Don't Go Being Politically Insane You Climate Change Skeptics

[Rick]

Stephen Schneider, environmental scientist and activist and, from what I can tell, probably the father of the now old fashioned Global Warming.

"On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts. On the other hand, we are not just scientists but human beings as well. And like most people we'd like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that we need to get some broadbased support, to capture the public's imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. This 'double ethical bind' we frequently find ourselves in cannot be solved by any formula. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest. I hope that means being both. (Quoted in Discover, pp. 45–48, October 1989.)  

The above was taken from Wikipedia.     

 

[sunday]

1 hour ago, Rick said:

Stephen Schneider, environmental scientist and activist and, from what I can tell, probably the father of the now old fashioned Global Warming.

"On the one hand, as scientists we are ethically bound to the scientific method, in effect promising to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but — which means that we must include all the doubts, the caveats, the ifs, ands, and buts. On the other hand, we are not just scientists but human beings as well. And like most people we'd like to see the world a better place, which in this context translates into our working to reduce the risk of potentially disastrous climatic change. To do that we need to get some broadbased support, to capture the public's imagination. That, of course, entails getting loads of media coverage. So we have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified, dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we might have. This 'double ethical bind' we frequently find ourselves in cannot be solved by any formula. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest. I hope that means being both. (Quoted in Discover, pp. 45–48, October 1989.)  

The above was taken from Wikipedia.     

 

"For the greater good"

Also to keep the public money flowing.

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Tim Sielbeck]

 

[Ivanhoe]

On 1/18/2025 at 6:48 AM, sunday said:

Also to keep the public money flowing.

"Further studies (i.e. grants) are recommended."

Conference chairs and journal editors should prohibit that waste of e-ink.

[Ivanhoe]

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/03/michael-mann-sanctioned-for-false-testimony-bad-faith.php

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Here, the Court finds, by clear and convincing evidence, that Dr. Mann, through Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams, acted in bad faith when they presented erroneous evidence and made false representations to the jury and the Court regarding damages stemming from loss of grant funding. Specifically, the Court finds that Mr. Fontaine and Mr. Williams knowingly violated the rules of professional conduct in eliciting testimony and offering evidence related to (1) the post-publication unfunded grant amounts depicted in Exhibit 517A, and as reproduced in Exhibit 117, and (2) the post-publication funded grant amounts in Exhibit 116.

Not exactly surprising that Mann was proven to be a BS artist.

 

[sunday]

The very model of a modern Climate Scientifist!

[rmgill]

The EPA is rolling back a lot of the Diesel regs and other low return high cost regs.