I believe it, therefore it is true.
And I have it on good authority that I芒鈧劉m right.
After all, there is no better authority on what I believe than myself.
And the internet.
There may be hundreds of thousands of 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� scientists out there who can prove that the oceans are getting warmer.
But there are a half dozen 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� scientists on the internet who say that there is no difference, because it芒鈧劉s obvious that the thousands of buoys deployed to measure ocean temperatures since the 1940s must all have been incorrectly calibrated, or because they don芒鈧劉t believe the readings indicating ocean depths are warming faster than the surface waters (because one scientist on the internet told them that芒鈧劉s not possible), or because warmer ocean temperatures can芒鈧劉t possibly have a significant effect on climate (we are on land, dummy, so just stay away from boats and the beach and you芒鈧劉ll be okay), or because even if the oceans are getting warmer and the climate is changing, it芒鈧劉s not our fault, so just get over it, will ya?
Bottom line is, the half dozen scientists 芒鈧�� each of whom have 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� theories to explain why none of the three or four 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� theories explaining climatic effects of ocean temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide loading and other human interventions on a planetary scale 芒鈧�� give you the democratic right to believe whatever you wish.
Right or wrong doesn芒鈧劉t have anything to do with it.
After all, you can芒鈧劉t really trust the 芒鈧搈ainstream,芒鈧� can you?
芒鈧揗ainstream芒鈧� media... 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� science... 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� whatever.
If it芒鈧劉s 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� it芒鈧劉s someone telling you something you don芒鈧劉t want to believe.
So why should you?
The 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� loon who finds a way to tell you what you prefer to believe is far more believable than the 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� hordes whose only real agenda is to scare you and guilt you into believing stuff that makes you uncomfortable芒鈧� and truth be told, this is a democracy 芒鈧�� no one can force you to believe stuff you芒鈧劉d really rather not believe.
So you pick your own truths.
Right?
But there are parameters.
There芒鈧劉s a point at which some of that 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� thinking becomes 芒鈧搈ainstream.芒鈧�
If your 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� thinker is a Copernicus or Galileo, you just eventually deny that you ever thought differently from them.
Of course, those guys backed up their difficult 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� thoughts
with actual proof, instead of relying on someone else to reorganize the 芒鈧搈ainstream芒鈧� data 芒鈧�� which in their case was the Bible 芒鈧�� so their undeniability was inevitable.
But not too fast!
God forbid you should stop believing nonsense because you actually thought about it and realized on your own that it芒鈧劉s nonsense.
You need someone else 芒鈧�� someone 芒鈧搃ndependent芒鈧� 芒鈧�� to tell you, and these days, you芒鈧劉ll find that someone on the internet in a catchy or quirky (or more likely, in a catchy and quirky) YouTube video, or on a Facebook page with enough Likes to prove that it must be true.
We all know the air is getting dirtier. You can actually taste it, so there芒鈧劉s no denying that.
But you don芒鈧劉t want to believe it until all your friends believe it first.
芒鈧揗ainstream芒鈧� beliefs are socially unacceptable until they become 芒鈧搃ndependently芒鈧� mainstream.
