ProfessorBrianCox

It has to be Flat Earth!

I have a part time job as a lift attendant.

I'm optimistic that we'll eventually react and recover, but I am not optimistic that we'll act fast enough to prevent significant damage. The political process is certainly failing at the moment, primarily because there are enough members of the voting public who simply don't trust science. Obviously this is causing wider problems beyond climate change - there are serious immediate problems surrounding governance and the structures that stabilise interactions between nations. Ultimately my view is that we are reaping the "rewards" of investing far to little in education over many decades. This has led to significant number of people who have not been taught to think - and we all had to be taught to think remember! It's not that people are stupid, it's that society has failed them.

I honestly think it's a lost cause. There is no logical pattern to it, so you can't argue with it! It's like arguing with a random number generator.

I have actually. It's a difficult call , because professional politics is a very difficult job and I have quite a few jobs at the moment, all of which I like. But in any case politics must be for everyone - we live in democracies and if there is one thing on which I'm sure we all agree, politics shouldn't be left to politicians! I agree with the sentiment, though. It would be good to have more scientists and academics in general getting involved in helping to run the world.