Judith raises concerns about the epistemology of models for open, complex systems, distinctly indefinite... and then... adopting
an uncertain global climate policy that could possibly produce «losses that throw mankind into economic, social and environmental bankruptcy.»
Through their statement on
climate change, Buddhist leaders have crossed this boundary into an area in which, it seems to me, they lack knowledge both of the alleged problems of anthropogenic
global warming and of the best
policies that might be adopted to deal with an always
uncertain future.