Shalini answers “Why not read "The False Crises of Rachel...”

Winfield Sterling asked this question about Silent Spring:

Why not read "The False Crises of Rachel Carson: Silent Spring at 50" for a critique of this badly flawed book?

Shalini Hi AnnMarie
A quick question - if you are a believer in science, and are calling Rachel Carson a non-scientist with an "obvious agenda", why don't you …moreHi AnnMarie
A quick question - if you are a believer in science, and are calling Rachel Carson a non-scientist with an "obvious agenda", why don't you believe in the climate change science that even a non-scientist like Rachel Carson, so clearly prophecized, when no one was talking about it? Only if we had all paid heed to the things she was talking about back then, we would not be in this mess we are in today!

It seems to me that it was not her but you who has an "agenda" - which is to discredit anything that requires you to make a change in your indulgent lifestyle, even if it is for the benefit of future generations. Do you not have any kids or nieces and nephews that you care about? Or is it that you don't care about anyone if it interferes with your comfort! don't believe you're this complacent!

Instead of listening to the right wing/left wing conspiracy theories, use you own judgement and open your eyes to the realities of global warming, plastic pollution, water scarcity, climate change, and all other human actions on the only planet we have, earth!(less)

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