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orwell2k · 01-20-2010, 04:03 PM

Michael Crichton had some nice things to say about healthy skepticism and the de-politicisation of scientific research that was in the public interest:

http://www.crichton-official.com/spe...talfuture.html

I am skeptical of an issue that has done an Orwellian NewSpeak transformation from "Global Warming" to the somewhat bland "Climate Change" (after all, climate is by definition an inherently unstable system, subject to continuous change, so what does this new name really mean?).

I also find it distasteful how skeptics to the climate change "science" are shouted down - the hysteria is often akin to religious fervor with the unfortunate unbelievers labelled as heretics (you can almost hear the Monty Python cries of "Burn her, burn her, she's a witch" in the background).

I think less pollution of all kinds is in our best interest, but misleading science on climate change, or worse yet, imposing pseudo-scientific beliefs as fact, will do more harm than good on such an important issue.

01-20-2010, 04:03 PM	#33
orwell2k Addict Posts: 357 Karma: 1112 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Euroland Device: PocketBook 360°, BeBook (Hanlin V3), iRex DR1000S, iPad	Michael Crichton had some nice things to say about healthy skepticism and the de-politicisation of scientific research that was in the public interest: http://www.crichton-official.com/spe...talfuture.html I am skeptical of an issue that has done an Orwellian NewSpeak transformation from "Global Warming" to the somewhat bland "Climate Change" (after all, climate is by definition an inherently unstable system, subject to continuous change, so what does this new name really mean?). I also find it distasteful how skeptics to the climate change "science" are shouted down - the hysteria is often akin to religious fervor with the unfortunate unbelievers labelled as heretics (you can almost hear the Monty Python cries of "Burn her, burn her, she's a witch" in the background). I think less pollution of all kinds is in our best interest, but misleading science on climate change, or worse yet, imposing pseudo-scientific beliefs as fact, will do more harm than good on such an important issue.