Lies in the public domain (the private domain too – its where they start, but that’s another story) are virtually ubiquitous. They are everywhere and all the time. Some lies are largely irrelevant. They will hurt someone of course, that’s their purpose. ‘Hurting’ includes deception. Other lies are designed to hurt as many people as possible, and they are the most ubiquitous in modern times, fooling large portions of every human population, crossing borders and language hurdles.
COVID was one of the worst of those, but that’s yet another story (and one from which the harm is still largely to play out). The most harmful and damaging lie of all, so far [although I guess that claim may be disputed in favour other things that are as yet still in the perceived realm of ‘conspiracy theory’], is the fake build up of supposedly harmful ‘Man-made Global Warming’. A conspiratorial ruse based not on science, but largely on artificial computer models designed to produce the results desired by the conspirators (who may have changed or expanded over the years as new ways to profit from the made up story have emerged). And of course, that make all such claims to be impressively outstanding lies. You only have to look at the real science to know there is no such thing, currently, as Global Warming. Temporary regional warming perhaps, but there is absolutely no evidence or reason to assert that this is an increasing or dangerous problem of global magnitude.
Everything we see happening around the subject of climate change (which is ongoing and never stops), is operating well within the parameters of natural history going back into the past for eons. That human civilisation is, probably for the first time, on the scene to witness some of those effects, is of no consequence to the normalcy and inevitability of those events.$ There is nothing we can do about it, no matter how many ridiculous ‘Save the World’ plans are considered. We just have to buckle down and deal with it as best we can, while it lasts. And, in any case, the world is not in need of saving. For the world, this is ‘normal’. The perturbances we see, or imagine, will pass, in time, and will naturally lead to other regional extremes which we may like even less than the ‘warming’ effect we intermittently feel now. Although none of that is likely to take place within the lifetime of any human person now living. These things unfold not over years, decades, or centuries, but over millennia or even millions of years, and we who possess and often frivolously risk giving away or having taken from us the limited scope of just a few decades of life, tend to compress time in hope to see more of this world than is perhaps our due. I also, am not immune from this human trait, and perhaps what I see in the current data (and have recently written about) on the subject of an end to expansion of Arctic sea ice melt occurring this decade, is just a desire for that to happen. I think it is actually more than that as this is what the current data we have is pointing toward. This is all happening in as yet unrealised ‘real time’. So, as I have said before, patience is the keyword. Everything will unfold in nature’s time, not our time. But, as of now, the signs are still good and, if not now, then exactly that effect (which means an end to the temporary ‘warming’ effect which has the world so worried just now) will take place. That is guaranteed. As is the fact that the warming phase of the current ~120,000 year mini-cycle of warming and cooling, will be replaced by a long period of unhindered cooling which, as in the past, will also be regional in nature. There will always be places in the world for humans to live in relative comfort. The fact of this is reinforced by our knowledge that earlier hominid species were obliged to migrate from places which suffered from such effects to places more conducive to survival. They did not migrate to see the world or to expand their sphere of influence. They moved to survive. We too (or our descendants) will be obliged to come to terms with these issues at some future time. If we are lucky enough to reach that point.
It must have been back in around 2005/6 that I was among those taken in by the since proved fake news about the melting of the Himalayan glaciers, putting at risk the lives of some 1.5 billion folk who live to the south of that mountain range. That story has since been proved to be a mistake (the polite way of saying ‘fake’). I wasn’t blogging or even on social media back then but, as soon as I began to use those writing outlets, that was one of the things I wrote about, among other climate change activities. It shows how effective the spread of lies can be, even innocently. You can, incidentally, read about the Himalayan Glaciers story here: ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle and Climate the Movie: The Cold Truth’ or many other easily sourced online links. And even though it is 14 years old now, even The Guardian (much more prestigious and trusted then than now) carried this story: ‘IPCC officials admit mistake over melting Himalayan glaciers’. I must have missed seeing that at the time for some reason.
So, I’m not sure I got to where I was intending to go with this. Hey, this is a blog, not a scientific paper or a book with a plot. I write from an idea, and take it to wherever it leads …and, as with many of my posts, it doesn’t need to have an ending. It ends wherever I choose to end it. But there could always be more.
If you asked anyone what part lies have played in their lives, they would almost certainly have a great many stories to tell, and some they would not want to tell. If you asked them how they distinguish what is true from among the lies they encounter, the answers may not be so effuse, revealing, or even useful. The many reasons for difficulties in determining the truth in a culture of lies, illustrates why it is, or seems to be, the reason for it appearing to be so easy to fool people with lies. We are simply too trusting, having, for many of us, an innate sense of honesty and an accepting nature that others operate in the same way as we have learned to act. Many lies of course are obvious, playing some part in frequent tomfoolery and kidding, but the worst ones are well hidden, perhaps among related truths and in situations where lies are not expected. There is an expectation, though largely dimmed now, that governments will be honest with their governed peoples; that businesses will deal honestly with their clients; that food is what it has always been; that doctors will do no harm to their patients; that law enforcers will uphold the law, in the spirit it was intended (though the intention is not always what it should be). And far too many more instances to list.
I’m going to end this here, before it gets too maudlin. Protect yourself. Trust no-one unreservedly, and no handed down directions at face value until you have proved as far as possible they are beneficial and contain no hidden harm. Educate yourself – that means inform yourself somehow – in all the ways you consider you could receive harm or injustice as a result of the lies of others, however persuasive they may be. In today’s world, you need to be your own guide and caretaker. Or you may never know what hit you, when the hammer falls.
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