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akarra discovered 10 months ago- The logic behind global-warming is compared to the logic behind eugenics, alarmism aside. Crichton's narrator in this essay merely wants to point out that behind both there is a mixture of science and politics where the questions and answers given are too simplistic, and those who have analytical rigor in their method may be excluded from debate. There is less a rejection of global warming here, and more a concern about a science/politics mix. A more scientific critic, if you need to be convinced of the problems with methodology as regards global warming.
- Sandmat rated 5 months ago
- Sometimes, when we are in the middle of it all, it is hard to tell what is true and what is manipulative propaganda. It is easy to elicit an emotional response in the public with a few embellished facts and some frightening statistics. We have all succumbed to this at some point or another. A current example might also be the so called "war on terrorism". Maintaining an objective viewpoint and asking ourselves what makes sense might keep things in perspective.
- Ronniemess rated 5 months ago
- This is well worth the read ..Warning!! Practice objectivity when reading to get anything out of it .
- patoloco rated 6 months ago
- State of Fear is an awesome friggin' book.
- Tom-Ingram rated 9 months ago
- Grow up people. He's not saying "If you believe in global warming, you might as well be gassing Jews", he's comparing the science behind global warming and eugenics.
- skychickle rated 9 months ago
- He should stick to fiction
- canicus rated 9 months ago
- The article makes nice, sound points to caution us, but he also believes too much that science can be separated from politics. If his article should be an exemplar to anything, it's that science has a history of politics, and we should be cautious in the future.
- themasterchief rated 9 months ago
From the page: "I am not arguing that global warming is the same as eugenics. But the similarities are not superficial. And I do claim that open and frank discussion of the data, and of the issues, is being suppressed. Leading scientific journals have taken strong editorial positions of the side of global warming, which, I argue, they have no business doing. Under the circumstances, any scientist who has doubts understands clearly that they will be wise to mute their expression."
I hate it when people lie like that, especially ones that I had until now held in high regard. He writes this rant comparing nazis, global warming and eugenics and then claims otherwise. No supporting evidence what so ever, it is to say the least, scientifically vacuous. Science draws its strength through the scientific method which as inconvenient to some, requires evidence. If sufficient evidence is produced that contradicts a well-estabolished theory, it will either be expanded as newton's theories were or thrown out as was the case with the now long dead flat-earth theory. This is especially true for global warming and the theory that large quantities of greenhouse gases are indeed increasing the global temperature.
- gregp228 rated 9 months ago
- please read
- jakad rated 9 months ago
- But as Alston Chase put it, "when the search for truth is confused with political advocacy, the pursuit of knowledge is reduced to the quest for power." Hello, algore and sycophants.
