Ignorance revealed

Theres not much I can say about the devastation that was left in Katrinas wake. That is, that hasn't been said already. In talking about the nature of hurricanes in general, this tidbit of *wisdom* was brought to my attention last week and it's just about the dumbest shit I have heard in a very long time, but I will let you judge for yourself:

"...There seems to be a years or even decades long build-up of the oceanic hot spots where hurricanes form. This is further reason why the tropical air dehumidifying or air drying work should be advanced. A billion dollars or so invested in this direction would be a wise U.S. national investment. Consider a bunch of automated flying machines over the tropics and the Atlantic ocean equator area continuously drying or air conditioning the air. If this is done over the Atlantic ocean by next June (June 2006, if possible), a decrease in hurricane activity could be measured..."

Words of an MBA-in-training. Courtesy of UofP...speaking of those that learn at UofP, check out the next tidbit of *wisdom* -- granted it was a question, series of questions, not a proposed theory, but still:

"...Do you think that severe natural occurrences make people act more like they inately are or revert them back to a more primitive form? Is nature forcing an expression to people as evolving with the rest of nature and natural forces and as further affecting the huminkind's evolvement? If all the people evolved from monkeys or apes, are the natural instincts of climbing trees and living on top of objects above the waterbecoming more natural and comfortable, or perhaps, are considerations of ancient ancestry being conceptualized? Why stop with apes? Why not consider the evolution growth before the apes? The apes evolved from amphibian types of creatures that eventually came up out of the water, ocean water, and dwelt more and more on land. Are the people of the southeast US feeling more amphibian now? Do they now not mind the water as much as they first did? Are severe natural occurrences just another way to further evolve humankind to maybe next be able to live in the water and out of the water while being able to easily climb objects and act instinctively through the times? Do some people now only wish that they will soon grow wings and be able to fly with the birds?"

Yes Virgina, there IS such a thing as a dumb question.

Ignorance makes my head hurt, and from the comments uttered over the last week regarding Katrina, my killer headache won't subside anytime soon. Just when I thought the ghosts of the slaves thrown overboard during the Middle Passage stirring up the water off the coast of West Africa and starting those Hurricane waves theory was the dumbest shit I'd ever heard...

As I tell people all the time, I can't make this shit up....is this UofP's finest?! Scary, ain't it?