Stick to the actual facts on climate change

In Jack DeBaun’s letter (Daily Bee, Dec. 4), he stated: “In everyday parlance, ‘theory’ commonly means an untested hunch or guess without supporting evidence. But in science, a theory has the opposite meaning. An established scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of an aspect of the natural world based on an abundance of factual evidence. A scientific theory differs from a scientific fact in that a theory explains ‘why’ or ‘how’; a fact is a simple, basic observation. The theory of gravity explains the fact apples fall from trees.”

A Google search reveals that DeBaun borrowed these words from the internet without giving credit to his source, which is nothing less than plagiarism and intellectual dishonesty. Interestingly, there are dozens of websites which contain very similar language, a fact which indicates that many climate crisis fanatics like DeBaun are not thinking for themselves.

If everyone is thinking alike about something, then someone isn’t thinking.

DeBaun and friends refer to the “theory” of gravity, but gravity is not a theory, scientific or otherwise. Gravity is an absolute fact. Want to test it? Just throw yourself off a cliff and see which way you go. But the fanatics don’t like facts because facts cannot be bent to fit the fanatics’ ever-changing worldviews, whereas theories can. This is why DeBaun insists that “science doesn’t prove anything.” If a thing can be proven, then it becomes a fact, and that would never do for the fanatics.

MONTE HEIL

Sagle