I always thought it was the left that was so bad about not being very self reflective. Now daily I am feeling inundated with the right telling me how we should quit all the media attention concerning the nuclear plants in Japan because scientists have told us how safe they are and they have all these you know fail safe mechanisms in place.
Call me skeptical.
That doesn’t mean I want nuclear energy to go away. It means I will call your bullshit when one day you want me to believe scientists because it holds with something you want (more nuclear power) but another day I’m to not believe scientists at all because it does not agree with your view (anthropomorphic global warming, or just straight global warming for that matter).
The earthquake and tsunami in Japan were catastrophic. If those plants hold it will be a testament to their design and building standards. If they don’t hold, it will be a testament to the rare event that occurred.
