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I am enjoying this discussion, if for no other reason than a lot of
smart people are able to articulate points of view on the topic.

I'm wondering about how our personalities as navigators affects the
discussion.   I don't assign all of us a single, uniform "personality,"
but good navigators do have certain personal characteristics.

For example, navigation is a very conservative profession.  Change is
not something we quickly embrace, mainly because we need to be
comfortable with the paradigm shift when change is accepted (everything
from chronometers vs lunars to GPS vs celestial).  We also err on the
side of safety, because we are entrusted with the well-being of a vessel
of a vessel and the people aboard.

So -- does our conservatism make us want to demand rock-solid proof of
global warming before we accept it?   Or does our conservatism and
concern for safety make us say "even if the data isn't accepted by 100%
of scientists, we should err on the side of safety?"

Lu Abel

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