Re: More Gore

On 5 jun, 22:41, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
bill.slo...@xxxxxxxx wrote:
Actually, Lindzen is part of the rent-a-mob.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Lindzen

" Richard Siegmund Lindzen, Ph.D., (born February 8, 1940) is a Harvard trained
atmospheric physicist and the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Meteorology at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lindzen is known for his research in dynamic
meteorology, especially planetary waves. He has published over 200 books and
scientific papers. He was the lead author of Chapter 7 (physical processes) of the
Third Assessment Report of the IPCC on global warming (2001)."

Yes Bill, it's so obvious that he must be wholly devoid of scientific integrity.

It isn't. His scientific integrity could be perfectly intact if he
actually believes what he is saying. His fellow experts believe that
he is wrong, which doesn't cast any doubt on his scientific integrity,
but might be taken as casting some doubt on his scientific judgement.
Thye mght change their minds if someone came up with persuasive
experimental evidence that supported the Lindzen case, but that hasn't
happened yet.

" He has been a critic of some anthropogenic global warming theories and the political
pressures surrounding climate scientists. He wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street
Journal in April, 2006, in which he wrote: "In Europe, Henk Tennekes was dismissed as
research director of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Society after questioning the
scientific underpinnings of global warming. Aksel Winn-Nielsen, former director of the
U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization, was tarred by Bert Bolin, first head of the
IPCC, as a tool of the coal industry for questioning climate alarmism. Respected
Italian professors Alfonso Sutera and Antonio Speranza disappeared from the debate in
1991, apparently losing climate-research funding for raising questions."

Now that sounds more to me like the rent-a-mob.

Lindzen's place in the rent-a-mob depends on his collecting consulting
fees for publicising his doubts.

He may not like the fact that some people who share his views have
been given the cold shoulder, but academics who support unconvincing
interpretations don't get a lot of admiration from their colleagues.

Fire every academic who won't toe the 'party line'.

Academics have tenure. Generally, you can't fire them. If they
persistently advocate opinions that aren't shared by the majority, the
majority isn't going to put them in positions where they control what
goes into documents that are supposed to present the current
consensus.

I truly hope you burn in hell you VILE LIAR.

Because I don't toe your particular party line?

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen

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