It is so cold today that the Cleveland area has pretty much shut down and people are being urged to stay home. Of course, this has brought out the skeptics, including Donald Trump, who think it never gets old to point out that it gets cold and snows in winter, conveniently ignoring the fact that right now Australia is going through a record-breaking heat wave.
Jimmy Kimmel brought in a couple of 8-year olds to explain the difference between climate and weather.
But the children’s explanation might be too difficult for Trump so Seth Meyers explains it in terms that he thinks Trump might understand. But of course he won’t because he can’t and also because he doesn’t want to. None of the skeptics do.
From tonight’s #LNSM: Seth explains global warming in terms Trump can understand. pic.twitter.com/YZRNLc9hW5
— Late Night with Seth Meyers (@LateNightSeth) January 30, 2019
Mano, please don’t The Orange One a skeptic. Skepticism involves critical thinking.
Oops, typo. Sorry.
--> Please don’t _call_ The Orange One a skeptic. …
Jörg, skeptic (or, as we write it) just means a doubter.
(You think he should be called an ‘unbeliever’, instead? 🙂 )
It can, but it needen’t. The salient aspect is the doubting, not its basis.
[Bah. Erratum: (or, as we write it, sceptic)]
Is it possible that the general understanding of the term ‘skeptic’ has changed over time, especially with the global warming ‘skeptics’ becoming louder over time?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/skeptic
English is not my first language, so I sometimes miss some nuances.