian “right of return.” The reaction was tepid and, thus, disappointing. Abbas made a concession that will probably cost him the leadership of the Palestinian Authority. One would hope that the Israeli position would welcome such a move.
And now we have to worry about the rise of the right-wing in Russia. There are people to the right of Putin?
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