My point was really about perspective and training your mind. I think what Earl was talking about really was training your mind to work in a specific way that benefits you and those around you. Adding your global warming quote was really in the same vein. Obviously you see the global warming thing in a certain way and the reasons why you see it that way probably have a lot to do with perspective. I think training our minds to function in such a way that benefits us is a fairly interesting idea. I've made many comments here about being able to discern how we should interpret what we are told by politicians, talk show hosts, etc...we certainly need better bullshit detectors as a species. I think we can train our minds to do that. Orson Welles used to tell a story about being a fortune teller for a day and about how fortune tellers do what they do. He basically said no matter what you do, work as a desk clerk at a hotel, you begin to be able to read people in relation to your job through sort of a natural process. Your mind begins to see and interpret things and learns even if you are not paying attention to what it is learning.

I can't convince you of how valid a threat global warming is nor should I be the one to do that. I'm not a scientist or an "expert" on the subject. The truth is you and me and everybody on this board will be dead and gone before global warming proves to be the tragedy it could be but the children of those who post here will be around to see how it pans out and so I would think as a parent rolling the dice on the future of your child would be of some concern to you. Another big truth about global warming is that most of the people voicing their "opinions" about it are not scientists or "experts" and yes, many of them have a "motive" for what they are saying. This does, I admit, muddy the waters and so I can see the reasons for why people would be skeptical. Also, at least in this country, we've been sucked into a never ending election cycle. I remember when my parents would get involved with an election and then when it was over walk away from the political stuff for the next few years until the next cycle began. I don't think this is a healthy thing for this country to be going 24/7 and 365 on politics. Basically it taints every issue with the stink of political bullshit and quite obviously that makes a lot of people turn away and not pay attention and/or funks up their ability to understand the issue because it gets described too often in a political context.

In the end Earl's video and your quote say the same thing to me...it's all up to you how you chose to see, interpret, and interact with the world.