Living In The Dark Ages

YOU GET TIRED of living in the dark ages, and you dream of a more enlightened world to come. Pity that it won't arrive until long after your death. A loved one spouts: "you hear so many opinions about global warming from supposed experts, you don't know what to believe." Well, do you believe that humanity is really putting all that carbon in the air? And do you believe in basic chemistry? What about thermometers? As if an avalanche of lies means that there is no truth, anywhere. If you believe that global warming and evolution are hoaxes, that God writes books, or that wars are good for the economy, you're part of the problem. Somebody expressed to me the belief that smoking marijuana causes cancer. I asked about the millions of people who'v been "researching" the question for decades, seemingly cancer free. I was reminded by my accuser that opinions change as new research comes to light, and that in Christopher Columbus's day people believed that the world was flat. In the near future, marijuana, doubtless, will be found carcinogenic. Gee, I can't wait.That's all we need. But at least I can take comfort knowing, as I do, that even in Columbus's day the world was known to be spherical, and believing, as I fervently do, that a better day, less darkened by gross misconceptions, is a comin'.