Has the coronavirus finally taught us how to listen to science?

This is the headline of an op-ed in the Boston Globe written by none other than the president of MIT! The VP of Research is not far behind her boss! It is most incredible how people at the top of this prestigious, world renowned university are so foolish and silly!

"The coronavirus pandemic contains an encouraging surprise. If we can take the right lessons from the crisis, we will find ourselves better prepared to tackle the health of our fevered planet. The first lesson is that our deepest well of practical hope is in science and the people who practice it. ... we must actively build on this implicit respect for the power of science ... We and the Earth are now well on our way to living out that prediction, with carbon dioxide concentrations already about 50 percent higher than in the preindustrial era. Decades of further research and increasingly dire warnings have inspired some societal action — but nowhere near enough. ... But I hope instead that we can channel all our energy into teaching ourselves, as a society, to finally begin listening to planetary warnings the way we listen in an emergency. ..."
Such uncritical worship of science is strange at best! The president of MIT tries to fool the public with such propaganda as CO2 concentration already about 50 percent higher than in the preindustrial era! He is talking about 400 parts per million versus 200 concentration and these are usually measured only in one place Mauna Loa, Hawaii. This MIT president sounds more like a quack or self anointed prophet of a religious sect than a scientist! 

Has the coronavirus finally taught us how to listen to science? | MIT Office of the President: L. Rafael Reif has served as the 17th President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since July 2012.

"Climate change is a very personal issue to Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research. A native of eastern Pennsylvania, she watched her grandfathers, both coal miners, battle black-lung disease. “The burning of anthracite coal drove my community and was a central part of my childhood,” says Zuber. “Yet it’s been known since the 1800s that combustion of fossil fuels puts CO2 into the atmosphere, and that the effects can be damaging.”"
How somebody so stupid can be VP of Research at MIT is beyond pale!

Maria Zuber on climate change: “Breakthroughs will happen” | MIT News: Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research, identifies three areas that show particular promise for climate action: battery technology, renewable energy, and fusion. “Breakthroughs will happen,” she says.