Michael Specter: THE DANGER of Science Denial

[Jezebelle]

[Soul Crusher]

Since when is manipulating, hiding, distorting, and lying about data considered "science"? 

[Straw Man]

Since when is manipulating, hiding, distorting, and lying about data considered "science"?  

you're talking about the last 8 years of Bush right?

I know you're not talking about climate change because that story has been debunked.

surely you didn't miss that in the news last week?

Three independent reviews of the incident and materials were initiated in the UK. An independent review of the e-mail exchanges and the CRU's policies and working practices is being carried out by Sir Muir Russell at the request of the University of East Anglia. The UEA also commissioned a separate independent review of the CRU's published scientific research. A third review was conducted by the House of Commons' Science and Technology Select Committee, which published its report on 31 March 2010.[11] The House of Commons review largely vindicated[12]

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/387/387i.pdf
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100330/ap_on_re_us/climate_hacked_e_mails


Hey for any science inclined types - check out this Nova series about telescopes.
Part 1 was on last week and part 2 is on tomorrow night

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/telescope/

Watch Part 1 here:  http://video.pbs.org/video/1456686369/

[Soul Crusher]

Why even bother?  These same kooks think we are too far gone anyway.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7578966/UN-process-in-danger-unless-world-agrees-on-climate-change.html