<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Real Science]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[stevengoddard]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/author/stevengoddard/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[The Oldest Human&nbsp;Tradition]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Gossiping about the weather is possibly the oldest human topic of conversation. Most of the time this is a harmless activity, but humans occasionally go through periods of superstition where they blame the weather on angry gods, human misbehavior, or witches.</p>
<p>We are unfortunate to live in a time when government has learned that they can profit through promoting the idea that people can change the weather (which they have caused) &#8211; by paying more taxes. This spectacularly irrational idea has been pounded into the heads of a couple of generations, and we now have a certain percentage of the population who could be classified as climate zombies.</p>
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