Politics and science; is science being corrupted? (Introduction)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 22:28 (5196 days ago) @ David Turell


> > Follow the honest climate blogs: "Climate audit" and "Watts up with that".
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> > This is a conspiracy. The rule is always to 'follow the money'. Carbon credits is another term for money. It has been reliably reported: Al Gore has made billions so far!
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> A very complete essay on science and politics, peer review, basically an overall review of climategate's implications, by someone, I believe a philosopher of science, who was not closely following the skepticism until now. From Watts up with that (Anthony Watt's blog):
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> http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/02/09/climategate-plausibility-and-the-blogosphere-in-t... I primarily got out of that was the issue of an uneducated public. Anyone claiming to be an expert on something is likely to get followers, be it salvation or global cooling. (Digging back 30 yrs or so...) The more you obfuscate, it seems, the more followers you can get. Reminds me of a certain ID philosopher who shall remain nameless. -Good blog.

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