Link of the Day Oct 30 2012: A remarkable article by GEORGE LAKOFF FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT, says Hurricane Sandy was the result of “systemic causation” by global warming.

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Lakoff draws a distinction between “direct causation”, which occurs when some force is used directly to achieve an end, and what he calls “systemic causation”.

“Smoking is a systemic cause of lung cancer,” he writes.  “HIV is a systemic cause of AIDS.  Working in coal mines is a systemic cause of black lung disease. Driving while drunk is a systemic cause of auto accidents.  Sex without contraception is a systemic cause of unwanted pregnancies.”  

And he says scientists should be using thisword to alert the world as to the immense dangers the globe confronts fromman-made warming, now proceeding at a breakneck pace. Read the article here