Saturday, June 27, 2026

Understanding climate change is different from understanding the laws of physics, because nothing we do will alter the laws of physics, but many things we do could change the climate

 --- Chris Brink, in The Idea of Academic Responsibility (forthcoming), quoted by Nina Overton in Oor universiteite, voetbalklubs en ubuntu, Binne+Land, Jun 2026

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Understanding climate change is different from understanding the laws of physics, because nothing we do will alter the laws of physics, but many things we do could change the climate. The contrast with 'objective', then ... is not 'subjective' but 'participatory’.