Science Faces Dangerous Times?
COMMENTARY It's sad to read about scientists so narrow-minded that the only truth they see is their own. Science faces a danger of trying to expose a vast anti-science conspiracy where there is none. The article attempts to link the creationism debate (and other science/morality discussions) into the fray, but then again, no one is seeking to replace science classes in public schools ... they just want to add an alternative unscientific theory to the curriculum.
The real argument here seems to stem from an emotional appeal for folks to accept one side of the "global warming" lobby when clearly the science for climate change has yet to be proven. Below the topic article, I'll link the site that poses a real debate on climate change. Perhaps it's simply a matter of some scientist's theories that face dangerous times?
NEWSBYTES
Science faces 'dangerous times'
Fundamentalism is hampering global efforts to tackle climate change, according to Britain's top scientist.
In his final speech as president of the Royal Society, Lord May of Oxford will say scientists must speak out against the climate change "denial lobby." Read full story.
GlobalWarming.org
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TENSION: Feel the debate
GRAVITY: Warming
Tags: In The News, politics, science, warming, nature, climate
posted by Steven Moyer at 11:08 AM
1 Comments:
Global warming itself is hard to dispute though the longer term effects on the environment and the economical implications of such an impact are in my opinion hardly measurable with our understanding of what we're doing to the planet being so limited. Weather and atmospheric sciences are as far as I'm concerned still in their infancy, now granted that I'm not an expert in the field but based on this hurricane season alone I'm inclined to say that even their understanding of these storms is limited. And if you don't understand something as simple as a hurricane, to predict accurately what's going to happen, in comparison to the global ecosystem then you're not likely to make a good prediction.
We're heading in the right direction but we're very far off. Pick off the things you know are causing a problem to stabalize what you think the situation is, and learn everything you can about the problem in the meantime.
Ok.. my rant's done, I should have posted this on my blog.
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