Random Analogies

"I've read this a few times and read the comments here, and I *think* I understand what you're saying. Science is like a map of reality, a way of understanding reality, and different but complimentary to that is the sensory/emotional experience of human reality? A "map" and experience are different things with different "goals" but both are necessary in life? And it seems to you that too many people focus primarily on the mapping part while neglecting the experience part? Is that the basics of what you're saying?"

"We're the Lancet Commission on Public Health and Climate, a group of medical doctors, climate scientists, economists and energy experts that have recently released a major report on our policy options for reducing the health impacts of climate change. Formally titled Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health, this report not only details the many different ways global warming is a medical emergency, but more importantly it lays out some of our options for confronting this crisis."