Monday, January 15, 2007

Good Science Would Be True

Several arguments that frame the debate of global warming and other idealogical issues:

...There is a growing number of voices in the scientific community that reject both denialism and alarmism on global warming. Roger Pielke, an environmental science professor at the University of Colorado, calls such people "nonskeptical heretics" -- those who believe that human-caused global warming is a real problem, but one that can be met in part with technological management and adaptation...

...Pielke has pointed out an unfortunate tendency toward political polarization within the scientific community. Last year, Tech Central Station, a website that supports the free-market system, promoted a statement by several scientists who dismissed any connection between hurricanes and global warming -- while environmental activists promoted the views of other scientists who argued that such a connection exists....

...Most journalists and pundits have limited knowledge of science; as a result, they tend to pick whichever science best suits their political prejudices....
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