Why do lawmakers choose allegiance to unconfirmed science and fall prey to science bashing when they have the resources to know better? When it comes to climate change, this article makes that allegiance appear to be political, or at least not based on data. Why Climate Deniers Have No Scientific Credibility: Only 1 of 9,136 Recent Peer-Reviewed Authors Rejects Global Warming by James Lawrence Powell desmogblog/2014/01/08/why-climate-deniers-have-no-scientific-credibility-only-1-9136-study-authors-rejects-global-warming The tools of science bashing begin in the lab. This Scientific American article points to the mischief within the scientific community and is not limited to climate change. Outliers are not pioneers in the kinds of challenges described in this article The Varieties of Scientific Bashing By ASHUTOSH JOGALEKAR blogs.scientificamerican/the-curious-wavefunction/2013/10/10/the-varieties-of-scientific-bashing/ This Pacific Standard article compares the trend to bash science to the political behavior that surrounded the Scopes Monkey Trials. An Anti-Science Mania Takes Over BY ROBERT BENSON psmag/environment/an-anti-science-mania-takes-over-gop-29255/ IMHO, science bashing is so alive and well-financed in the climate change discussion, that a denier might challenge these articles merely on the basis of political or religious beliefs.
Posted on: Sat, 18 Jan 2014 14:26:17 +0000
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