How To Explain Skepticism  As usual, I was doing one thing and
ran into something else. The short form is that while looking up
some particular science details on an unrelated topic, in a list
of Scientific American Articles was one on ~’How to sell science
to congress.’. What struck me about it was that it made clear
two things.  1) Why the “Hansen Spin” worked.  2) Why arguments
from the Skeptical Side get heard, and go “THUNK!” on the
congressional floor.  The article:  It’s all about The Story.
In short, the Catastrophic Human Caused Global Warming Story has
it all. First off, there’s a looming catastrophe. Second, we
have a Guilt Complex sop for some folks and a Self Righteous sop
for others (depending on your point of view: Are you causal or
are they causal? Guilt or Self Righteous Indignation.) Thirdly,
it can be averted if The Congress (or Chamber of Deputies or
House of Lords or Parliament or…) only take action. That is, the
Politician can be a great heroic figure. Finally, there’s that
little fact