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Rewriting Environmental Science
Aqua OS X writes to tell us CBS News is reporting that government scientist James Hansen recently spoke out against the White House in an appearance on 60 Minutes. From the article: "Hansen is arguably the world's leading researcher on global warming. He's the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate. But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science."
But this imminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science.
In other news the sun is hot, darkness is caused by a lack of light and the universe is big.
"Grab them by the pussy" -- President of the United States of America
... it's "eminent scientist", not "imminent" ;)
/. puts in thoroughly cheking the submitted stories... ;)
From m-w.com :
Main Entry: imminent
: ready to take place; especially : hanging threateningly over one's head
Main Entry: eminent
3 : exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : PROMINENT
It's always nice to see how much attention
"Population control" is quite a frightening subject once one begins to study the depths of it.
I wrote about five paragraphs after this sentance and deleted it all. I'll just throw out some names of some of the biggest supporters of population control:
Stalin, Hitler, Sanger, Blavatsky..
In zoology, there is ample evidence to show that population growth is self-restraining. That there are several factors, including access to natural resources that control popultion sizes. Why should human intervention even be required? population control has throughout history been a convenient excuse for genocide and the wholesale depopulation of 'undesirable' segments of society. Someone made the suggestion that by eliminating poverty we could control population. Maybe they would agree that population might be more "under control" if we took the shortcut of killing all the poor people.
Any fool can criticise, condemn, and complain, and most fools do. - Benjamin Franklin
Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden
Indeed, it is not a science versus politics thing, despite what most Slashdot would lead you to believe. Those that think science and scientists are noble creatures standing in opposition to the evil corporations or politicians are particularly intolerable. They are all people and they all want the same thing--recognition, power, and/or fortune. I would suggest that the main reason Global Warming/Climate Change is ignored by the majority of the population is that many of its loudest scientists are very vocal in their political and sociological beliefs, rather than just focusing on the science. Of course, I'm sure many here find it easier to call the masses ignorant and validate their own sense of enlightenment, as is their common behavior. They will make juvenile jokes and blame their bogeymen, but really, their heroes aren't behaving any different, they just have a different marketing plan.
And as long as that continues, we won't give a damn.