A tiny human inside a sperm
Drawing: N. Hartsoecker, 1695
(The belief that a tiny human resides in each sperm was an argument against masturbation as a form of murder.)
(The belief that a tiny human resides in each sperm was an argument against masturbation as a form of murder.)
Climate change "is not a hoax," according to the U.S. Senate, which voted 98 to 1 in favor of an amendment stating as much Wednesday. Explaining his vote, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said that there was "Biblical evidence" of climate change, but that humans were not responsible for it.
With this amendment, Democrats had hoped to force Republicans to take a stance on the reality of global warming. They didn't succeed. Two other amendments attributing climate change to human activity failed to achieve the 60 votes needed to advance.
There are somewhat intellectually respectable positions to take against climate-change legislation -- for example, that the costs of stopping global warming might outweigh the benefits -- but the Senate's is not one of them.
"In conclusion, the Senate is pretty clearly a hoax,"Brad Plumer wrote.
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